So I am flying from Charlotte to Tampa tonight, trying to do some mindless data query work and my MS Outlook has decided to repeatedly shut down and re-start itself. I bought a new HP laptop a couple of months ago and I will tell you I don’t know if it is the lap top or Vista but it is frustrating. For whatever reason when I am working on a word document through outlook and I close the word document my computer freaks out and tells me it unexpectly stopped. I closed it! And now, when I am on the road my outlook decides to re-boot itself over and over and over. I think I know the problem. So when I got the lap top I told HP I want MS office installed. So I get the computer and no Outlook. I call and they say “Oh you didn’t specify”. What a bunch of morons! So I had a old 2003 copy and I think it doesn’t like being with Vista. And don’t get me started with Vista. I am not crazy about it. Word is confusing and the whole platform doesn’t seem logical.
So I am half way through my first class in the Doctor of Management program and so far so good. A lot harder then I had thought. I have an annotated bibliography due in two weeks and then a 15 page paper two weeks after that and then the final in December. I am looking forward to finishing this class. It will feel good to finish. I will say this I do find the whole thought of a Doctor of Management odd. I mean we have professors and student, most who have never held a private sector job in their life, pontificating about management. And a lot of the readings are nonsense. It is easy to get up an preach about change management and evil of large firms and business ethics and on and on. But at the end of the day it is about making money for the firm and shareholders so the firm is successful so it can hire more people who can become productive members of society who can pay taxes so we can live in a nice country.
I mean if I have to hear one more time about how bad Wal-Mart is I am going to freak out. Look I am no Wal-Mart fan and we rarely shop there. But I am a fan of their business model. Look no one is making anyone work there. I am sorry some people don’t have college degrees or any other skill and that is the only job they can get. At least they have a job. And as for the business’s they supposedly put out of business…I’ve got some advice for you – the world changes and adapt. People will still come to your store if you provide them with something they want. Example, there is a Home Depot 20 minutes from my house. There are also a number of mom and pop hardware stores on the way. I usually go to the mom and pop store because I get better service. I get an old guy who knows what he is talking about not some 22 year old who is more interested in playing grab ass with the cute cashier.
As for work things are going well. As usual I have a number of clients needing experienced people. I had an earlier posting about Krieger. I’d still like to talk to someone who is in the program to understand exactly what they are offering. So if someone is reading this and is in the program email me. Getting ready to land in Tampa so everyone have a great week and if someone knows how to fix my computer problem please email me…if you can fix it you will be compensated!