Grinding

[kevin_standlee]

Today was a pretty intense one at the Day Jobbe. As usual, I started work at 0530 PT and working what I call my "morning routine" until my morning staff meeting at 0730. During that meeting, we determined that there was no shortcut to the problem I'd identified, and I would need to do a sizable number of manual changes to a complex table of information. (I'm obviously not going into specifics.) I spent the rest of the day trying to make those changes, except for 30 minutes I took for lunch, and then about two hours when I went to the chiropractor to make up for the appointment I missed last week and then collect the mail and run an errand that had been pending for a while. Then it was back to the grind. It was not easy. It was made worse by (I think) someone else making changes in the same table that were overwriting mine, meaning I had to keep back-tracking and fixing things again.

I finally got the issue fixed around 2000. So much for getting to bed early today! I hope it says fixed and isn't broken again tomorrow.

At least the issue really was fairly important and moderately valuable. It wasn't like I was counting paper clips or something like that.

Comments

[garyomaha]

>>It was made worse by (I think) someone else making changes in the same table that were overwriting mine<<

That, in fact, has happened to me and has contributed to a giant-sized AARRGGHH!! in my work experience. My sympathy to you.

[celestialweasel]

Aargh. Yes, been there.