Clue-o-gram

Just wanted to pop into the blog for a quick second to rant about the folks that I work with.

At Unisys SLC, we have two completely separate sections working on different projects. Downstairs we have a handful of engineers doing outsourced data center stuff. Upstairs they have a few hundred tech support people manning call centers for various clients, including, unfortunately, the Unisys internal help desk. What might not be obvious to the lay person is that the standards for these two groups of people are vastly different. To the point that we get email to all employees about once a week reminding us of things that ought to be obvious. Many, perhaps most of the memos concern the dress code.

Now personally, I think it's pointless to harp on dress code violations when half of the folks upstairs have piercings or tattoos on their face, but perhaps I'm showing my age. The other aspect of this dichotomy that bothers me is the people from upstairs are always trying to get jobs downstairs in the data center. And I'm sure they have no idea why they are unsuccessful. So. Here is my little clue-o-gram. I'm addressing this to the guy who wandered into the office at the same time as me on Tuesday.

HEY BONEHEAD! IF YOU WANT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY ON THE JOB, YOU CANNOT SHOW UP TO WORK IN SHORT PANTS AND FLIP FLOPS!!!

That is all.