Parking

Pro Tip: If you're held accountable for your driving actions, don't park like an asshole.

How's your driving GA DOT? It sucks. The operator concurred.

Time Travel

Not enough hours in the day? Employ this Pro Tip and go back in time.

Backstory: I needed a W-9 to add a Contractor to our accounts payable system. They sent me the W-9 at 11:37AM, I forwarded it to my Colleague at 11:41AM, who sent it off to the Accountant at 11:24AM. How else did he/she send the form off 13min before I even got it? Must be a Pro Tip.

Email thread included. Read bottom up for best results.

From: [Colleague]
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 4:47 PM
To: Charles Thomas (EDC)
Subject: RE: FW: Drop Test Floor Patch

The vendor has been added.

From: [Accountant]
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 3:24 PM
To: [Colleague]
Subject: RE: FW: Drop Test Floor Patch

VENDOR #[redacted]        

From: [Colleague]
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 11:24 AM [emphasis mine]
To: [Accountant]
Subject: FW: FW: Drop Test Floor Patch

Hi [Accountant],

New vendor info attached.

Thanks

From: Charles Thomas (EDC)
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 11:41 AM [emphasis mine]
To: [Colleague]
Subject: FW: FW: Drop Test Floor Patch

[Colleague],

Please add [Contractor] to [system]. W-9 attached.

Let me know when everything is setup.

-Charles

From: [Contractor]
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 11:37 AM [emphasis mine]
To: Charles Thomas (EDC)
Subject: Re: FW: Drop Test Floor Patch

Charles, Please see attached W-9. Thanks, [Contractor] From: Charles Thomas (EDC) Subject: FW: Drop Test Floor Patch To: [Contractor] Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2011, 10:47 AM [Contractor], I approve this repair as quoted. Please send me a W-9 so I may add you to our purchase order system. We can also discuss a date to have this repair done. -Charles

Working Late

Pro Tip: If you're working late, prove it.

Header from an email I received this morning:

From: [redacted]
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 3:06 AM [emphasis mine]
To: Charles Thomas (EDC)
Subject: FW: Cooling Water List Update - West

Now that's dedication.

Avoid Being Sandbagged

Don't trust Office when writing letters to the VPs. It wants to throw you under the bus and make you look like an idiot without basic grammar skills.

I never liked Clippy that much anyway...

UPDATE:

Turns out "me" is correct in this case.

Pro Tip: Consult your English contact.

Pushing Rope - A Study

Taking a Water Sample

From: Charles Thomas (EDC) 
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 3:08 PM
To: [redacted]

Cc: [redacted]

Subject: RE: Samples Bottles

Afternoon [redacted],

Please get a full 32oz of water from your tower, chiller, and city water. Let the water run for about 10 seconds to ensure it’s an accurate sample. Sometimes the sample line can dead leg and have gunk build up or just stale water that wouldn’t show an accurate representation of what’s in the bulk of the line.

-Charles