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   PID: Synchronet 3.19a-Win32 master/b81540481 May 18 2021 MSC 1928   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.14-Win32 master/b81540481 May 18 2021 MSC 1928   
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   -=> Nick Andre wrote to August Abolins <=-   
      
    NA> Yup, and am I ever glad I don't work with millenials.   
      
    NA> They are so insufferable. Working to make the company their life's   
    NA> ambition.   
      
    NA> They're the type that often send all kinds of nonsense emails   
    NA> after-hours or want to start "social clubs" in the office for more   
    NA> after-hours nonsense or think its soooooo awesome that the company   
    NA> rewards its workers with a foosball table... as opposed to real   
    NA> rewards, like a Christmas bonus.   
      
    NA> They truly believe in making "friends" with the people they work with,   
    NA> then act so surprised when that coworker up and quits, or backstabs   
    NA> them, or steps over them for a promotion, or takes credit for some   
    NA> stupid project.   
      
   We're older and wiser now.   
      
   I worked at a company early in my career that fostered the vicious circle of    
   "work long hours while company pays for dinner, great coffee and diversions,    
   then you don't have a social life outside of work, spend your time away from    
   work with co-workers and start dating them."   
      
   It was all well and good until the company pivoted and laid off a third of    
   their staff. Couples were split up, one still working at the company that    
   had fired their partner.   
      
   My co-sysop worked with me at the time. He continually reminded people that    
   "THE COMPANY IS NOT YOUR FRIEND!"   
      
   Your obligation to the company and theirs to you ends with every paycheck.   
      
   Once you learn that lesson, work takes on a new meaning.   
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
    NA> They come in every monday yacking about the evils of American   
    NA> capitalism but yack about how cool the latest Iphone is while on their   
    NA> way to Starbucks while getting ready to tweet about whatever was   
    NA> streaming on Netflix last night.   
      
    NA> They also support such bright ideas as morning exercise/yoga for all   
    NA> staff prior to work. So you get a workout, and smell like the   
    NA> Netherlands.   
      
    NA> Totally insufferable.   
      
    AA> My question is, WHY the need for a Win11 commercial in the   
    AA> first place? Is the market suffering somehow with people   
    AA> staying with previous OS versions or perhaps trying Linux or   
    AA> iOS for the first time?   
      
    NA> Mac's and Chromebooks actually.   
      
    AA>  NA> And its 2022 and adding an IP printer is still a   
    AA>  NA> convoluted mess.   
    AA>   
    AA> That reminds me of the rigmarole that I went through to connect   
    AA> an IP printer to my network at the shop.  I was really excited   
    AA> when it did finally work!  But that was back with Win7. I'm   
    AA> surprised that Win11 still doesn't address the IP printer issue   
    AA> properly!   
      
    NA> Its just such a mess. I *swear* the first iteration of Windows 11   
    NA> prompted to "Insert the driver disk into the disk drive."   
      
    NA> Pretty sure they quietly patched that to just "Specify the location of   
    NA> the drivers".   
      
    NA> Nick   
      
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