my boss flipped the fuck out on me

[b i o n i c]

So I do these searches at work for multiple search terms. For example, “nacho libre movie” then “nacho libre commercial” then “nacho libre promotion” and so on changing the last search term after each result… I do a lot of them once a week so I decided to add a “+” sign in between to make it easier to quickly see where I need to change the word, so “nacho libre + movie” then “nacho libre + commercial” then “nacho libre + promotion” and so on. These are terms I just made up, but I work off a huge list of terms… the + sign does help.

As far as I know, both ways produce the same results. My boss flipped the fuck out because I “changed procedure without consulting with her”. I wanted to strangle her because I think she’s wrong, it doesn’t make a difference in the results and she should calm the fuck down.

Am I wrong?

[marsdaddy]

DO NOT QUESTION AUTHORITY!

Carry on, then.

[ma belle]

she wants your body or she's clutching her eggs
;)

[Randetica]

rape trap

[burbboi]

If one is hooked up to an internet-capable terminal for 8 hours a day, personally i think it's unreasonable to expect someone NOT to use google within reason.

It's not like you were searching for pr0n or anything.

[YoungRemy]

if you are doing your job, then there is nothing wrong with trying to land results you might not have landed doing it "her way"

new york power broads, they are all the same...

[ma belle]

Tell her that statistics have shown that 10 out of 10 people die, so get the fuck over it.

Nice one! (y)

:D :D :D :D

[b i o n i c]

Im confused by some of yer responses!

if this is what you all were trying to say, yeah i think shes just mad cause she cain't have none of dis doggie style.... yeeeah

the nacho libre was just an example because i have a big NL sticker in front of me. but yeah i think she searches for 'bitch + cunt + psycho + "how to be" ' ... would she get the same results if she searched <"bitch cunt psycho "how to be">?


So do any of you guys know? Is the way I'm doing it ok? power-broads i tells ya.

[Sarky Devotchka]

HEY, IT'S OKAY WITH ME!

love in christ,
BERNIE MAC

[Bob]

what's your job? searching for movies on google?

[Sarky Devotchka]

I want that job!

actually, I'm pretty good at finding stuff on the internet...or perhaps just regular. but, in comparison to my boss, I'm the best! the other day a coworker called up to have my boss find some hair salon on the internet and he was like, "I'm only finding something in the suburbs, are you sure it exists?!" and I was like, "wait, what is it called?" and then he said, "here, you just do it, I can't find anything" and while the girl was still explaining how she originally found it, I found the salon's homepage and said, "hey, here's the number" AND EVERYONE WAS SO BLOWN AWAY BY MY L33T!

[b i o n i c]

intellectual property violations.

so is it the same thing???

[jennyb]

Sheesh, can you say 'micro-managing'???? She needs to chill.

perhaps she's got a new whip she wants to test out on you? you know testing the waters, seeing if you like it rough and all

[Bob]

I want that job!

actually, I'm pretty good at finding stuff on the internet...or perhaps just regular. but, in comparison to my boss, I'm the best! the other day a coworker called up to have my boss find some hair salon on the internet and he was like, "I'm only finding something in the suburbs, are you sure it exists?!" and I was like, "wait, what is it called?" and then he said, "here, you just do it, I can't find anything" and while the girl was still explaining how she originally found it, I found the salon's homepage and said, "hey, here's the number" AND EVERYONE WAS SO BLOWN AWAY BY MY L33T!

oh man, i do that too. i'm the youngest guy in my office by about 20 years, i'm the only one who knows how to REALLY use the internet, i mean really use it. they should hire me to do that. just look for shit on the internet. i could do that for 8 hours a day and boatloads of cash, no problem

[Sarky Devotchka]

somebody give me and bob internet searching jobs!

[Bob]

fuck it, let's start our own company

we'll call it goggles. people will pay us to use google. it's genius!

[Sarky Devotchka]

excellent, you get started on the business plan. I'll buy the office plants.

[b i o n i c]

i do more than just search. but i do like my job a lot.

[Bob]

I'm thinking we need a T-1 connection, and a refrigerator full of Bawls.

We bill by the minutes used in searching.

Lots of Hot Pockets!!!!!

Great name Bob.

if we're going to bill by the minute, shouldn't we get a 56k? no! 14k.

[b i o n i c]

nah, bill per page and just throw lotsa garbage results in there, no one ever reads the shit

[Sarky Devotchka]

I'll buy the office pants too.

[b i o n i c]

who's handling the tps reports?

[Bob]

This isn't a shot at lawyers, but we bill like they would. One, we round up to the half hour, and two, we bill for the time that we spent thinking about their search.

Or as bionic suggested, by the page, that would free up a lot more free time for our own "searches".

Hot damn, I need to make some phone calls for investors.

include the pages that are just like blank pages with a sentence on them, or the fine print with the company's contact info. you never know, the client might need that! for scrap paper.

[ericlee]

What a funky bald ass Boss.

[b i o n i c]

im intrigued by all the sexual interpretations.... i just found out shes going on vacation... phew!

so does anyone know if i was right to tell her its the same thing to search with + signs as without?

[jennyb]

I don't know about the + sign, sorry.

But the way I see it... if you're getting the job done and in an expeditious manner, why the hell would she care how you're doing it? :confused:

Unless she wanted to 'dominate' you. heh heh.:p

[kaiser soze]

you were just using a Boolean search tool...hasn't she used an internet database before?

[marsdaddy]

so does anyone know if i was right to tell her its the same thing to search with + signs as without?I figured, with your great searching prowess, you could figure this out on your own. Try www.google.com and look up boolean search.

[Bob]

it doesn't even matter, as long as it does the job just as well. you shouldn't be yelled at for experimenting with new methods. maybe your boss just isn't good with computers. like, she knows one way to do things, and as far as she knows, if it's done any other way the computer will burst into flames and explode and infect the entire universe with a virus.

some people where i work are like that. we use microsoft access, and i'm not that good with it, but i click around and figure things out, and sometimes someone else will come along and try to show me how to do something, and i'll do something that they didn't know you could do and it'll be like

"ok, now click here, no no you can't click there click here"

"what, yes i can, it does the same thing, watch--"

"DO AS I TELL YOU"

well i guess you'd have to be there

[b i o n i c]

sorry for this, my posting time at work is sporadic and unpredicable so i wanted to hit y'all up at once.

jen: i suspect that she has done some female knot frigging in my name. shes weird.

k-soz: shes a goddamn lawyer, you'd think she'd know some basic boolean terms

mars: i did look it up and the clearest definition i could find said that it was as i thought it to be, except i'm not sure if it only applies to that search engine or if its a universal standard. hey is saying 'universal standard' redundant?

bob: i'm highly annoyed by people like that. in my boss's case, i could see her point if what i was doing even slightly changed my results... but it didn't... i think

like your co-workers, my mom is that way about the computer, the vcr and the electric windows in her car. its kind of funny actually

cmute: somewhere, somehow someone is breathing.