And now for something completely different (almost a
Spamalot reference!):
It's been two very strange days at work (today and yesterday). We're getting an entirely new computer system and my department's (acquisitions) access was taken down yesterday. The new system will not be available until Monday, unless something goes horribly wrong. The new system (Horizon...and Windows-based) is the next generation of the old (Dynix...and Linux-based). HOWEVER, there are some things that are not good. Little things like you can't right click at all! You can't highlight, copy and paste text! Who in the world designs a program that's supposed to be Windows-based and makes it so you can't do those very basic Windows functions?? The other thing is that in Dynix, when I place an order for an item, it can take maybe 8-15 seconds per title. In Horizon, we figure that it could potentially take as long as
a minute per title!! That's ridiculous!! Which means we're going to have to substantially revamp our work procedures. I hate that.
And the worst part is that the "training database" was not set up the way we're going to have the real thing set up. It's so different that there really was no point to try and even use it. We had their training, but it was almost like them saying "this is how you do the things that we want to show you" and not us being able to ask "how can we do this?" mainly because we don't know what we don't know and don't know what to ask.
Very frustrating.
However, I am the kind of person who can let go of work when I leave (and it helps that I have that kind of job)! I will have absolutely no problem NOT thinking about this at all this weekend.
When we get back to work on Monday, we will just have to deal with whatever we get. As I've said to many people here, "It'll be what it'll be."
And now, I'm off to get something to eat.
