Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

*If we ignore the scientific method altogether.

So. I woke up late, just hit snooze way too many times and didn't drag my drowsy carcass out of bed. Went and woke up my husband when breakfast was mostly edible, then he fell back asleep and I lost track of time so he didn't wake up until it was nearly time to be to work. We were both late to work by about ten minutes. Oops.

My coworkers decided that today was an awesome day to be misogynists. One of them was upset because tomorrow is his wife's birthday and he doesn't have any money for a present. I suggested something free and sweet, like making homemade coupons for free massages from him or a day of him doing the dishes or something. One of the other guys piped up and said that husbands should never have to do dishes. Dead serious. I said "Excuse your misogyny." Like he had sneezed, just a quick "'scuse you!" type of thing. He thought misogyny meant that he was giving other people massages, I guess because I had just mentioned the other guy giving his wife a massage. >.>

They also decided that religious discussions at work are definitely appropriate, so two of them got into a 15-minute long argument about whether or not Jesus was alive today. It went something like this:

CCL: "Of course he's alive! That's the point! He's alive and hanging out in Heaven!"

Derphead: "No, he doesn't have a body anymore and no one can live for two thousand years. He's coming back, so that means he's not here right now, because he's dead!"

CCL: "NUH-UH!"

Derphead: "UH-HUH!"

repeat x56.

And, as all Americans, I have the right to remain silent. Unlike other Americans, I lack the ability to remain silent. So I didn't even mean to say it out loud, but I just blurted out at the top of my lungs:

"WHY DON'T YOU TWO GO OUTSIDE AND TALK IT OUT." Which was apparently the funniest thing anyone had heard all day, don't ask me. Or maybe when I get annoyed I look like a satanic bunny or something weirdly amusing. ><

So then I went home for lunch, went back to work to write SOPs. (I'm an assembler part-time for my company and a technical writer for them part time. And I'm the first employee in the history of this company to have bridged the gap between assembly and administration. *Obviously Pleased With Self*)

Anyways! I'm trying to write SOPs, or Standard Operating Procedures. I have a priority list set for me by my handler. He set 9. I finished three and sent them out with a change order for approval signatures. Three of them required an upstairs assembler to walk me through the steps of the process so I can see what exactly they do to put things together. They were busy so I couldn't touch those three today. Two others required the presence of my downstairs assembly boss because they are functions of his job, but he's out sick with strep throat and swollen tonsils. That left me with a whopping one more SOP that I could write today (although I couldn't finish it completely because I'd need my boss's approval signature when he gets back.)

So, I'm trying to write this SOP, and it's the explanation of how to put together a set of frames. There is a normal set of frames, and an "AZ" set of frames. I know what SS frames are -- stainless steel. I know what AL frames are -- aluminum. I have no idea what AZ frames are or what the difference is between them and normal frames. I fetched the highest-up boss on the pecking order that I could, the one who knows everything about everything, the one who fills all the orders and has been working here for over ten years, and I asked her to explain these AZ frames to me. She said she doesn't know because we've never actually made one. She thinks that the hardware packet might be different.

Well I know that's not correct, because the hardware packets are listed in the bill of materials, and the hardware kit for the AZ frames and the normal frames are identical. I also know we must have made them before, because they wouldn't be in the system with a number otherwise. We assign products a number when we manufacture them, not when we prototype them. Of course, the lady is second in command and I'm 42nd in command, so I'm not about to ask for her help on something and then tell her she's wrong. So I just didn't complete the SOP. D: What do!