Last Hirit before I sleep

I just finished rolling up my presentation for the IE managers later this morning. And while I'm synchronizing my emails, I decided to post something "exciting" in my blog. Hmmm... What to rant about?

Let's talk about the bu-bu's in my workplace. This afternoon, i had a meeting with an engineer, 2 finance folks, and 2 IE GLs. I thought that the meeting would just be a breeze but i guess I'm having a Dilbert-comics-like day.

The Engineer: Well, let me be more specific. The Process Engineer. I cannot discribe him (physically) in detail but he's fat, dark-skinned (and batok and all) and quite sloooooow. I remember giving him a codename of Fat-Bastard but i guess i'm giving him much credit. We argued once on my statistical analysis (pareto and all). He didn't asked me directly but it seems that his point was "Di mo trabaho yang mag stat analysis." WTF! I took statistical subjects in college (with matching stoichastic analysis ala MArkovian Chains with matching hieroglyphics and latin). I said that his engineers don't even know how to properly compute the touch up percentage (aka tanga mag-math, naka-excel na nga eh) and told him about my IE27, IE 28, IE 135 and IE 183 subject in college. Ayun nag-sorry din sya. Industrial Engineer ako! Tangina naman... hehehe....

Financial Analysts: During the meeting, they were pointing out that the status of the 7th tool is on hold for purchasing. But we (IEs) know that it's the 8th tool which was suppossed to be on hold and not the 7th. N-2 daw kasi. So 8-2=6. They said that they saw N-2 in an analysis. Later this evening, i checked the first analysis that i did. Yes, it stated N-2. But N was 10. So N-2=10-2=8. WTF 2x! It's basic Math. Duh?! Or maybe they considered eVAT and the current exchange rate in the N-2? N*eVAT*exchange rate minus 2 = 6... Awwwwww....

The 2 IE GLs. Ala lang. Ayoko magsalita. kakampi ko sila sa meeting eh :)

Key Message: I know how to do my job (and at some point, how to properly do yours). But if you don't even understand simple statistics and math (pucha... N-2=10-2=6?), I'm giving free tutorials on how to successfully perform suicide, and you'll get the first 2 sessions free (out of the 5sessions on discussing 10 ways to die).

If N=10, what is N-2..... SAGOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!