I don't get it.
Our company has a warehouse/release program since we do name badges. It makes it easier for people who have a high turnover or who just need one badge at a time usually.
To demonstrate how it works we set up a "dummy" program. We give people the login and password and they can log in and play around with the program to see all the features and even go through the process of releasing a badge without having to worry about actual badges being created. It's a great tool and I've sent many people there and walked many others through it.
More often than not I've sold people on the idea after they've tried it out.
So my boss comes over this morning and says it's about time to dump the program and restart it with fresh lines and so on.
Not a problem. I can figure out how to do that.
But he also seems to think that it needs to look more like a real program. With a dummy company that looks like a real company and dummy customer shipt to address.
I'm not sure if he realizes that we have a lot of people who have no idea how to read beyond a certain point. I'm now entering into the fear that those people will either be utterly confused or think they are getting a sample badge in the mail. (esp if he changes the ship method from "test" to "mail" or puts in a fake tracking number. (I'd love to know if he accidentally puts in a real one)
He doesn't seem to think this is an issue. Also, he wants more options on the dummy program for branches. Most of the people I send there don't even want branches. (there is an extra set-up fee) I've never had a single person ask me about them in the dummy program in the 2 years I've been here. But his wife fields one call today about it and suddenly he wants to change everything.
It's not broken. In fact it works really well. Please don't try to fix it! I've seen what he does with my computer if he thinks it's not running well while I'm out for lunch or something. I end up being locked out of it for a few days.
I mean, please! Just leave it alone. If more people complain or have an issue with it then we'll look at it. But don't take all that time and effort to make it more confusing when it works just fine right now.
And that whole conversation with him leads me to something else that I hate. We have new chairs here at work. They are nice ones with a tall back. When I sit in it the back comes almost to the top of my head.
Whenever the boss wants to come over and look at something on my computer while I'm working on it he'll rest his hand or arm on the back of my chair. Not only does that make me uncomfortable but every time he moves it makes my chair wiggle and move.
Get your arm off my chair!
