Cell-Capable Modems

[Brian Densmore]

I take great pride in my work also. We also have a 30 minute window.
Most of the time when I get paged it is some minor thing that doesn't
have an immediate impact if it waits until I get home. Also usually
no-one waits for the 30 minutes to call me. Just because a company
cannot or will not maintain a second and third shift skeleton staff
doesn't immediately void my obligations to my family for those of my
company.
I am not always somewhere where I can respond in 1/2 hr. I refuse to
give up my life for a job. On that rare occasion when a real emergency
happens, I do leave and take care of the issue. I'm not going to leave
Tolkiens "The Two Towers" because some user can't tell the difference
between an O and a 0. ;')

Brian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: KRFinch at dstsystems.com [mailto:KRFinch at dstsystems.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 9:36 AM
> To: DCT Jared Smith
> Cc: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: RE: Cell-Capable Modems
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> They already have most of my team on a leash.  It's that 30 
> minute response
> time.  Getting paged at odd hours (like this morning at 4:45) 
> is just a
> part of life at this job.  I might grumble a little, but 
> overall, I like
> what I do and I take pride in my work.  Things might be kinda crummy
> sometimes, but at least it's better than having to work 
> scheduled night and
> weekend shifts.  There are also numerous advantages to having 
> a paycheck at
> all, as I'm sure most would agree.
> 
> The cellular dialup could make it a little more of a flexible leash.
> Rather than having to plan my personal life around being able 
> to find a
> phone jack on short notice, I could have some more 
> flexibility.  Having
> that "what if I get paged and have to leave" voice in your 
> head just makes
> going out to dinner or to a movie a little less enjoyable.  
> Something like
> that wouldn't get rid of all of the trips into downtown 
> outside of work,
> but it could eliminate many of them.
> 
> - Kevin
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> So you have less freedom, it sounds. Is this for more
> or less money? The question is rhetorical. I'm with
> Brian on this. Turn off the cellphone and enjoy the game.
> 
> Strange how cool gadgets can evolve into leashes, once
> the coolness wears off. I wouldn't use a cell-phone or a
> pager, unless my job is something like delivery, where it
> is a tool, not a 'convenience' or a leash.
> 
> Of course, the other solution would be to realize the gravity
> of your responsibility to DST, and ALWAYS immediately
> leave every ballgame whenever you are paged. This would
> give you a very high work ethic, and soon DST would stop
> paging you for trivial matters, because they would see that
> you really care about your work. Hard to do in this world,
> where all 'important people' play golf all afternoon.
> 
> >If only it were that simple.  :)  I used to be able to do 
> that, but that
> >was before this job.
> >
> >DST has IT response times that they are contractually 
> obligated to uphold.
> >If something goes awry, most of the time, some type of response is
> required
> >in under 30 minutes.  Depending on the severity, this 
> timeframe can be
> >tightened even further.  Realistically, half the time you 
> can talk your
> way
> >through it without dialing in.  But those other times...
> >
> >- Kevin
> 
> >>Usually when that happens to me. I turn off my cell phone, so
> >>when the inevitable call comes half an hour later, I don't 
> answer it.
> >>I then proceed to finish what I'm doing, blowing off the 
> page and all
> >>subsequent pages, and then go home and dial in and fix the problem.
> >>Finally I turn the phone back on and retrieve my messages, 
> call in and
> >>tell them everything is fixed. End of problem.
> >>
> >>my $0.02,
> >>Brian
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