14 minutes

The company I work for, CSD, got a new computer system. We were trained back in the first weeks of the year. So from that time up until last Thursday we had no experience with the new system. Thursday was the big day. Apparently the IT guys were there all night setting up the new computers, initializing them, and working out any bugs that the over night crew had. At 7:00am, when I go in, they were still there. 7:00am and 8:00am is when the majority of the day crew comes in. So, they gave me my login on Wednesday, I had to change my password upon logging into the system. Fine, no problem. Well, on Thursday when it was "live" there was an issue. Apparently they didn't have my login tied to my "agent number" so for 14 minutes I just sat there like a bump on pickle waiting for someone to fix it. I know, I know..."Why are you complaining Jeanne, it's time off the phones?" Sure, normally I'm all about the lazy ways of the world but staring into a computer screen that keeps blinking an error is not fun. 14 minutes seems like an eternity. Finally, I'm in and able to work. The remaining three hours and 45 minutes of work FLEW by. Maybe we all need a 14 minute break from things to give us a new perspective. What do you think?

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  1. L*I*S*A7:53 AM, February 11, 2007

    I like the idea of a 14-minute break. Of course, my union mandates a 15-min. break every four hours. Think of how ultra-productive we could all be if we just shaved off that extra minute from each break?!

    Workers of the world unite!

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  2. Gknee10:20 AM, February 11, 2007

    Same here..we are required a 15 minute break for every 4 hours worked as well. So after my 14 minutes of perspective and working for an hour and fiften minutes I then was fortunate to have my regular break. Which made the day fly by even more.

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