[Fat solipsisms that would not fit in the Twitter box]
Social Networking
Okay. I have sent out a bunch of requests for old friends and family to join me on a series of social networking sites. And so far I have managed to collect a grand total of one person. So, what gives? Are normal users not attracted to all the wonderful relationship building qualities of social networking sites? I can’t imaging they are too busy. Do they not understand the power of these sites?
Magic Moments in SAP Usage
There is always that moment in SAP where something breaks and gives off that weak ‘bleap.’ Then some small text appears at the bottom mentioning giving me the false hope that the issue can immediately be resolved from that same egg-faced screen. And, with all the hope in the world I sheepishly click that text hoping that sometime, somewhere (probably in a parallel universe) there will be some useful bit of information to help solve the issue. *Click* Drat! Wrong again. It just another screen that repeats that patronizing bit of text. Foiled again like Charlie Brown trying to kick that ball from under Lucy’s zip fast grasp. When will I ever learn?
Mentoring
I overheard a phone conversation where it was mentioned that I would help mentor another junior Basis Admin to take over a consulting role at a local company. Which is fine, actually. I have done this about four times and it gets a bit easier each time. I just pull out the standard lists of tasks and describe what to do and what to look for until their eyes glaze over. If they have not used SAP before then this takes about ten minutes. If they have logged in and are familiar with databases, then this takes about 20 minutes.
I have stopped requiring people to write down what I say. Instead, I just hand them my notes and hope that they will review them at least once before using it as a reference during an emergency panic. Which is wishful thinking on my part since they are likely to loose the paper and just call me when things get bad. Oh well. At least I tried and at least the hours were billable.
