Yuck continued
367 words.
You may notice that the Sarcasm section is no longer “protected.” This is a blatant passive-aggressive move on my part. Fortunately I am a fictional character so there is no harm in this.
Today was slightly better at the completely fictional offices of Cerebral Locomotion. At least until noon when Julio disclosed that we need to get back on the other project we’ve (ie. he’s) been stalling on for about a month now. And since Julio is usually booked all through the day seeing.. ah.. let’s see, animals! That’s it! Cerebral Locomotion is a veterinary clinic! So since Julio is treating animals all day he doesn’t have much time to work with me on this other project. Let’s call it Project Mango for clarity. Project Mango has been officially moved up into the “urgent” slot, so Julio needs me to come in on Saturdays or Sundays until Project Mango is finished. Gina needs it done, the salespeople need it done, the customers who have already bought it are asking when it will be done, the entire fate of the company and possibly the State of Vermont and part of Northern Ireland depends on me coming in Saturdays and Sundays to pitch in and get Project Mango finished.
What is my part in Project Mango you ask? Well, I finished writing the software for Project Mango a long, long time ago. (I can still remember when that software used to make me smile.) Let’s say Project Mango is a program that automatically describes your pet’s condition after you give it your pet’s symptoms. Well, Julio is responsible for writing the text that describes your pet’s condition. He has to write text for every possible condition your pet could have. You would think a grown man could write text by himself, but unfortunately Julio is rarely capable of doing anything by himself but screwing things up, so my invaluable part in Project Mango is to take dictation while Julio describes all the possible conditions a pet could have. Yes, I will be sitting in a chair staring at the screen while Julio dictates pet diagnoses for hours on end.
If that’s not software development, I don’t know what is!
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