May 31 2007
It’s HIS fault!
My notebook of 3 years old is acting up… It’s been re-installed twice already and I’ve had the Hell Dell mechanic over 3 times already as well… It was paid for by my department, courtesy of my boss, as I do a lot of extra work from home… One time only offer at the time…
The Boss walked by the 3rd time that the mechanic was over here and overheard me talking to our medical center “notebook guy” considering another re-install… He walked on… An hour later he came back from his meeting and stopped at my desk…
Boss: “What’s going on with your notebook?”
DutchBitch: “Oh My Gawd!!! I wish I knew. *sigh* They’ve re-installed the bugger twice now and Hell Tech Service has been over here 3 times. It’s slow, it keeps shutting down on me and battery is only working for about 45 minutes at a time now too. It’s driving me nuts”
Boss: “So how old is it now?”
DutchBitch: “Ehm… It’s nearly 3 years old now. Warranty is running out in September actually”
Boss: “So why don’t you just get a new one?”
DutchBitch: “Are you kidding me? “JUST get a new one?” I can hardly afford buying groceries at the end of the month. What makes you think I can afford buying a notebook? This one was paid for by the department at the time, remember?”
Boss: “Well, I don’t mean buy it yourself. *rolling eyes* (men do that too?) Just find one that suffices. Get one with a decent processor, plenty of GB, Wireless LAN instead of that WLAN card you have to jam into the notebook now to get wireless internet service, and get one with a decent battery and that isn’t monstertruck-weight like the one you have now. Let me know and we’ll see whether its affordable for the department”
DutchBitch: *blank stare*
Boss: “And stop looking at me like that! *rolling eyes again* *smirk* I know that you mainly use it for work purposes anyway and I realize and appreciate that you work very hard and are great at your job. So I am fine with supplying you with a new notebook. I am also fine with you using it for personal purposes, as well. Just go look at some possible notebooks. Check out Sony VAIO. I’ve been using one for a year now and it’s great”![]()
OMG! He’s done it now! I am t.o.t.a.l.l.y in LUV with a tiny tiny tiny (11″ screen) Sony VAIO. It’s light, it has all the stuff I need, and it has a battery that lasts up to 8 hours. It also comes with the “appropriate” price tag… I don’t think he knew what he was saying when he told me to check out the Sony VAIO’s… I am vigorously hoping he’ll allow me to get that one. I sent him an email stating the possible notebooks and telling him that I blamed him for making me fall in love with the Sony one. Oh well, even if I don’t get that particular one, getting a new notebook paid for by the department is great in itself… I love my boss! Oh STFU! I am not IN love with him (Gawd No!), but you gotta love that guy… at times… when he’s not acting out all “pulling my hair out-annoying”…
OMFG! I should have Sony pay me for this VAIO “plug”! Well, anyway. I am off preparing myself for some heartbreak as I think the VAIO won’t be “the one”… In the mean time don’t forget to check out my girl Lucy over there in the top right sidebar! She will be with me for a few more days. And also if you can, go over to Kat’s blog. You’ll notice she hasn’t posted for a while. She’s kinda “under the weather” right now. Hopefully she will be up and running again soon. Just be a doll and leave a comment at her last post and show her some get-well-luvin’!
I drove to the office this morning…
Would it be too much to ask, if you kn?w you will need it at that point in time every morning, and you kn?w you are getting stressed rummaging thru your handbag all red and flushheaded, to FUCKING PUT YOUR BADGE IN AN EASY ACCESIBLE PLACE BEFORE ARRIVAL AT THE PARKING FACILITY?
So now, without further a-do, I introduce you to my first “bitch”!




































