September 16, 2008 | Category: Web, Work | 4 Comments »

The scenario is this, some guy at head office had been informed that one of the shirts on the website had the wrong picture. It was showing as a white shirt but the ordering code behind it related back to a blue shirt. So when customers were placing orders against a particular white shirt what was actually getting sent out was a blue shirt. Completely not what the customer ordered.

Worst part about it was these shirts can be customised to the customers needs. Quite a few of these shirts had been sent to be altered and then shipped out to the customer. Its only when they arrived back saying not what we ordered did we figure out that picture on the website is completely wrong.

What happened next is what interested me. The guys who work on the website even though they knew about this issue over a week ago, couldn’t ‘do anything to fix it’ in a reasonable amount of time. So I was asked to put a block on these shirts via our system. For me it was a case of 30 mins of work. I could have updated the site myself in 5 mins if I had the access.

I went to inform some of the staff in the department. An older lady who has been with the company for many many years nearing her retirement, she had been swapping the shirts for the correct ones.

I said no you guys can’t just swap the shirts, as the orders are coming in for blue shirts.
“No, the customer ordered white shirts.” She said to me.
I corrected her, “No the customer thinks they are ordering white shirts but they are in fact ordering blue shirts”.

I explained that changing the shirts from the actual ordered ruins the stock levels and also its not traceable what actually happened, the system won’t be showing we sent out white shirts but blue shirts. Which is the correct line.

“I just think that’s ludicrous, when we have plenty of white shirts we can send them.” She retaliated.

I explained a little that head office need accountability of each line of shirt so they know how well they are selling and how much profit they are making from it. Also if someone is sending out something else instead of what the system is saying it will throw their profit figures out for styles of shirts.

And then I took a moment as it struck me that if you’re not sending the item the customer wants, you’re not getting any money. Which makes profits per style completely pointless. Its then it struck me how inflexible and stupid the setup and system actually is.

Anyway I put a block on the shirts so they automatically get removed from the website. I have seen them in the past take months to correct very simple issues. However if I had a say, the web team would be the first to go, replacing her with this old lady who actually understands more how systems should be run.

August 28, 2008 | Category: Life, Work | 4 Comments »

The other day I finally got promoted at work ! how much amazing news is that. My manager came back froom holiday and called me upstairs into the meeting room. I was a little o_O at why he was calling me there. I thought either he would be telling me off, which couldn’t be the case as I had done nothing wrong. Or he was going to say how well things went with the project I was handling. But I wasn’t too enthused to hear a thanks. I know it had gone well.

Anyway he had an organizational chart which was covered up. So he started to mention how because of the boss leaving and a new one starting we’re restructuring. It meant that he would answer direct to the new lady boss. The he uncovered more of the chart and it showed my name, but I had a promoted title of supervisor which I don’t currently have.

He congratulated me, I was super ecstatic as it was very kewl news as its been quite a long time coming.

Today I had an ol’ colleague with me and she mentioned an ol’ boss who had lost two of his staff. He struggles to keep his staff as he is a bit too overbearing. And he had been a boss to both of us before. So we wrote an email to a girl who works with him. Obviously it said a few things it shouldn’t have. So we wrote it, changed a few minor things before sending it off.

I got a automated reply back straight away saying the girl is on holiday and its gone to the ol’ boss. Oh fcuk!

A few mins later he sent a very straight email letting us know she wasn’t in and he had got the mail. From the tone of the email it was apparent he was super pissed.

I need to start being much more careful! ;x

September 2, 2007 | Category: Funny, Life, Work | 5 Comments »

Yeah so where did Yas go ?

I’m very sorry people my blogging skills have started to suck more than usual. I was planning on ending this affair with my blog but a few people beat me to it. So I couldn’t do the same otherwise it would look like I’m copying them. I guess I left it too late.

Elton aka walking leaf expressed his issues with emagi.co.uk, he is committed to his own blog www.walkingleaf.co.uk deffo worth checking out. Janus did say he wouldn’t be keeping his site abaeterno.eu I hope he has a blogger account I enjoyed checking up on what he is up to. I was just checking out facebook quite a few of the emagi peeps are there, you should sign up.

I’m doing well and have been at my new job for months now. I have my good days and bad. The management there are freaking hilarious they come out with such funny stuff its unbelievable definitely helps with the mood there. The core management team have been working together for years so they know each other very well.

They come up with so many funny stories I’ll share a few because I’m struggling for things to write on this blog. Anyway, the last place the guys worked at, it was one of the girls birthday. This girl I have worked with before as she was a point of contact at the last place I worked. So as a present they decided to buy her a sex toy. Obviously she was a lil embarrassed to receive this, but knowing the guys she was working with it was obvious they would do something like this.

So when it was time to go home she was walking out with her friend. The guy in the office makes a phone call. Then starts rolling around with laughter unable to contain his pleasure at the deed he has committed.

She is walking past the check point and the random red light turns on, which means a full check has to be done of everything in pockets and in any bags. Her friend steps forward knowing the girls embarrassment at what might be found in what the girl is carrying. But the security guard asks her to move and wants to see what the girl has in her rucksack. Obviously he has been tipped off. He rummages through her bag pulls out the toy and lifts it up high so everyone who is leaving can see what he is holding and who he was searching when he found it.

From what I heard the girls face turned a bright red matching the red light which was still flashing. She turned around to look at the office and saw her colleagues rolling around in laughter.

What a team huh?

This other incident I was able to witness. As the guy who had tipped the security guard off, actually sits opposite me in this office. But his manager pulled one over him this time. Another person who works in the building for the customer who has white hair and a mustache, a very confident speaking guy. Asked the manager if he could have a picture of the guy who sits opposite me.

He wanted it because the guy who sits opposite me talks to people from the customers offices and one girl in particular thought he sounded like a nice guy and wanted to see what he looked like. So the manager who is the ultimate prankster said, hold on I’ll get you a picture of him but it will be tomorrow morning.

The next morning the manager walks in with a camera knowing full well the guy who site opposite me starts at the later shift. Following him was a big over weight balding warehouse worker.

“Here mate sit down over there and use the computer like you are doing some work” Said the manager.

The warehouse worker obliged and held his hands over the keyboard like he knew what he was doing. The manager snapped the picture and started laughing. He then told the office what he was doing and asked everyone to keep hush about it. He mentioned that the guy who sits opposite me had eaten his casserole two years ago and “time was a effin’ great healer”.

The guy who sits opposite me did find out later that day well after the picture had been sent. The girl sent back some kisses over the email, and he was ridiculed that the girl found the over wieght warehouse worker far more attractive than him.

He did say he wanted to do his hair and send a real picture of himself. But he didn’t do so, saying that she will be far more impressed when she sees him in person, as a much slimmer person and with more hair. The manager pointed out “Agh but with a smaller dick”. He did laugh at what had happened and has vowed that he would get the manager back for this ^_^