http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2008-11-21/
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...there's a regular Dilbert strip? o_O

http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2008-11-18/

Nice heuristics.

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http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2008-11-09/

OK, this is pretty much a masterpiece of comic timing... and also 
worryingly familiar. :-S

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On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:25:41 +0000, Orchid XP v8 wrote:

> http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2008-11-09/
> 
> OK, this is pretty much a masterpiece of comic timing... and also
> worryingly familiar. :-S

I've been thinking the same thing the last couple of days. :-)

Jim

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> OK, this is pretty much a masterpiece of comic timing... and also 
> worryingly familiar. :-S

This tends to be closer to what I've been running into lately:

http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2008-10-25/

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On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:03:13 -0800, Darren New wrote:

> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> OK, this is pretty much a masterpiece of comic timing... and also
>> worryingly familiar. :-S
> 
> This tends to be closer to what I've been running into lately:
> 
> http://www.dilbert.com/fast/2008-10-25/

Also hits close to home, but the one where they decided no laptops were 
allowed was *perfect*.

Every couple of weeks, we have a meeting called "Global Development & 
Planning" (for courseware/training materials, not products - that's a 
different set of departments).  A couple years ago, I took a laptop with 
me to that meeting, and the scribe for the meeting (who was the 
department AA) sent me an IM during the meeting and said "By the way, we 
don't allow anyone to bring laptops into this meeting - please leave it 
at your desk next time".

I noticed in this week's meeting that nobody else had a laptop with them 
again, except for the scribe (different person, change in management up 
to our VP level since then).

The thing is, I have an undiagnosed problem with my right hand - I'm 
right-handed, but I can't actually take written notes for any length of 
time because my hand gets extremely sore - right through the base of my 
thumb and into my wrist.  I can type just fine - so a laptop is the 
easiest way for me to take notes.  So my options are to take a laptop and 
be able to take notes, or to not take notes and rely on the official 
notes from the meeting.

One of these days I'm going to have to see a doctor about the pain in my 
wrist when I write - but it's just been easier to avoid situations where 
I have to take written notes.  Additional problem, though, is that my 
handwriting is generally pretty bad anyways, often I can't read what I've 
written if I do write notes.

Jim

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Jim Henderson wrote:
> One of these days I'm going to have to see a doctor about the pain in my 
> wrist when I write 

You should definitely get that checked out. There are things that can go 
wrong that you can correct early on that get too bad to correct later.

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On Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:33:26 -0800, Darren New wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> One of these days I'm going to have to see a doctor about the pain in
>> my wrist when I write
> 
> You should definitely get that checked out. There are things that can go
> wrong that you can correct early on that get too bad to correct later.

Yeah, I just have this inherent dislike of doctors.  I've gotten better 
with it the past couple of years as I've had to do allergy shots, but 
it's a pretty long-term issue for me - I've had some really bad doctors 
in the past.  I recognise it's illogical to an extent, but it's still not 
the sort of thing I "like" doing - even going along with a family member 
for one of their appointments puts me on edge.

Jim

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Jim Henderson wrote:

> Yeah, I just have this inherent dislike of doctors.  I've gotten better 
> with it the past couple of years as I've had to do allergy shots, but 
> it's a pretty long-term issue for me - I've had some really bad doctors 
> in the past.  I recognise it's illogical to an extent, but it's still not 
> the sort of thing I "like" doing - even going along with a family member 
> for one of their appointments puts me on edge.

Last time I saw "my" doctor, it was completely evident that since I 
wasn't actually dying, he totally didn't give a ****. I came to see him 
because for the last week I'd left too nausious to eat anything. And he 
said "well if *course* you feel ill if you don't eat anything, you silly 
boy". Given that I was 22 at the time, I didn't really appreciate being 
called a "silly boy".

It turns out there are other doctors who are much more friendly. The guy 
I saw this week was quite cheerful and chatty. And when I told him what 
the problem was, he seemed interested to find out what was wrong. (As 
opposed to "you look fine to me, get lost kid!")

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Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Last time I saw "my" doctor, it was completely evident that since I
> wasn't actually dying, he totally didn't give a ****. I came to see him
> because for the last week I'd left too nausious to eat anything. And he
> said "well if *course* you feel ill if you don't eat anything, you silly
> boy". Given that I was 22 at the time, I didn't really appreciate being
> called a "silly boy".
> 
> It turns out there are other doctors who are much more friendly. The guy
> I saw this week was quite cheerful and chatty. And when I told him what
> the problem was, he seemed interested to find out what was wrong. (As
> opposed to "you look fine to me, get lost kid!")

Think that's still a LOT better than a doctor I read about today in the
newspaper.

I'm not sure you'd want details...









He's now arrested for rape.

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