Today's Rant

[billroper]

Why is it that many people seem to assume that I don't know what I'm talking about? I concede that there's the possibility that I'm wrong, since I've been known to occasionally be wrong in the past (some days perhaps more than occasionally), and I am certainly open to new data. But in the absence of new data, being told that X is wrong or a waste of time when my experience indicates otherwise simply isn't going to improve my mood.

Comments

[awfulhorrid.livejournal.com]

Just a guess? What you are telling them is contrary to what they want to hear, therefore you must be wrong. At least that's often been my experience in such situations.

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

I get the same treatment, and I tend to agree with your response. Also I get a lot of people thinking I'm angry or upset when I am not. That really pisses me off!

[maiac.livejournal.com]

Because they don't know what you're talking about, and it's easier to deny the value of what you're saying than to admit ignorance?

[tesral.livejournal.com]

Tends to get my negative attention as well.

The wall warts must DIE!

[phillip2637.livejournal.com]

I find it especially notable when it comes from the same people who tell me how smart/experienced/capable I am when they want to suck me into doing a favour for them.

[tesral.livejournal.com]

Yep, know that type. My they are shocked when you relate cause and effect and refuse to be up-sucked to.

[stevemb.livejournal.com]

You're smart and experienced and capable when you are coming up with the right answers (i.e. what they already think and what they want to hear).

[catalana.livejournal.com]

It sounds like I need to come whack someone with a clue-by-four.

[billroper]

The problem is that they seem to be lining up for it. *sigh*

boo hoo for you

[janmagic.livejournal.com]

Have you considered that for every nit at work you have scads of people who worship your every word! you have fans who would not even consider approaching you because you are the "great bill roper" ? People who fear using a tune of one of your songs because they would have to talk to you? That when you say something people listen in droves?
no i do not need a favor, at least not till june

ok it is annoyning to have to work with a nit. in the end does not the truth come out. you are a patient man.

the pro from dover...

[jdonat.livejournal.com]

aaargh.
I've been dealing with this at the office. There's a senior scary scary smart developer here that's convinced that his network issues are somehow with the motherboard of a Sun workstation... what he's getting on the boot is 'timing out waiting for NIS to come up' Sometimes, he can't connect to the NIS server when he's been running for a while. Now, it's not the /etc files that refer to this networking stuff, because it's been ok before. he's had this problem intermittently for a while. His group uses TONS of bandwidth on the switch/subnet, etc. So, it's not unreasonable to assume that he's getting lots of dropped packets, etc... the network guys come up after the problem goes away, and of course find bupkis!
He's still convinced that it's the system, even after we've tried a different Ethernet card, with a different chipset and drivers. Same problem.
I've been a FE/SSE for over 20 years, with 13 of that being Sun or open systems. I'm a certified Solaris admin, a certified Solaris/unix network admin, etc...
but, because he's a bigshot at the office, with multiple PHD's, etc, he's right and I'm wrong.
My superiors at the office know that I have more than one clue when it comes to stuff like this, and they're pushing back as fast as this dude is pushing forward.
he's working on getting a brand new Sun Workstation and he's probably got enough clout to get one. what's he going to do when it happens again?
RRRRRRRRGHHHHH.......

[sdorn.livejournal.com]

I'm guessing you did not tell anyone that ferrets make good legwarmers. On that, you'd be wrong. Well, probably wrong.