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| Wednesday, February 28, 2007 |
After my melt down with "OAG" yesterday I'm taking some time to cool off... :) riiiiiiight!
Like i don't already have all the time in the world.
Not doing crap today either.
See you tomorrow.Labels: "OAG", blogs, bullshit, Work, work sucks |
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| Example Of Why This Place Is Bullshit. |
| Tuesday, February 27, 2007 |
I just had an argument with "OAG" about having to fight my way through every single suggestion I make. Case in Point - I made several remarks about the contract we were going to send to the "West Coast Client" and laid out reasons for NOT changing a handful of issues that "New Company B" decided to change.
"OAG" tells me first thing this morning that they want to send the contract "AS IS" with out my changes to see what "West Coast Client" will say. The main reason for my changes is that I KNOW what "West Coast Client" will say about some of the items but even more troubling is that when they look at all of them as a whole they might wonder if they still want to do business with us. They may also wonder if I had even looked over the contract becuase of the blatently obvious issues should have been addressed by me, BUT THEY WERE!
HEre are some examples:
Here are my notes:
Issue #1
Legal Mumbo-jumbo-
With respect to each Application, "New Company B" shall receive as its sole compensation for the Services rendered and the rights granted to "West Coast Client" hereunder a royalty (the “Revenue Share”) in the amount of Net Sales of such Application and derivative Application Products as set forth on the applicable portion of Appendix B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Revenue Share shall be payable hereunder with respect to (i) Applications or Application Products used for promotional purposes or furnished free to the trade, press or for public relations use; or (ii) Applications or Application Products used for promotional purposes furnished free to distributors, sub-distributors, dealers, or others.
My Observation-
“…or furnished free” – was deleted from the contract. This should remain in the contract so that "West Coast Client" has the ability to furnish the listed outlets (the trade, press or for public relations use) a free copy of the application. "West Coast Client" is not going to ask the press to buy the game in order to review it.This is an industry practice that has been added (in some fashion or other)into every contract i've ever read.
NOTE: "New Company B" refuses to listen to this and think its a "ploy" by the "West Coast Client" to give away the game so that they don't have to pay us! They demand that it “…or furnished free” is removed from the contract entirly and will not sign it if it's in there.
Issue #2
Legal Mumbo-jumbo section of the contract is deleted by "New Company B" dealing with required insurance needed to do business between copanies.
My Observation-
This whole section was “Omitted” from the contract and needs to remain IN the contract as US companies will not do business with us if we do not have insurance. By ommiting this section we are saying to Sony that we do not have insurance and will not get insurance. This is not acceptable.
Note: "New Company B" claims they have insurance and that they could not open in HQ-Land if they did not have ninsurance, they see this section of the contract as "insulting".
FUCKING MORNONS. Nuff said.
Issue #3
Legal Mumbo-Jumbo
To the extent necessary to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations of HQ-Land Country Name, "New Company B" agrees to pay to the relevant HQ-Land Country Name tax authority taxes at the applicable rate set forth in such laws, rules, and regulations.
“HQ-Land Country Name” –was added to this section and should not be there. The term “comply with applicable laws” will cover each countries laws and adding the express HQ-Land country into the contract detracts from the US laws which should also be adhered to as "West Coast Client" is an American business.
Issue #4
If "New Company B" shall commence an action, suit, or proceeding against "West Coast Client" concerning Revenue Share statements rendered or required to be rendered by "West Coast Client" to "New Company B" hereunder, the scope of that action, suit or proceeding shall be limited to a determination of the amount of Revenue Share, if any, payable to "New Company B" for the accounting periods in question, and "New Company B"'s sole remedy shall be the recovery of that Revenue Share, if any.
This paragraph was deleted from section “Issue 4”. Why? I don’t see this as detrimental to "New Company B", can someone explain why they think it should be deleted?
NOTE: no one has answered this question and i have sent 2 follow up e-mails about it. I've also asked "OAG" about it and from the look on her face when I ask she seems to indicate that she's either not asked the question or has been told not to ask anyone else about that question.Labels: boss, bullshit, bullshit job, legal issues, Stupid co-workers, Stupid Job, stupid people, What the fuck, work sucks |
| posted by Me @ 1:44 PM |
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| "Working From Home" Yesterday |
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Hi All,
Hope you had a good weekend. I decided that I would work from home yesterday and called "OAG" first thing in the morning to let her know. I got up and checked my e-mail, played some Guitar Hero, wrote 3 e-mails, went to the gym, got home checked e-mails, left with my friend to grab some lunch got home checked e-mails and answered a few, played BAttlefield 2 on the X-box till the wife got home then made dinner for us. That was my day.
I have a few things that i can do this morning but other than that i'll be sitting around here doing very little.
Have a good day today, don't work to hard.Labels: blog, blogs, bored, jobs, new job, nothing to do, quit, Stupid Job, work from home, work sucks |
| posted by Me @ 11:30 AM |
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| I've Got Something To Do Today |
| Friday, February 23, 2007 |
I found a small project that I can work on today taht should last a few hours. Funny how happy I am to actually have something to do.
But, once I'm done I'm taking off for the day. Going to leave early and then start on those "Work From Home" days next week.
Have fun at work and have a good weekend.Labels: blogs, bored, boss, bullshit, careers, I quit, work sucks |
| posted by Me @ 12:59 PM |
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| Leaving Early |
| Thursday, February 22, 2007 |
I might talk "OAG" into implementing a "work from home" day each week. I'm getting sick of having to sit in traffic to do absolutely nothing all day. Tuesdays and Thursdays are going to be "Work From Home Days". Will see how she reacts to the idea this afternoon. Of course during my work from home days I’ll be going to the gym and playing X-Box and PS2 games instead of my normal PC games that I play here in the office.
Have fun at work, hope you enjoy what you do.
If not I hope your living vicariously through me. :)Labels: blog, blogs, bored, nothing to do, Stupid Job, Work, work sucks |
| posted by Me @ 1:55 PM |
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| Nothing to update |
| Wednesday, February 21, 2007 |
Still here doing the same thing. The people from HQ-Land might be coming here at the end of the month. Oh what fun. They're still doing the same stupid shit that "Old Compan B" did now they're fucking up the same way with a new name. This is stupid.
As long as they're still paying me, I'll be fucking off.
Have fun at work today.Labels: blogs, bored, bullshit, bullshit job, careers, Stupid Job, surfing, What the fuck, Your job sucks |
| posted by Me @ 8:19 PM |
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| And on..And on...And on |
| Tuesday, February 20, 2007 |
I keep going. Not much to report, but if anyone cares I had a great relaxing weekend with the wife and dreaded comming back to "work" today.
I'm doing some research on-line for a friend who is taking someone else to small claims court. Trying to find any information out about the process and how it all works and will give them any links to pertinanant information that I find.
I don't have much going on this week but will be out of town for business durring March I think.Labels: blog, bored, bullshit, bullshit job, careers, court, friends, internet, money, nothing to do, small claims, work sucks, Your job sucks |
| posted by Me @ 5:19 PM |
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| Quick Update |
| Friday, February 16, 2007 |
I just want to update Wednesdays -"Not Much Going On" post. I realize now that I said "I Hate Her" 3 times in that post. What I really should have said is that "I hate WORKING WITH her"
"OAG" is a decent person, much to my hatred of her culture because of the way it classes people and judges them based on looks and who they are related to rather than goals accomplished, i do enjoy talking to her about her life and how things are with her personally. I don't "Hate Her" I do get annoyed to no end when dealing with her about our business but overall she is an interesting character. I enjoy learning about where she grew up and how it differed from my own childhood. I've done this with countless numbers of friends from all over the world and find that we're all not so different.
I just had to get that off my chest before the weekend came calling.
Later folks.Labels: "OAG", blog, blogs, good, people, reason, understanding, Work, work sucks |
| posted by Me @ 5:24 PM |
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| Off For The Weekend |
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Have a good one. I'm outa here. Get back on Tuesday and plan on doing nothing next week as well. I like getting paid to Blog. You should try it.
Later folks, have a good weekend yourselves.
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| posted by Me @ 4:55 PM |
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| More Of The Same Today |
| Thursday, February 15, 2007 |
Nothing different going on today. "OAG" is still getting on my last nerve. I'm still slowly searching out a new position but will be comfortable here until I find that job i really want. Talking to a few places and we'll see what comes of it at the end of the month. "OAG" and the people from HQ-Land have signed me up for a trip to an industry convention in March and air-fare and hotel have already been purchased. I think I'll be able to make some great connections there on my own and hope to have a job by April.
Still can't believe I've been getting by on literally 45 to 70 minutes of work a day since Oct. That's when I gave up on this place. I then decided to blog about it in December and have over 60 posts. With that being said I thought this picture was very appropriate. I don't make six figures but I'm not too far off the mark. I'm getting paid to Blog, kinda.
Have fun at work. Tomorrows Friday but as Les Claypool once said, "Funny thing about weekends when you're unemployed, they don't mean as much...." or in my case not doing shit.Labels: blog, blogs, bored, bullshit, bullshit job, Count Down, Pro-blogger, quit, work sucks, Your job sucks |
| posted by Me @ 5:00 PM |
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| Not Much Going On |
| Wednesday, February 14, 2007 |
I've done about the normal 45 minutes to an hour of work each day for the past two days, nothing exciting. This is usually made up of checking my e-mail, filling in a few measly reports and updating a document or two. I then sit around, either online or playing a game, waiting for a conference call to the HQ which is thousands of miles away. During the conference calls I have to reiterate the exact same thing I've been explaining all fucking day to "OAG", who has to translate all of this. She will then ask me questions that HQ is asking, but these are questions she has already asked me during the day. Really. She has already asked me THE EXACT SAME THING DURING THE DAY but continues to ask again because someone in an office thousands of miles away has asked her and now she needs to hear it again. I hate her.
I have gone to the lengths of asking her why she continues to ask me the same questions to which she replies, "Well, i just want to make sure you didn't change your mind. It's not like she asked me something once in passing, she usually asks me about one topic and asks many...MANY questions about it and I am good enough to understand that English is not her native language and if she seems confused about something I will re-phrase it so it's a little bit clearer. This has no effect. I GET THE SAME QUESTIONS. I hate her.
Last night at 7 pm while I was driving home (IN TRAFFIC!) she decide to call and ask me about a scheduling chart I had created (3 months ago). She was asking about one section of it where I had explained what products our services had to be developed for. She continued to tell me what section of the chart she needed to know about and i said "yes I know what section you’re asking about" but she never asked a question. I had to tell her that I needed to know what she wanted and she insisted that she already HAD explained to me what she wanted. To this I had to ask her to ask me her question in a different way. She then USED THE SAME exact WORDS IN A DIFFERENT ORDER. This went on for 20 MINUTES! I had explained to her each time that I still had no idea what she wanted and she decided that I was trying to make her upset. I then began (STILL IN TRAFFIC) to question what part of the schedule she was looking at and to read the schedule off line-by-line so I could understand where she was and what she was getting at. By doing this she answered the question herself because the answer was IN THE SCHEDULE! She realizes this, tells me about it and says simply “ok, bye. Have a good night.” Again, I hate her.Labels: "OAG", blogs, bullshit, bullshit job, pulliong hair, quit, Stupid co-workers, Work, work sucks, Your job sucks |
| posted by Me @ 9:21 PM |
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| Plans For The Day |
| Tuesday, February 13, 2007 |
"OAG" left early last night due to a head ache. I stuck around and updated some side projects I have been working on till about 7. We have some updates to send out to the west coast client and then there's nothign left to do. I have 2 blogs I plan on working on this afternoon and also a consulting project that I'm helping a friend with.
I have not been playing any real games latley except for a few 10 or 15 minute "flash" based games. Nothing to involved. Maybe at the end of the week I'll do some online RTS gaming. We'll see.
Till then, have fun at work. I know I am.Labels: "OAG", blogs, bored, boss, bullshit, internet, lazy, online games, PC games, quit, Technorati, work sucks, Your job sucks |
| posted by Me @ 12:43 PM |
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| The Past Two"Work Days" |
| Monday, February 12, 2007 |
Last Friday "OAG" and I had an out of ofice meeting with a "potential" client. Got into work Friday morning, sat around for an hour then left for the meeting. Got back around 3 p.m. and told "OAG" there was nothing left to do for the day so I went home. She agreed and left early too. 
This morning I got here around 8 a.m. (about an hour early) and started working on another blog I had an idea for over the weekend. I set up the template, started on the first 6 posts and uploaded some pictures. It is my first time working with a "WordPress" blog so I'm getting into exploring that format.
Till tomorrow, have fun at work.Labels: blog, blogs, bored, careers, dumbass, I quit, lazy, Learn, WordPress |
| posted by Me @ 5:58 PM |
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| Out Yesterday |
| Thursday, February 08, 2007 |
I spent the morning running errands for myself although I had explained to "OAG" that I would be getting an estimate for the damage to the company car that the previous employeee had caused. See this post for a reminder I went to renew my vehicle registration, the Bank, got the wife a valentines day gift and cards, brought my broken iPod into Apple for serviceing (but it's dead) then I went home and watched a movie. "OAG" had called 3 or 4 times to see if I'd be comming in and i told her each time that "the shop was very busy and they're trying to get to it." This is the reason I did not post anything yesterday. I took the day off and it did not matter. Today the most important thing I have to do is call the west coast client which will take all of 10 minutes and then I'll be surfing the net, updating blogs, and possibly playing some online games.
More opportubnities have been falling in my lap and I expect to have a new job any time now. Till then i will continue to soak up a paycheck here while doing absolutly nothing to contribute to this worthless endevor. I despise "OAG" more each day and can't wait to tell her that I quit. Once I do she'l have 1 month to find a job with another US based company or face the possiblity of deportation due to not having a work visa. Back to HQ-Land...Buh-Bye!
Till tomorrow, you people have a great day at work and i'll be thinking of you. :)Labels: "OAG", blogs, bored, bullshit, deported, dumbass, Fired, I quit, Work, work sucks, Your job sucks |
| posted by Me @ 1:45 PM |
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| Once Again, NADA! |
| Tuesday, February 06, 2007 |
I'm so bored I don't even have anything good to say on here today. "OAG" left for the day to take care of Immigration issues. I've been reading blogs and playing some online games. One blog I read was all about Man Hating so I'm considering starting a new blog which will be the contradictory exact opposite. I left a comment for them on this post. 
Link Here.Labels: blog, bored, bullshit, harsh, man hater, nothing to do, Work, work sucks, Your job sucks |
| posted by Me @ 5:19 PM |
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| I'm All Alone In The Office Today. |
| Monday, February 05, 2007 |
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"OAG" is out for the day with a "tummy ache" What's a boy to do? GAME'S!
I have really done nothing since my return from the west coast. I'm also waiting to hear back from the comapny that I've been interviewing with but that'll be a few more days I'm sure.
Till Then I'm doing NADA!
Happy Mondy and have fun at work.Labels: blog, blogs, boss, bullshit, careers, money, pay check, quit your job video, Very cool, Video Games, Your job sucks |
| posted by Me @ 1:52 PM |
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| Surfing All Day |
| Friday, February 02, 2007 |
I've been playing around on Technorati all day and posting a bunch of "Blurbs" on their new WTF feature. For readers of this blog you may have already read some of this as I was trying to get the "Wrok Sucks" WTF thread up and running. 
Not doing much this weekend but watching the Super Bowl at a friends place.
Have a great weekend.Labels: blog, blogs, boss, bullshit, careers, internet, social network, surfing, Technorati, work sucks, WTF |
| posted by Me @ 5:20 PM |
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| A question for Technorati. |
| Thursday, February 01, 2007 |
I don't do crap all day and I spend too much time surfing the web and blogging. With that said i have the obligetory "Add me to technorati" buttons, banners, and other hoopla associated with the Blogosphere. My questions starts with this artical from Technorati releasing thier new "Where's The Fire." feature.
Basicly it works kind of like the Digg or Netscape algorithm that tracks the most popular tags and pushes them to the top of the list. Is Technorati going to sit back and play dumb or claim ignorance to the "Where's the Fire" tag in-and-of-it-self -WTF? They even dub it WTF in their own blog post about the new service.
"But it isn't only about explaining the hot searches or buzziest topics going on in the blogosphere at any moment. You can also write a WTF on any topic that someone would search for, and provide information and resources to them about that topic or subject. So, you might want to write a WTF about yourself or your friends names, or your company (or maybe even your competition!)
Seriously, a compnay that deals with the amount of "tags" that they do, I mean, their service is based entirley of "tags" and they're going to name their new service Where's The Fire! WTF, What The FUCK! "WTF" is now #3 on the Technorati "Top Search" list, what do you think you'll find "Tagged" with WTF when you click on it?
Right, a bunch of adolescent blogs with the tag WTF as in "I can't belive she wore those pants to school today, WTF!?!?!?!" -or- "WTF was his effing prblm" -and- "WTF? I thought this was just a girl and her horse cartoon."
This is the best part of the anouncment from founder and CEO of Technorati, David Sifry:
"I hope you enjoy WTF, that it helps you to get in the know and find the best stuff about any topic or area - and that you participate and share your knowledge with the rest of the world by writing your own WTFs!"
Can you not think of "what the fuck" every time you read it?
David, I belive I just wrote my own WTF.Labels: blogs, bullshit, David Sifry, internet, lazy, Technorati, What the fuck, Where's the fire, WTF |
| posted by Me @ 6:49 PM |
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| Whole Lot O' Nuthin' |
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That's exactly what I'm doing today. Came in to the office "late" so that I could go to the bank and cash my thoroughly undeserved check. $3500 after taxes for doing nada! I hope I'm using my time wisely. Once I got to the office i sat down, check personal e-mail and began checking my daily web site's. 
My morning checklist in no particular order:
-Personal e-mail account
-Anonymous e-mail account I use for this and another blog
-Both blogs I'm currently "working" on
-Blog Counter Stats
-My Space account for this blog and for another different web site I started over a year ago
-Feedburner
-BlogMad
-Blogexplosion
-Digg
-Reddit
-Cyber Citezens, online game
-Alexadex, web traffic game
-Alexashare, web traffic game
-Netscape I got banned from Netscape this morning. I had multiple accounts and they caught on. opps. :) I was using all of the accounts to send traffic to the other blog, not this one, called "I found It on The Internet"
After looking through all of those sites I just randomly begin to surf the net or play some games. it varies from week to week this week has been a blogging and net surfing week.
Have fun at work.Labels: blog, bullshit, careers, daily checklist, internet, interviews, jobs, lazy, Learn, Stupid Job, Sucks, surfing |
| posted by Me @ 5:46 PM |
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