What's the normal reaction? Do you ask for help or do you pretend you know what you're doing?
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What's the normal reaction? Do you ask for help or do you pretend you know what you're doing?
Depends.
if there is someone I trsut taht I know can do waht I don't know - I admit I can't do it and point them in that direction.
If I know the persion I am talking to will make a big deal about it going to another person, I'll trudge through it or take the person I know does know how to do it to lunch and pick their brain.
If it is something that I haven't ever tried and I don't know anyone that can do it - I will say that I don't know, but given time I can figure it out. If they don't like giving me the time, then it is up to them to come up with an alternative.
Most time though I start screaming like a chimp and fling my poo at them until they get the idea I don't want them to darken my door
Fetal Position
i cry like a school girl
I search for assistance from multiple sources....
... No one knows EVERYTHING, nor should they be expected to... but the ones who thrive are the ones who don't back down from the SEARCH for the answers. [img]wink.gif[/img]
Depends upon the situation, but I'm not too egotistical to ask for help if I really need it.
I'll usually try to solve said situation on my own first though.
Hmmmm..... i didn't ask for help.... time to call 911...
Ya know... those cisco 6500 routers are totally different animals... and really really big! [img]confused.gif[/img]
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is my technique as well.Quote:
Originally posted by -megalithanod:
Depends.
if there is someone I trsut taht I know can do waht I don't know - I admit I can't do it and point them in that direction.
If I know the persion I am talking to will make a big deal about it going to another person, I'll trudge through it or take the person I know does know how to do it to lunch and pick their brain.
If it is something that I haven't ever tried and I don't know anyone that can do it - I will say that I don't know, but given time I can figure it out. If they don't like giving me the time, then it is up to them to come up with an alternative.
Most time though I start screaming like a chimp and fling my poo at them until they get the idea I don't want them to darken my door
Ill stay on it untill I got it.. unlees it is someting very complex and I have no clue ehwatso ever what I am doing.. then I ask
C'mon! Everything is over my head...including this thread. I don't get it. [img]confused.gif[/img]
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*kills andyman*
... hmmm.... that might have been over my head... i should've asked DA for help... [img]wink.gif[/img]
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ditto.Quote:
Originally posted by -megalithanod:
Depends.
if there is someone I trsut taht I know can do waht I don't know - I admit I can't do it and point them in that direction.
If I know the persion I am talking to will make a big deal about it going to another person, I'll trudge through it or take the person I know does know how to do it to lunch and pick their brain.
If it is something that I haven't ever tried and I don't know anyone that can do it - I will say that I don't know, but given time I can figure it out. If they don't like giving me the time, then it is up to them to come up with an alternative.
Most time though I start screaming like a chimp and fling my poo at them until they get the idea I don't want them to darken my door
Except I've never flung poo at anyone yet.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I can't believe you killed me! If I weren't dead I'd kick your ass!Quote:
Originally posted by Joranthalus:
*kills andyman*
... hmmm.... that might have been over my head... i should've asked DA for help... [img]wink.gif[/img]
Someone get a Ouija board.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I can't believe you killed me! If I weren't dead I'd kick your ass!</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">it was an impulse thing [img]biggrin.gif[/img]Quote:
Originally posted by Andyman:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Joranthalus:
*kills andyman*
... hmmm.... that might have been over my head... i should've asked DA for help... [img]wink.gif[/img]
call in an air strike-
Just escape into the void, Jor.
People always get ignored when they are in there!
They've also been known never to return... for some reason. [img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img]
Post here ?
I don't understand the question.....
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I found it funny that when in the Ragnarok (is) out in space, (and) you use Blasting Zone, the big beam of energy Squall releases upwards still appears to be coming from the planet.Quote:
Originally posted by Joranthalus:
*kills andyman*
... hmmm.... that might have been over my head... i should've asked DA for help... [img]wink.gif[/img]
Hence why none aside from the mandatories should be taken seriously.
I do wonder, peeing in other people's pants, is that acceptable? I've never tried that.
i've wet other people's beds... and, some other things that were kinda distasteful...
when i used to get in too deep i had a magic formula:
2 nydol, 2 no-doze, 2 ephedrine tablets
the problem remains, but you wont even know your name.
loss of ability to maintain accountability = victory
I generally find a bigger hammer.
I just pretend I know what Im doing, until it works, or burns down... then I blame someone else
...or I ask vic [img]redface.gif[/img] [img]tongue.gif[/img]
This one's easy to answer...............
I call Jor.
well, ultimately, i took a little advice from all of you.... I kept pretending to know what i was doing, it broke, i fucked aorund with it some more, i made it worse, i blamed someone else, and then i flushed the ARP tables on my neighbor and everything started working again... i always forget those things...
Well, I've been in over my head in water countless times. Usually I came up on my own. At least once help came that I didn't ask for, but desperately needed... Sometimes I nearly drowned for losing direction.
I've been in over my head in mud. That quite nearly killed me, too. I'd rather not relate any further details.
I've been in over my head in snow, and quite honestly, I can't recall it ever being life-threatening. It's happened pretty often, now that I think of it, and it was always a pleasant experience.
I've been in an open grave well over my head. No lasting impressions there.
I've been buried up to my ears in sand more than once, which isn't so bad until a wave decides to roll up your nose.
That's about all I can remember. I had to have help in water once, mud, maybe the snow, definately the grave, and only in the sand after the water turned it into concrete. So, usually I act like I know what I'm doing and I can get out of it myself.
'Zat help?
Well, I was gonna say "Never be afraid to ask for help."
But your way works too, Jor. [img]wink.gif[/img]
Seriously though, there's no shame in asking for assistance. I'd rather ask for help and get it right than be too humble and do it myself, only to have it get fucked up even worse and get all the blame. Plus, if you get help, and it still goes wrong, it's not all your fault anymore.... [img]wink.gif[/img]
Whe all hell breaks loose, I just call 911. [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img] [img]wink.gif[/img]
Just press the EASY button! [img]wink.gif[/img]
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*shoves Nostro into water, plants boot firmly on top of his head* [img]wink.gif[/img]
One time at band camp...
As young teens, me and two of my brothers set out on a very winter day (snowstorm in fact) to explore the wilderness around us. We came upon our favorite gravel pit and noticed the wind had created these huge snow drifts that came off the ridge above the pond. Donning our snowmobile suits we figured we could actually "dive" off the cliffs, perform a full gainer and land safely into the soft blanket of snow below.
Okay...important safety tip here! When diving off cliffs into snow banks, leave a "spotter" behind.
The 3 of us executed near perfect feats of olympic level high diving landing beautifully feet first only to find ourselves immersed in a tomb of snow up to our necks. We went in like boards with our arms at our sides and the snow was quite dense. Picture, if you will, a huge snow bank with 3 heads sticking out of it. Neither one of us could move. After about 15 minutes of us discussing how stupid it was for us all to go at the same time and another 30 minutes wiggling frantically, one of us manage to free himself and dig out the rest.
[img]graemlins/hmmm.gif[/img] I guess technically we weren't "in over our heads" so nevermind. Carry on!
<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ January 26, 2005 08:42 AM: Message edited by: Andyman ]</font>
...wow...just a few more inches and I would have never had to kill you myself.
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Yes, fate had other plans. [img]wink.gif[/img]Quote:
Originally posted by -Dark Angel-:
...wow...just a few more inches and I would have never had to kill you myself.
...no, seriously. I am sitting in the parking lot outside your office right now. -_-
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