ridiculous

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back at work in the land of no common sense. i built a server last week and all was well but on friday it just dissapeared from the network. as i am not in the datacentre that the server is in, i asked if there was anyone that could check the server to see if there was a cable in the back of it and where this cable might lead.

i was told that i would need to raise a change request for someone to take a look at the back of the server. eh?. change request?. i don't want them to change anything yet. i just want them to take a look. was told that it constitutes a change and the form needs to be filled out. its a huge form asking for tonnes of information and justifications and business impact of the change and what you will do to roll back the change in the event it breaks something. how is anything going to break by looking at it?. you idiots.

i also have to arrange for the guy in the datacentre to be allowed into the datacenter. you see, the hardware engineers are not actually allowed to enter the server rooms with out justification and that is a seperate set of forms and is not covered by the change request forms i am filling in (even though its not a change!!!).

its absolute madness. these requests then need to be authorised by managers in the department, so basically to sum it all up, its taken 4 different people, 5 hours of phone calls and form filling and administration and we still haven't got to the stage where the guy can go in and look at the back of the server. i wonder if they know how ridiculous this is?.

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added a few more photos from my trip across the states to my posts that i had written about it. i access my blog at work and i look at the photos and it reminds me of good times. its kind of sad to go through your own blog but hey, it makes me feel better seeing southern california. it also reminded me how annoying my friend was on the trip. my goodness he was annoying. i think i deserve a medal for having put up with him, though working in an investment bank does make you tolerant of unreasonable bahaviour and process and i have had quite a bit of practice this past 18 months.

it was the shortest day of the year yesterday. the days are slowly going to get longer. we are going from the darkness into the light. lets hope it metaphorically as well as literally.

have got a second telephone interview with a place that did a telephone interview with me a couple of weeks ago. i asked the recruiter if they would prefer to see me in person and he said no, they just want to have a chat with you about some projects they have coming up. i nearly replied, but i already chatted with them on the phone!, but i didn't say that because i really want the job. it will get me out of this bank and back in the world of the living so i am willing to go through their rather odd interview process.

anyways, thats all for now.

today i have mostly been listening to common - drive me wild

take care flower. have a good christmas.