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I got locked out of my work account 3 times this weekend and had to call the oncall person (Horseface) to page System Admin to unlock my account.
miss-k2 Diary Entry miss-k2 2005
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Life is Like a Bad RPG helped me recall my notes on what happens to me during holidays, and why it would be a bad reason to take on any oncall, no matter how guilty I may feel or how much reputation I may lose.
Some PTSD Thoughts Have Gone to Tumblr | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2010
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On Saturday, maybe two hours before my oncall ended, I contemplated killing myself to get out of the situation faster.
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Last week was the first time since I came to my new job that I had ever spent an entire Christmas Eve, Christmas, and half of Boxing Day oncall.
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Naturally having an oncall fall on those three days was just asking for trouble.
Session the 12th: Hard Candy Christmas | Spontaneous ∂erivation 2009
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Then if the meeting gets truley boring i ring the oncall blackberry from personal phone under the desk and answer it and have fake conversation about the domain controllers going down.
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Naturally having an oncall fall on those three days was just asking for trouble.
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On Saturday, maybe two hours before my oncall ended, I contemplated killing myself to get out of the situation faster.
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MDLiveCare is helping to empower patients by sending the complete doctor's clinical note to Google Health from any consultation a patient has with their network of oncall board certified doctors and licensed mental health therapists.
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But in general, i abuse my position as network admin to “alter” the oncall blackberry and polish up on my texas hold em skills.
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