Re: Where is Mick??

Mick wrote:
> "Bobby Bewl" <a@xxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "WebMonkey" <slopeyeSPAMBUStER@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> Bobby Bewl wrote:
>>>> "WebMonkey" <slopeyeSPAMBUStER@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>>> Bobby Bewl wrote:
>>>>>> "Mick" <Mick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Dr Q" <wherehaveall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:7mEbf.10492$Ua6.3652@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>> He has disappeared :o(
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am like General McArthur, I have returned! Do I get a smile?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My server divebombed during an upgrade last week and they still
>>>>>>> haven't fixed it so I've got a new one. Why don't programmers
>>>>>>> perform proper tests on their modified software before they
>>>>>>> activate an "upgrade". If the rest of us cocked-up with our jobs
>>>>>>> like they do all the time we'd be fired. Arrogant gits!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am inclined to agree with you. We used to have a (casework)
>>>>>> quality slogan "Get it right first time" - thereby avoiding a
>>>>>> corretion or complaint,from a customer, for it to be put right
>>>>>> second time. Not so with system enhancements where they are
>>>>>> fixing a fix or withdrawing the enhancement. We have now
>>>>>> abandoned the slogan for caseworkers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I do systems tests during the weekend immediately before the
>>>>>> release of an upgrade. The programmers, designers etc are truly
>>>>>> amazed when we find flaws in their systems. They want us to
>>>>>> repeat our actions to see if we had done something untoward and
>>>>>> so on. If they cannot do a fix before Monday then an email goes
>>>>>> out: do not do this do not do that until a fix is in place.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> In my view they systems people ought to have the same
>>>>>> quality/customer targets as me.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bobby
>>>>>
>>>>> You must have outsourced then.
>>>>
>>>> I wish.
>>>>
>>>> Bobby
>>>
>>> Inhouse ?
>>
>> I beleive some are in house and some are outside and some are from
>> outside who sit in our computer section.
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> Ok, now I'm not taking the mickey but I still can't fathom that out
> after several readings :-)
>
> I think my 15 minutes are more than up!

Hey ! No ladies around tonite and your minutes are up eh ? Whats wrong
talking to us ?


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