Persevere
Persevere (per·se·vere)
To persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement.
Yesterdays hijinks in the office started off with the undertaking of screwing a white board to the wall. One might think that given the proper tools this would be a small and menial task. But not around here. "Proper tools" is a phrase best used on a job site where building done. Around here, the only building ever done is on a computer. So Screwing a white board to the wall can only be done with the help of three people, two inch deck screws, and a power drill better left on a different job site. The said party going about this undertaking asked for my help, but help I would not. But I would sit back and enjoy the show that was undergoing.
Asking everyone in the small office and using a little guilt/persuasions the said party went about his task. But the hard white board would not let these pesky long screws through there thick hides. Instead it almost cost a finger on the first go round. Had this been me I would have been happy letting the white board sit on my desk and fall on me once a week. But no, not my interoffice companions. This was a task they would not fail at. So off they go to rewrite more help. After a few tries and a visit to an office across the hall they find out that the best way to do this is just to use the screws drilled into the wall to hold it in place. Not to be drilled through the white board. So lesson of the day, persevere till it is done. Or just wait tell you have the proper tools for the job. I say go with the right tools.
To persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement.
Yesterdays hijinks in the office started off with the undertaking of screwing a white board to the wall. One might think that given the proper tools this would be a small and menial task. But not around here. "Proper tools" is a phrase best used on a job site where building done. Around here, the only building ever done is on a computer. So Screwing a white board to the wall can only be done with the help of three people, two inch deck screws, and a power drill better left on a different job site. The said party going about this undertaking asked for my help, but help I would not. But I would sit back and enjoy the show that was undergoing.
Asking everyone in the small office and using a little guilt/persuasions the said party went about his task. But the hard white board would not let these pesky long screws through there thick hides. Instead it almost cost a finger on the first go round. Had this been me I would have been happy letting the white board sit on my desk and fall on me once a week. But no, not my interoffice companions. This was a task they would not fail at. So off they go to rewrite more help. After a few tries and a visit to an office across the hall they find out that the best way to do this is just to use the screws drilled into the wall to hold it in place. Not to be drilled through the white board. So lesson of the day, persevere till it is done. Or just wait tell you have the proper tools for the job. I say go with the right tools.
posted by Lucid Developer at
8:33 AM
4 Comments:
There is reason why you guys work in an office in front of computers and not on a construction site. Leave power tools to the professional.
I bet there were some kind of hooks on the back of the white board for the said propose, but a certain un-named someone didn't notice. Trying to force a screw through a white board, that's ingenious!
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Erin, at 9:46 AM
lol, No. The white boards are not your traditional white boards. They where bought like a sheet of plywood. So there are not anything like hooks on it.
Keep in mind also I had nothing to do with it. I just watched the show.
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Lucid Developer, at 10:04 AM
I work there and I used to be a Mason's Assistant, a pretty good one too. That's definitely a contruction job. They didn't want to see me go but you basically had to be in the family to have any chance at upward mobility.
I'm a staunch opponent of labeling computer programmers as inept in other areas of life.
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Anonymous, at 10:16 AM
Sometimes is cheaper faster and better to buy an easier one to install, or just have someone else more experienced in the difficult job do it... of course then you lose the satisfaction of doing it yourself the hard way.
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Anonymous, at 8:30 PM
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