trq Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Currently I am on a two week vacation from work. Before I left, I spent three days digging through procedure documentation and putting it into an easy to use document outlining how to update different aspects of each of our main websites. I then handed this documentation to my boss and let her know that if there was any urgent updates to be made while I was away she would need to follow these very simple instructions. Today (one week into my holidays) I receive an email. "We have updated the 'NewMedia' website, we didn't follow your instructions, it is broken, can you vpn in and take a look?" They have got to be kidding!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Haha, oh man. At least they were honest that they didn't follow your instructions. :-/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonLewis Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Bet they thought they didn't need your instructions. They're too good for instructions. Heck, if it was a guy that did it, it is true that guys don't read the instructions until they try it themselves and fail about a dozen times. That's when you pull out the instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 I would pretend I went somewhere without internet access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Haha, oh man. At least they were honest that they didn't follow your instructions. :-/ True story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 Haha, oh man. At least they were honest that they didn't follow your instructions. :-/ True story. Yeah, you could even say it's a fact? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 I would pretend I went somewhere without internet access. Indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 I would pretend I went somewhere without internet access. Same here, fuck, fuckin up your holiday. You explicitly told them what to do, you've got all the right to ignore... go have a beer Though, I could see where you might worry about them screwing everything up before you get back, that would blow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignace Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 I would pretend I went somewhere without internet access. Dear Boss, I am currently unable to get a hold of an Internet accessible computer. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 I would pretend I went somewhere without internet access. Same here, fuck, fuckin up your holiday. You explicitly told them what to do, you've got all the right to ignore... go have a beer Though, I could see where you might worry about them screwing everything up before you get back, that would blow. Yeah it's the 2nd part that always gets me to respond in the end. Whenever I'm OOO and I get emails like that my first thought is to ignore it and be like fuck that, this is my time off, but then I think about how fucked it will be when I get back because it will just be there waiting for me the whole time, simmering to a nice level of "bend me over and jam it in" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM1 Posted September 10, 2010 Share Posted September 10, 2010 I wouldn't work on it unless you were guaranteed either: 1. That the time you spent working while on your vacation would not be deducted from your vacation time. Instead, it would be treated as if you were in the office for that/those day(s). 2. A small bonus for the work done on what is, essentially, ultra overtime. Of course, I'm the kind of guy who can't stand that kind of stupidity, so I'd have some choice words for your boss, as well. Then again, tact has never been my strong suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roopurt18 Posted September 11, 2010 Share Posted September 11, 2010 You're supposed to change all of the necessary passwords before you go on vacation so they can't do these sorts of things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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