Police fitness test 'is biased in favour of fat male officers'

[Tonitrus]

We won WW2 with more primitive shit. 

I wonder if it's Parkinson's Law of bureaucracy, the more we develop systems to process information quickly and efficiently, the more bullshit admin work we create to make use of it.  At least, it seems that way in the government realm.

[derspiess]

I work in billing. What, exactly, should I be using to tally up accounts?

If I worked in billing, I would shoot myself.  I get enough stupid billing questions from clients as it is.

[garbon]

We won WW2 with more primitive shit. 

We also found gays to be security risks back then because we made it so dreadful to be openly homosexual. Yay?

[garbon]

I work in billing. What, exactly, should I be using to tally up accounts?

If I worked in billing, I would shoot myself.  I get enough stupid billing questions from clients as it is.

I hate whenever they get me involved in billing. No thank you!

[CountDeMoney]

We won WW2 with more primitive shit. 

We also found gays to be security risks back then because we made it so dreadful to be openly homosexual. Yay?

"Back then"?  As in, 2007?

[merithyn]

How would Excel save any key strokes?

Numbers have to come from somewhere before they need to be added up.  It's easier to automatically or semi-automatically link that "somewhere" to an Excel workbook rather than a calculator.

Except that none - yes, NONE - of our software can be uploaded to an Excel workbook. It would all have to be done by hand, whether it's done with Excel or an adding machine.

Most of the time, I use the adding machine for the easier crap. If it's really complicated, I use Excel. That's not common.

[garbon]

We won WW2 with more primitive shit. 

We also found gays to be security risks back then because we made it so dreadful to be openly homosexual. Yay?

"Back then"?  As in, 2007?

Fair

[merithyn]

I work in billing. What, exactly, should I be using to tally up accounts?

If I worked in billing, I would shoot myself.  I get enough stupid billing questions from clients as it is.

I hate whenever they get me involved in billing. No thank you!

Yer welcome!

The billing stuff I don't mind so much. It's the damn customer service folks that drive me insane.

"What do you mean that we can't just reinstate them? It's only been six months! They've offered to pay half of the backpay, and will pay the rest next week!"

[Neil]

We won WW2 with more primitive shit. 

We also found gays to be security risks back then because we made it so dreadful to be openly homosexual. Yay?

It was a better time.

[DGuller]

How would Excel save any key strokes?

Numbers have to come from somewhere before they need to be added up.  It's easier to automatically or semi-automatically link that "somewhere" to an Excel workbook rather than a calculator.

Except that none - yes, NONE - of our software can be uploaded to an Excel workbook. It would all have to be done by hand, whether it's done with Excel or an adding machine.

Most of the time, I use the adding machine for the easier crap. If it's really complicated, I use Excel. That's not common.

There is no way to get any raw data out of it?

[merithyn]

There is no way to get any raw data out of it?

That's what none means.

[DGuller]

There is no way to get any raw data out of it?

That's what none means.

Well, you were talking about "software being uploaded into Excel workbook", which means nothing other than that the person saying it is not a data flow expert, so I wanted to clarify and confirm.

[merithyn]

There is no way to get any raw data out of it?

That's what none means.

Well, you were talking about "software being uploaded into Excel workbook", which means nothing other than that the person saying it is not a data flow expert, so I wanted to clarify and confirm.

Fuck off, dick.

[Razgovory]

There is no way to get any raw data out of it?

That's what none means.

Well, you were talking about "software being uploaded into Excel workbook", which means nothing other than that the person saying it is not a data flow expert, so I wanted to clarify and confirm.

Looks like you could make some money consulting.

[DGuller]

There is no way to get any raw data out of it?

That's what none means.

Well, you were talking about "software being uploaded into Excel workbook", which means nothing other than that the person saying it is not a data flow expert, so I wanted to clarify and confirm.

Fuck off, dick.

What an eloquent, yet biting put-down.