Am I crazy?

This is more of a sanity check than anything else.

I just read this update from my news server:

IBM Corp., based in Armonk, N.Y., and Lenovo Inc. of Research Triangle Park, N.C., recalled the rechargeable, lithium-ion batteries used in ThinkPad computers because they may pose a fire hazard. About 168,500 of the batteries were sold in the U.S., while the rest were distributed worldwide, the CPSC said.

It was the fourth recall in recent months involving Sony batteries believed to be defective. In August, Dell asked customers to return 4.1 million faulty laptop batteries and Apple recalled 1.8 million batteries worldwide, warning they could catch fire. Last week, Toshiba said it was recalling 340,000 laptop batteries due to a problem that caused the laptops to sometimes run out of power.

Let me provide a summary in my own words to assure I have the facts straight. Sony laptop batteries were recalled from these laptop vendors:

1. Dell
2. Apple
3. Tochiba
4. IBM

Now am I taking crazy pills or does there seem to be one laptop vendor missing?

What is Sony doing?
"Chan, what you doin`? dont be puttin those battery in Sony laptop. Those battery are for oder non-Sony laptop"

EDIT:
If you have read this far and are still confused as to what I am talking about then you're an idiot! I guess I will have to spell it out for you. Sony made the batteries that went into the recalled laptops of IBM, Tochiba, Apple, and Dell. The problem is, "why didn't any SONY laptops get recalled?" They must of sold all the bad batteries and kept the good ones for themselves.

Tyse

NCM has a new lover!!

I am so sick of NCM, I really don't know how long I can take this. This guy has to be the worst cube neighbor in the world. Worst Cube Neighbor Ever!! {Simpsons Comicbook Guy} I would even say he is the worst neighbor ever. I used to live in a run down neighborhood in Utah called Kearns, we called it K-town for short. Now keep in mind this was Utah so the run down neighborhood might seem like a country club to South Central.

There was this family that lived across the street, they rented their house and put off an image that just screamed tweaker. Everyday I had to avoid backing into one of the 10 random cars parked at the end of my driveway. Rent-a-center was at their house at least 3 times a week pickup up furniture or dropping off a new big screen that was just going to get repossesed the next week. The yard was a joke and kids ran around in diapers constantly. One time they had an old, rusted out, Bronco sitting on the street for 4 weeks, I had to dodge it everyday. I couldn't take anymore of this so I decided to call the police and inform them of the Bronco decomposing at the end of my driveway. The cops came out and told them to move the Bronco. The next day I am backing out of my driveway with a huge smile on my face (due to the Bronco being moved) when I notice, an engine, yes a 350 big block engine sitting on the road in place of the Bronco. Well I thought this wouldn't last since it was going to rain that day and I am sure they wouldn't leave an engine out to get rained on. I went to work and when I returned I was right, they didn't just let an engine sit on the road during a rainstorm, they had placed a kiddy pool (yes a kiddy pool that you get at wal-mart for $5.00) over it to protect it from the rain.

I would rather live next to that house for 15 years than spend another day next to NCM. I only had to deal with the Rent-a-center house twice a day. I have to deal with NCM 8 hours a day.

Now lets take a min and review why I hate NCM. 1. He stole his cube, he doesn't even belong next to me. I am a BA and he is a PM, I sit next to 8 other BA's and NCM is like the odd one out. Sesame street comes to mind, "one of these kids is doing their own thing" 2. He stole my chair, I think this would piss anyone off. 3. He won't sit down, he looks over the 3 foot wall @ me and stares anyone down that passes his stolen cube. 4. He's just an overall packer, he is arrogant and thinks he is above everyone and anyone.

Now I will add item #5. He talks to his lover through the 5 foot cube wall. I hate people that don't respect the cube wall.

Yes, I did say that NCM has a new lover that he has brought onto the project. This guy is really, really dumb. He has to ask NCM about 15 times a day how to do his job. I know that NCM referred him and got a nice $1000.00 referral bonus that he isn't going to tell this idiot about. NCM and his lover are inseparable, they carpool together, eat lunch together, go on break together. His lover even stands around his cube waiting for him to get done with his work so they can walk out together.

I have created a NCM lover diagram so you will understand what I am talking about. As usual I have used the standard cube of tyse template to not confuse:


Tyse

NCM (new cube man) is a thief!!

I had a meeting today in my cube with two other people. I know it's hard to get an accurate idea of the scale of my cube without actually seeing but I will try to sum it up for you: IT's SMALL!

Therefore having a meeting with two addl. people in my cube tends to be a logistical nightmare. We all need chairs and you can't fit 3 big work chairs in my cube, so having a small chair with no arms tends to work out very well.

I keep my extra chair at the end of my desk and it's always there, here is a pic of what my cube looks like on a normal day. I have used the standard tyse cube template so you won't get confused.


As you can see everything fits and has it's place. Well I get in today at 9:05 AM and my meeting started at 9:00 AM so I already am looking like an idiot to the 2 people that are waiting to start the meeting in my cube. This is a pic of what my cube looked like today.


Notice anything? I didn't, I had to scramble around for 10 mins trying to find chairs and the ones I found sucked, so we are all crammed in my cube for 1.5 hours today. After the meeting I decide to go on a little chair hunt to try and find my chair. I have worked here for 10 months and my chair has never been missing. So I thought to myself what could of changed? What could be the catalyst in my cube setup? Then it dawned on me; NCM! I walk around and sure enough, there is my chair. I took it back and put it in it's place. Then I made little comments to NCM so he knew that I didn't want him touching my chair. "That chair has been in my cube longer than you have worked here" is what I said to him as I was taking it back over to my cube. Now NCM is a chair thief and a screen flipper, I can't trust this guy! If I was broken down on the side of the road and there wasn't any help around for miles and NCM came by to help I would just tell him, "no thanks! I am fine"

Tyse