{"id":7174,"date":"2012-05-03T14:23:52","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T18:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/morningseditionists.com\/msblog\/?p=7174"},"modified":"2012-05-03T14:35:44","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T18:35:44","slug":"thursday-79","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/2012\/05\/03\/thursday-79\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"

You learn a lot when you deal with people. Mostly, you learn that people are really stupid. At least those people commonly known as “users.” No, not druggies. Most of them<\/em><\/strong> are OK (except the meth heads, who are kind of toothless and stupid and scary), but the people who use the systems that I program for. You know, the ones who generate the 1D10T<\/code> and\/or PEBKAC errors. The inherent stupidity that exists in a typical user necessitates that I spend hours upon hours idiot-proofing the things I write. <\/p>\n

For instance, I got an e-mail with a screenshot from one user who was getting an error. To make a long story short, it was because there is a certain field on a form for contact phone number and extension. The phone number is masked, so that you have to enter it in the format, (999)999-9999. Then there’s a box for extension. Typically, an extension is about 4 numbers, so I gave them one that would hold 10.<\/p>\n

This intrepid user, however, decided the extension should be “Dr R’s Cell Phone” – which is not only not a number, but it’s also 17 characters. I mean, c’mon.<\/p>\n

Oh well, since I have tomorrow off, today is kinda like my Friday, and I’m really itching to get it the hell over with. Plus I made an executive decision to take Monday off, too. <\/p>\n

Tomorrow is a big day, as Fritz gets to go to the vet (oh boy). He’ll be pretty excited, until he realizes he’s not going to visit his cousins. Then, in the afternoon, $700 worth of Home Depot stuff is being delivered. So I can fix my leaky shed roof, repair my existing deck, and add a 12×16 foot one. Probably not all tomorrow, of course.<\/p>\n

Oh well, back to idiot-proofing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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