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[url=http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/04/04/fried-food-perfume-banned-new-health-dept-guidelines/]Fried Food, Perfume Banned in New Health Dept. Guidelines - FoxNews.com[/url]

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[quote=mlmpetert;791926][URL="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/04/04/fried-food-perfume-banned-new-health-dept-guidelines/"]Fried Food, Perfume Banned in New Health Dept. Guidelines - FoxNews.com[/URL][/quote]

April Fools was 3 days ago, no?

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[quote=firstdown;790964]My wife was running a small business from home and the company closed it doors Friday. It was kind of bad because I could not hide how happy that news made me.[/quote]

Husband of the Year nominee? :D

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[quote=saden1;791927]April Fools was 3 days ago, no?[/quote]

reminds me of this:

[url=http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704694004576019783931381042.html]Dress to Impress, UBS Tells Staff - WSJ.com[/url]

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Im with Alvin Walton on i cant complain about my boss. Hes the funniest guy ive ever know and is overall a great boss. He didnt get me a Rush book and besides the Redskins and VCU bball doesnt really show any interest in what type of music or other stuff i may like out side of work (which would make me really uncomfortable if he did) but he did get me a VCU shirt Thursday and a VCU lance armstrong knock off braclet a couple weeks back. Its the unexpected little things that get my heart.

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We have this soccer mom in our office who really I mean no word of lie could not find cell A1 in excel if you asked her. If you ask her to put a spread sheet together it will be just numbers she does all the math by hand on a notepad. It is sad. I am always like how does she keep her job, basically she just kisses ass.

She invited and paid for our bosses to go to opening day for the O's today. I just shake my head at how some folks stay employed.

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[quote=mlmpetert;791926][URL="http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/04/04/fried-food-perfume-banned-new-health-dept-guidelines/"]Fried Food, Perfume Banned in New Health Dept. Guidelines - FoxNews.com[/URL][/quote]

I actually wouldn't mind a ban on perfume/cologne in the office. With the way some people load it on it can be almost suffocating when you're near them.

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[quote=Mattyk;786697]So the work from home deal I was supposed to start last year is finally rolling out for real at the end of April. I'm on the initial list to try it out, 4 days at home 1 in the office... I'm excited but also a little apprehensive. Anyone have experience working from home? Advantages/disadvantages?[/quote]


Thought of you!

[url=http://theoatmeal.com/comics/working_home]Why working at home is both awesome and horrible - The Oatmeal[/url]

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[quote=mredskins;793357]Thought of you!

[URL="http://theoatmeal.com/comics/working_home"]Why working at home is both awesome and horrible - The Oatmeal[/URL][/quote]

lol pretty funny

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[quote=mredskins;791946]We have this soccer mom in our office who really I mean no word of lie could[B] not find cell A1 in excel if you asked her[/B]. If you ask her to put a spread sheet together it will be just numbers she does all the math by hand on a notepad. It is sad. I am always like how does she keep her job, basically she just kisses ass.

She invited and paid for our bosses to go to opening day for the O's today. I just shake my head at how some folks stay employed.[/quote]

I own and run a business and have pretty much no clue what your talking about. Not sure of your age but not everyone was raised on computers. The computers I have use and learned on are pretty much programs that do the work for me.

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[quote=firstdown;793380]I own and run a business and have pretty much no clue what your talking about. Not sure of your age but not everyone was raised on computers. The computers I have use and learned on are pretty much programs that do the work for me.[/quote]


OK in layman terms if you work in finance and don't know where cell A1 is in excel it be like being an auto mechanic and not knowing a philips head from a flat head.

If you own an insurance company I would think you have some working knowledge of excel; apparently not kind of scary.

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I get my own store next week!! Finally a manager!!!

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[quote=EARTHQUAKE2689;793400]I get my own store next week!! Finally a manager!!![/quote]


Congratulations!

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Thank You!!!!!!!!

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[quote=mredskins;793397]OK in layman terms if you work in finance and don't know where cell A1 is in excel it be like being an auto mechanic and not knowing a philips head from a flat head.

If you own an insurance company I would think you have some working knowledge of excel; apparently not kind of scary.[/quote]

My office couldn't survive without Excel. The amount of spreadsheets I work with on a daily basis is amazing.

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[quote=EARTHQUAKE2689;793400]I get my own store next week!! Finally a manager!!![/quote]

Congrats! Welcome to the world of more responsibility, more grief, and hopefully some more $$ in your pocket if you're lucky! :)

[QUOTE=mredskins;793397]OK in layman terms if you work in finance and don't know where cell A1 is in excel it be like being an auto mechanic and not knowing a philips head from a flat head.

If you own an insurance company I would think you have some working knowledge of excel; apparently not kind of scary.[/QUOTE]

Insurance company not using excel? Very ineffective.

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[quote=hooskins;793449]Insurance company not using excel? Very ineffective.[/quote]


Firstdown just uses graph paper and a pencil. He can draw a hell of a bar graph you should see it!

He can even do Pivot Charts on graph paper!

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The pony express probably still picks up at his office.

lol

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[quote=firstdown;793380]I own and run a business and have pretty much no clue what your talking about. Not sure of your age but not everyone was raised on computers. The computers I have use and learned on are pretty much programs that do the work for me.[/quote]

[IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UME67yLANIY/SvMhgOzXSEI/AAAAAAAAATw/Ay8PDdHDVAU/s320/jawdrop1236883259.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote=Mattyk;793438]My office couldn't survive without Excel. The amount of spreadsheets I work with on a daily basis is amazing.[/quote]

I'd be so screwed without excel. I use about 10 different spreadsheets on a daily basis at work. Inventory, purchases, sales, costs, etc etc etc. My restaurant would be in deep doo-doo if you pulled excel out from under us.

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You can't be Excellent with Excel....<<crickets>>

Seriously though, I use Excel all the time. Although I have been trying to make a push for us to use Access more frequently in certain cases

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[quote=EARTHQUAKE2689;793400]I get my own store next week!! Finally a manager!!![/quote]

Congrats.

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[quote=SmootSmack;793496]You can't be Excellent with Excel....<<crickets>>

Seriously though, I use Excel all the time. Although I have been trying to make a push for us to use [B]Access [/B]more frequently in certain cases[/quote]


Unless you are using a obscene amount of data Excel would be the better choice especially if you utilize pivot charts/tables.

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[quote=mredskins;793500]Unless you are using a obscene amount of data Excel would be the better choice especially if you utilize pivot charts/tables.[/quote]

Well, like I said "certain cases" and those cases would be obscene amounts of data

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[quote=Mattyk;793439]Congrats! Welcome to the world of more responsibility, more grief, and hopefully some more $$ in your pocket if you're lucky! :)[/quote]

And welcome to salaried

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[quote=saden1;793498]Congrats.[/quote]

Thank You

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[quote=EARTHQUAKE2689;793594]And welcome to salaried[/quote]


Salaried sucks that just means that don't have to pay you OT.

Seriously clean house when you get to your store and just hire all hot chicks. You will have the highest grossing Game Stop on the planet.

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Eating at your desk shouldn't happen unless your working and then you asked for it. Gotta step away from that world and the others around you for that meal break....or just hang a sign on your back [B][COLOR="Red"] "out to lunch"[/COLOR][/B]

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We're doing inventory counts tomorrow.
6 hours of overtime.
Yea! Now I can afford to fill the tank on my Envoy.

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[quote=mredskins;793639]Salaried sucks that just means that don't have to pay you OT.

Seriously clean house when you get to your store and just hire all hot chicks. You will have the highest grossing Game Stop on the planet.[/quote]

Gamestop doesn't offer OT. Once you hit 40.01 hours the system locks you out and your subject to a write-up. As a store manager you can work whenever. We have tried the hot girl thing and it doesn't work because they're all stupid.

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I could f*ck with text box issues in f*cking powerpoint all f*cking day long and some slides would still not match up

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[quote=Chico23231;801617]I could f*ck with text box issues in f*cking powerpoint all f*cking day long and some slides would still not match up[/quote]


I hate power point especially 07 power point. Sometimes it is best to do the text boxes in excel and then paste them in as pictures into PowerPoint. That has been my go around at times.

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[quote=mredskins;801622]I hate power point especially 07 power point. Sometimes it is best to do the text boxes in excel and then paste them in as pictures into PowerPoint. That has been my go around at times.[/quote]

word ill have to look into that...does microsoft undertand that adding additional sh*t, options and controls doesnt neccessarily make their product better? i wish i was a software jedi master sometimes, but not feeling like im being consistently kicked in nuts when working with this stuff

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[quote=Chico23231;801625]word ill have to look into that...does microsoft undertand that adding additional sh*t, options and controls doesnt neccessarily make their product better? i wish i was a software jedi master sometimes, but not feeling like im being consistently kicked in nuts when working with this stuff[/quote]


In excel if you learn VBA you can write a lot of your own shit, it comes in handy.


The worst thing to work with in PowerPoint IMO are master slides, god I hate them and the Army makes us use them.

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Our office we have to log our time accurately, but don't see a dime extra for any more hours. Last month was 220 hour, have done almost 300 before

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[quote=EARTHQUAKE2689;793769]Gamestop doesn't offer OT. Once you hit 40.01 hours the system locks you out and your subject to a write-up. As a store manager you can work whenever. We have tried the hot girl thing and it doesn't work because they're all stupid.[/quote]

Find better customers, if a guy comes in and is asking about games he's probably just trying to flirt but doesn't know how.

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[quote=EARTHQUAKE2689;793400]I get my own store next week!! Finally a manager!!![/quote]

EQ, congrats man.

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[quote=mredskins;793397]OK in layman terms if you work in finance and don't know where cell A1 is in excel it be like being an auto mechanic and not knowing a philips head from a flat head.

If you own an insurance company I would think you have some working knowledge of excel; apparently not kind of scary.[/quote]

Pretty well said. New title for me as of last month: Director of Financial Analysis. Excel is a way of life.

If you know how to use it to your advantage it practically does your job for you.

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And my last of three consecutive posts. This week HR made it mandatory for everyone in the office to attend a seminar: Violence in the Workplace.

They showed a video explaining the "continuum of flashpoint responses". They've got a damn term for everything these days.

So in the video they show these little skits of certain employee interactions that eventually lead up to conflict, and then stop it to talk about at what point is best to intervene and try to cool the situation down. This one skit starts with this shady looking guy in the office constantly making eyes at the pretty, meek receptionist. Then some time passes and she receives flowers with a note, which she then reads, and makes a horrified face. But they never let you - the audience - see what the note said.

At that point I mentally checked out. I turned to my colleague and said "this is just poor directing, naturally once she made that face the audience is going to want to know what the note said. I can't take this video seriously now."

Anybody here work in HR? How do you sleep at night knowing everyone hates you and thinks your entire career is a waste?