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If your significant other asks you to do an unpleasant chore and you botch it up bad enough they'll never ask you to do it again.
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And bring it up at every dinner with their family for the rest of your life together.
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Mike Hankey wrote: If your significant other asks you to do an unpleasant chore and you botch it up bad enough they'll never ask you to do it again.
for those not married yet:
once you are married make that above a priority SOP when asked to do 'a favor' for in laws (esp if it's a big family) otherwise it never ends.
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In-laws and out-laws implied!@
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And most important of all: you know nothing about computers.
Otherwise, you are tech support for anything more complicated than a mains plug for ever ... and for free.
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computers,
these days it's them damn smartphones, and they're worse:
"can you help me setup ..." as they shove it into your face
(that's why worse - unlike computers they don't have to lure/bribe you to their desk/home)
truth is I really do know bugger all about smart phones beyond calls, basic messaging, and setting up standard wifi. my old eyes and fat fingers (and total lack of interest) aren't made for much more than that.
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Yeah ... Android I can cope with - I have an Android phone, and tablet - but how would I know why Apple are suddenly complaining each time they check their email?
And frankly, it's not very obvious or easy to use once you get past "run farcebok" and "lemme into iTunes" territory.
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"Uh, sure, which version of OpenVMS are you using?"
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"uh ... Vista, I think." 
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Never throw anything away, Griff
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"Oh, then you'll need a complete reinstall."
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True story...Meeting minute-taking duties used to go round-robin at a company I worked for. One of my co-workers had permanently got himself out of it with that approach.
It only works for the first person who does it, however.
modified 19-Jul-19 15:55pm.
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True, after that they either catch on or run out of people to do it!
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It's blunt, I now have a long beard (it's been blunt for quite a while). 
Also I avoid making decisions I don't have to. I usually find if I ignore things long enough the problem goes away. It's amazing how effective this is! 
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Forogar wrote: if I ignore things long enough the problem goes away
And how do you sneak past the hordes with torches and pitchforks that have set up a camp at your door?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I ignore them, of course!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I Igor[^] them!
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Forogar wrote: Also I avoid making decisions I don't have to. I usually find if I ignore things long enough the problem goes away. It's amazing how effective this is!
I learned that many years ago!
Corollaries:
If I ignore tasks created by managers, the task usually goes away. And better yet, the manager.
If I ignore customers, they usually figure out what they did wrong on their own.
If I ignore my significant other, new problems get created and the original one escalates!
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Marc Clifton wrote: If I ignore my significant other, new problems get created and the original one escalates!
The trick is to do that before getting trapped. But be careful never to let them notice that you are ignoring them. Stay off their radar. If you ever tell them what you are doing (or why you are doing it) they suffer a meltdown and you get a lifetime dose of problems and escalations all at once.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Quote: If I ignore tasks created by managers, the task usually goes away. And better yet, the manager.
I have had this happen many, many times!
I even had an administrator type (not a manager, just a bean counter) who insisted I filled out a daily time sheet to show my activities. When I asked my manager about it he said, "Ignore it for now, just catch up with it later". Two years later the administrator and the daily time sheet idea both went away without me ever having to fill one in!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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At times it's also good to have a (non)problem ready when you want to keep managers off your back for a while. Not that this is in any way urgent, but it gives the manager something to worry about and to concentrate his 'efforts' on. And once you are done with whatever you did not want him to interfere with, you can also shine by reporting to him that you have done something awesome and by the way came up with a solution to the earlier 'problem'.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I've got an even simpler version:
If I ignore my phone problems never happen.
late last Friday 27 messages from one client - cleared them without reading (who needs grief on a Friday)
today dropped by for morning tea, no issues, no questions, and no mention of the messages.
(and my reasoning: it's my phone, I pay for it, I decide if I'm going to look at it.)
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I guess my troubles started when I promoted one of my customers to significant other. 
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Yes, there's a fair bit in it.
C**k-up is always more likely than conspiracy as our glorious leaders rarely have the capacity for conspiracy whilst even capable people have the ability to c**k up.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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