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What do you want for Christmas this year?

Survey period: 19 Dec 2016 to 26 Dec 2016

OptionVotes% 
Clear and sane requirements and expectations from your clients, managers and customers40339.16
A faster, bigger, better, badder development machine29728.86
Unlimited CPU, storage and bandwidth for your cloud based repo / build / test / deploy system13413.02
Someone to write documentation for you that's so good your users ask for the sequel.28127.31
A time machine to help with deadlines18417.88
Decent coffee (or drink of choice) at work18718.17
More play / family / friends time47546.16
A serious pay rise.49347.91
A single platform that targets all devices and does everything you want it to. And a pony.25124.39
Other (please add a comment)686.61
Respondents were allowed to choose more than one answer; totals may not add up to 100%



 
GeneralGive peas a chance... Pin
R. Giskard Reventlov19-Dec-16 8:45
R. Giskard Reventlov19-Dec-16 8:45 
GeneralWorld peace Pin
Vikram A Punathambekar19-Dec-16 5:27
Vikram A Punathambekar19-Dec-16 5:27 
GeneralRe: World peace Pin
OriginalGriff19-Dec-16 10:28
mveOriginalGriff19-Dec-16 10:28 
GeneralRe: World peace Pin
Vikram A Punathambekar31-Dec-16 15:49
Vikram A Punathambekar31-Dec-16 15:49 
GeneralOther... Pin
Ravi Bhavnani19-Dec-16 2:43
professionalRavi Bhavnani19-Dec-16 2:43 
GeneralRe: Other... Pin
W Balboos, GHB19-Dec-16 7:11
W Balboos, GHB19-Dec-16 7:11 
GeneralRe: Other... Pin
Ravi Bhavnani19-Dec-16 17:32
professionalRavi Bhavnani19-Dec-16 17:32 
GeneralOther: Pin
W Balboos, GHB19-Dec-16 0:29
W Balboos, GHB19-Dec-16 0:29 
People, in general, stopping being worthless bastards all year round and then spend a few weeks in December, grinning as though they were decent human beings; being nice to people they wouldn't even bother to piss on during the rest of the year.

So, what do I want?
Spare us all and pick an option:
>Preferred:    Holiday spirit, as it is called, should last all year.  People need kindness all year round.
Alternative:   Spare us the pretense.  Let your one sincere good deed, at least, be a reduction in hypocrisy.

There is no "season of giving" when people are in need all year round. Overspending and decorating things with little lights for a few weeks doesn't "fix it" for the rest of the year.

Because, if this current custom of conspicuous consumption is acceptable, one must draw the conclusion that Ebenezer Scrooge had it right the first time: "Bah, Humbug[^]".

Ravings en masse^
"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein
"If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

GeneralOption Missing Pin
koolprasad200318-Dec-16 23:35
professionalkoolprasad200318-Dec-16 23:35 
GeneralA Dog (but it ain't going to happen). Pin
PeejayAdams18-Dec-16 22:51
PeejayAdams18-Dec-16 22:51 
GeneralRe: A Dog (but it ain't going to happen). Pin
rriegel20-Dec-16 16:33
professionalrriegel20-Dec-16 16:33 
GeneralRe: A Dog (but it ain't going to happen). Pin
PeejayAdams20-Dec-16 22:06
PeejayAdams20-Dec-16 22:06 
Generaldrink of choice Pin
Sandeep100318-Dec-16 22:44
Sandeep100318-Dec-16 22:44 
GeneralA new job .. a farm would work Pin
Aless Alessio18-Dec-16 22:21
Aless Alessio18-Dec-16 22:21 
GeneralRe: A new job .. a farm would work Pin
Duncan Edwards Jones19-Dec-16 3:32
professionalDuncan Edwards Jones19-Dec-16 3:32 
GeneralRe: A new job .. a farm would work Pin
Aless Alessio19-Dec-16 4:18
Aless Alessio19-Dec-16 4:18 
GeneralRe: A new job .. a farm would work Pin
Duncan Edwards Jones19-Dec-16 7:20
professionalDuncan Edwards Jones19-Dec-16 7:20 
GeneralRe: A new job .. a farm would work Pin
Aless Alessio19-Dec-16 22:28
Aless Alessio19-Dec-16 22:28 
GeneralRe: A new job .. a farm would work Pin
JackPeacock20-Dec-16 2:36
professionalJackPeacock20-Dec-16 2:36 
GeneralRe: A new job .. a farm would work Pin
Robert_Dyball20-Dec-16 15:08
professionalRobert_Dyball20-Dec-16 15:08 
GeneralClear and sane requirements and expectations from your clients, managers and customers??? Pin
Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter18-Dec-16 20:56
professionalKornfeld Eliyahu Peter18-Dec-16 20:56 
GeneralSaturnus Pin
M.Vo.18-Dec-16 20:43
M.Vo.18-Dec-16 20:43 
GeneralAll of the above Pin
Peter Leow18-Dec-16 20:23
professionalPeter Leow18-Dec-16 20:23 
GeneralMy two front teeth. PinPopular
OriginalGriff18-Dec-16 19:55
mveOriginalGriff18-Dec-16 19:55 
GeneralRe: My two front teeth. Pin
Rajesh R Subramanian19-Dec-16 17:29
professionalRajesh R Subramanian19-Dec-16 17:29 

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