Comments on: Stopping the Proceedings for Idiocy http://www.kebabShopBlues.co.uk/2006/09/12/stopping-the-proceedings-for-idiocy/ a site about the stuff that keeps you busy Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:01:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Red http://www.kebabShopBlues.co.uk/2006/09/12/stopping-the-proceedings-for-idiocy/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Red Thu, 08 Feb 2007 14:17:02 +0000 http://www.kebabShopBlues.co.uk/2006/09/12/stopping-the-proceedings-for-idiocy/#comment-338 Hey I've had a great idea, inspired by the line "They did not want to read anything the machine said (perhaps they would have preferred to talk to it)"; Imagine that this was a spoken process. Her response would probably have been "I don't know". OK add a button for that! Then explain what a macro is and that if this is a document she created herself, then it is fine. Restate the question and it's done (And remember the answer for this worksheet - NOT in those places which get cleaned by 'crap cleaner' etc). Alternatively just shut down the program with another dialog box stating: "If you don't know what your doing you shouldn't be sitting in that chair". I was once fired for writing a macro for an HR dept which limited the input into a 'month' field to number 1-12. when the user pressed 0, or 13+, it popped up a reminder that there are only 12 months in a year. Upon another incorrect entry, it reminded them that here are STILL only 12 months in a year. After 4incorrect inputs in a row, the dialog told theythey were a 'f***ing moron' Someone REALLY did it, and I was fired - go figure. Hey I’ve had a great idea, inspired by the line “They did not want to read anything the machine said (perhaps they would have preferred to talk to it)”;

Imagine that this was a spoken process. Her response would probably have been “I don’t know”. OK add a button for that!

Then explain what a macro is and that if this is a document she created herself, then it is fine. Restate the question and it’s done (And remember the answer for this worksheet - NOT in those places which get cleaned by ‘crap cleaner’ etc).

Alternatively just shut down the program with another dialog box stating: “If you don’t know what your doing you shouldn’t be sitting in that chair”.

I was once fired for writing a macro for an HR dept which limited the input into a ‘month’ field to number 1-12. when the user pressed 0, or 13+, it popped up a reminder that there are only 12 months in a year. Upon another incorrect entry, it reminded them that here are STILL only 12 months in a year. After 4incorrect inputs in a row, the dialog told theythey were a ‘f***ing moron’

Someone REALLY did it, and I was fired - go figure.

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