Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Very Important Submission update

It has been submitted!

This was a Very Important accomplishment.

Luckily I don't seem to be in any trouble (working until 8.30 pm on Monday to get the files uploaded seemed to help).

Conversations with my boss went as follows (with some paraphrasing):

Monday morning:

(Boss comes out of his office chatting to colleague about Very Important Submission)
Boss: "...so we'll just adjust that last figure, and upload the files. Then we can all come and watch Cath hit the "Submit" button - for the SECOND time."
Me: (facepalm)
Boss and colleague: (snigger snigger)
Monday afternoon:

(Boss hands me a USB key with the final files on it)
Boss: "Please can you upload these files? I'll approve and submit"
Me: "Oh, good, because I'm too scared to touch the damn thing again"
(Boss laughs)
Me: "I'm really sorry about the whole thing, I was completely freaking out when it happened"
Boss: "Yeah, you freaked me out too. But it all worked out"
Me: "Yeah... I printed this poster off the BBC website on Wednesday"
Boss: "I think I need one of those too"
Thank you everybody for your (mostly) supportive comments!!!

And, for no particular reason other than "doesn't this look a bit like the Union flag?", here's a photo of some melting snow on my friend's truck yesterday. With added essence of finger at the top.

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19 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2009 at 7:42 a.m.

    Congratulations!

    Also - the long awaited "what exactly am I ambivalent about" post (or at least the first of a series) is up at mine.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2009 at 7:56 a.m.

    So glad to hear that it went well, although we still need to share a trauma cookie :)

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  3. infinite scienceFebruary 11, 2009 at 8:09 a.m.

    that's fantastic!!! great job! You'll never miss a "submit" button again!

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  4. Cath@VWXYNot?February 11, 2009 at 8:14 a.m.

    THanks all!

    AA, I'll check it out when I have more time

    Mermaid, tomorrow, right?!

    IS, there was no "submit" button, that was the problem! It said "approve", which was ambiguous because it asked me to approve ALL documents. I thought that was what the button meant...

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  5. Bob O'HaraFebruary 11, 2009 at 8:41 a.m.

    Phew, I trust you've had a beer to celebrate.

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  6. Cath@VWXYNot?February 11, 2009 at 9:40 a.m.

    Well, duuuh

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  7. AlyssaFebruary 11, 2009 at 9:52 a.m.

    Yay! Congrats! And that's great your boss can see the humor in it too :)

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  8. Cath@VWXYNot?February 11, 2009 at 3:43 p.m.

    The fact that he didn't see me for almost a full week after The Incident probably helped...

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2009 at 3:57 p.m.

    Good for you !

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  10. Cath@VWXYNot?February 11, 2009 at 4:42 p.m.

    Thanks mate!

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2009 at 4:44 p.m.

    Yeah.... Cooky Party! nom nom nom. I guess the lesson is that the "approve" button is that big red button you don't touch.

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  12. Cath@VWXYNot?February 11, 2009 at 5:31 p.m.

    Yep, I'm not pressing ANY buttons any more.

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  13. EcoGeoFemmeFebruary 11, 2009 at 6:40 p.m.

    Hooray!

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  14. ScientistMotherFebruary 11, 2009 at 11:38 p.m.

    woot woot! hey, at least you didn't like a beaker of ethanol on fire. I personally have no idea who would do such a thing! :)

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  15. Cath@VWXYNot?February 12, 2009 at 7:49 a.m.

    Thanks both!

    SM, that sounds... dramatic and exciting?

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  16. AlbatrossFebruary 12, 2009 at 2:26 p.m.

    Congrats! So glad it all worked out. Your boss sounds pretty great!

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  17. Cath@VWXYNot?February 12, 2009 at 4:08 p.m.

    Thanks, I'm glad it worked out too!

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  18. ScienceGirlFebruary 12, 2009 at 9:06 p.m.

    Yay! Off the trauma cookies and onto the beer, I hope?

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  19. Cath@VWXYNot?February 13, 2009 at 6:30 a.m.

    Indeed! (although there may have been one or two non-trauma cookies in the mix as well).

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