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[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Slava

I expect them to be prepared to collect the bags. That’s not unreasonable at all. It’s fall, people are going to clean their yards and they know full well that there are bags out there. How they do that, and what the solution is, that’s for them to figure out.

And I'm saying you are expecting the city to spend a lot of tax dollars to solve your problem. I'd rather they didn't. I guess I'm not really sure why it is the city's obligation to do this for you. You have an expectation, and I'm not really sure why.

What they should do is go back to having city collection depots like they used to, where you can bring your excess leaves and not have to got to the dump. That was dumb to get rid of.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by TrentCrimmIndependent

Amazes me that only a handful of roads are properly cleared/salted.

First snow of the year (usually the highest event one) and its only 10 cm on the pavement and it will still be treacherous for some drivers into tomorrow despite snow tapering off hours ago.

The infrastructure of city like ours with its known climate shouldn't be so debilitated with every snowfall event the way it is.

I don't see a problem. We had an incident where rain turned into heavy snow leaving more difficult to deal with circumstances than the typical Calgary mid-winter snowfall. There is literally nothing the city could have done to avoid slippery conditions given the rain to snow and plummeting temperatures. Roads were pretty decent yesterday and totally fine this morning. I'm old enough to know what it was like to drive with no ABS, no traction control, crappy all season tires, and RWD in the winter. Today's drivers have it extremely easy and it's more a matter of drivers simply driving better than the city having some magic snow removal that makes snow and ice vanish off the roads. This weather didn't sneak up on anyone as it was there in the long term forecast all week so there's no excuse not to have your vehicle properly equipped, your mindset on driving with caution, and expecting longer travel times to get around the city.

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Are you in today? We were all in yesterday because the morning was fine and people couldn't predict the ####show that was the evening commute. I think they get a pass. But no excuse for stupidity today. Our CEO send out an email last night saying only skeleton staff on site today. So I'm home!

No email today, back in the office huhu

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

You should know this though, right(you are in IT, I thought...)? They shouldn't know the password, the code just detected the same hash.


Don't you use a password manager and let it generate a complicated one for you? That's what I do for sites I don't care about but also have my credit card. Presumably this comes back to the same group of enemies to the people it always does, lawyers and accountants.

Not everyone here is, which is why “know the password” and “know the password hash” are being used interchangeably for my rant here. If it detects the hash is correct then let me log in with the bloody thing, or let me reuse my same complex eight-character “dogsh-t password for stuff that doesn’t matter” password.

I don’t use a password manager since that itself could theoretically be compromised one day and open up everything. I use a long but easy-to-remember password that would take ~12 octillion years or something for a computer to actually crack, but is so easy you don’t even need to write it down. An example of this would be like making a password like “IgotmyfirstbikewhenIwas4!” High character count, but easy for the person using it to remember.

[Fuzz]

Ya, I only use a password manager for the bull#### accounts(and mostly becuase it's easier than typing anything in). Banking and stuff are like yours. Complex, but easy to remember.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

And I'm saying you are expecting the city to spend a lot of tax dollars to solve your problem. I'd rather they didn't. I guess I'm not really sure why it is the city's obligation to do this for you. You have an expectation, and I'm not really sure why.

What they should do is go back to having city collection depots like they used to, where you can bring your excess leaves and not have to got to the dump. That was dumb to get rid of.

Well first of all, we pay for this service. It's not just tax dollars, but a separate charge every month. Whether they should've done that in the first place or not is a separate discussion. They set this up, said that they would do that and it would cost everyone a price per month. That's why it's the city's obligation....they took it on and set that expectation. All I'm asking is that they deliver on what they said they would do.

[FormerPresJamesTaylor]

What happened to personal responsibilities

[Slava]

Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor

What happened to personal responsibilities

I guess I'm more socialist than you would think.

[GirlySports]

Speaking of IT.

My IT department is pissed today, they moved into an open office. They've gone from high cubicles to tables. It looks like a call center in there.

This absolutely won't work as they have more and more zoom meetings with the hybrid schedule that we have (3 days on, 2 WFH). I called one of them on the phone this morning and could hear 5 other people talking. And this can't be good for the developers who actually have to concentrate and code. I have a meeting with IT this afternoon, was supposed to be on Zoom but since we're all here today I'm moving it to a meeting room.

Like, who likes this open office concept? I have never met one employee who likes it. But it keeps happening. Another CIO with a bright idea.

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Slava

Well first of all, we pay for this service. It's not just tax dollars, but a separate charge every month. Whether they should've done that in the first place or not is a separate discussion. They set this up, said that they would do that and it would cost everyone a price per month. That's why it's the city's obligation....they took it on and set that expectation. All I'm asking is that they deliver on what they said they would do.

They didn't, though. I posted the info they say they would do, and that on busy days they may not. The city's obligation is to pick up the bin, no more. Anything beyond that is a bonus. You can't just have your own expectations and say the city is obligated to meet them, that's not how it works.

[BlackArcher101]

I have never had the city successfully pick up anything outside the bin, no matter what time of year. I've always had to hope my neighbour had room in theirs or take it to the dumpster at work.

Pretty sure while they say it's something they do, I never see the driver get out of his cab.

[GordonBlue]

people who can't schedule events properly.
I had the morning session of a work seminar that went until 10:00 but the free lunch wasn't until 11:30.

what kind of crap is that? At least the afternoon session people could come beforehand and get their lunch, but us morning people got screwed.

[TheIronMaiden]

Making damn ####y typos at work.
Anyone who knows my posting history knows that I am a horrific proof reader.

[GordonBlue]

Originally Posted by Slava

I expect them to be prepared to collect the bags. That’s not unreasonable at all. It’s fall, people are going to clean their yards and they know full well that there are bags out there. How they do that, and what the solution is, that’s for them to figure out.

Here in Edmonton they schedule special pickup days in the fall and spring, so people who have extra can have everything picked up.
Don't know why Calgary couldn't so something as simple as that.

The last fall one we had, my neighbour across they way had at least 10 bags filled with leaves and crabapples. every last one of them was taken.

[PepsiFree]

The drivers always pick up my yard waste bags. Must be a personality thing.

[Slava]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

The drivers always pick up my yard waste bags. Must be a personality thing.

Are you telling me I need to be more caustic? I'm not sure if that's going to be helpful.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by PepsiFree

The drivers always pick up my yard waste bags. Must be a personality thing.

Yours or the driver's?

[Hemi-Cuda]

certain co-workers who

for some reason

insist on sending

dozens of Teams messages

causing dozens of alert pings on my pc/phone

when a single message

containing all of their rambling thoughts

would do

[you&me]

I stayed out of this until I could confirm (didn't want to jinx myself), but our "guy" picked up 9 bags along with the green bin this morning... I guess this means I have a caustic personality.

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by GirlySports

Speaking of IT.

My IT department is pissed today, they moved into an open office. They've gone from high cubicles to tables. It looks like a call center in there.

This absolutely won't work as they have more and more zoom meetings with the hybrid schedule that we have (3 days on, 2 WFH). I called one of them on the phone this morning and could hear 5 other people talking. And this can't be good for the developers who actually have to concentrate and code. I have a meeting with IT this afternoon, was supposed to be on Zoom but since we're all here today I'm moving it to a meeting room.

Like, who likes this open office concept? I have never met one employee who likes it. But it keeps happening. Another CIO with a bright idea.

1. Use Teams since it has voice isolation so your colleagues aren't coming through your mic. Instructions relate to room systems but it works on desktop clients too.
2. No one. Damn near everybody I've spoken to hates it and most of us hoped that the 'open concept office' would rightfully die a quick and painful death with COVID.