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Carlsberg Employees Decry Limits on Beer at Work
Posted: 2010-04-09 by Sherry

The Associated Press

A worker mans the production line at Carlsberg Breweries in Copenhagen. Scores of Carlsberg employees walked off the job Thursday after the Danish brewer tightened rules on workplace drinking.

Scores of Carlsberg workers walked off the job in protest Thursday after the Danish brewer tightened laid-back rules on workplace drinking and removed beer coolers from work sites, a company spokesman said.

The warehouse and production workers in Denmark are rebelling against the company’s new alcohol policy, which allows them to drink beer only during lunch hours in the canteen. Previously, they could help themselves to beer throughout the day, from coolers placed around the work sites.

The only restriction was "that you could not be drunk at work. It was up to each and everyone to be responsible," company spokesman Jens Bekke said.

Carlsberg had mulled a stricter drinking policy for years and finally decided to impose the new rules on April 1, prompting protests from staff.

Bekke said around 800 workers went on strike Wednesday and around 250 walked off their jobs Thursday, resulting in interruptions to beer transports in and around Copenhagen.

Carlsberg’s truck drivers joined the strike in sympathy — even though they are exempt from the new rules, Bekke said. The truck drivers are permitted to bring three beers from the canteen because they often don’t have time to have lunch there.

The trucks have alcohol ignition locks preventing drivers from driving drunk, he added.

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How many Dell reps does it take to screw in an OS?
Posted: 2010-03-17 by Mike G

So today I took delivery of a new Dell PowerEdge for one of my clients. Nothing exciting....just a basic server with hotswap RAID & power supplies to run their Point of Sale system. The only stipulation the software vendor had was that the server be running a 32-bit OS. Just try and guess what could go wrong with this scenario...

I unpack the box and lug its heavy ass onto the workbench. Let’s see....first I’ll go through the packing list and make sure everything’s here.

Server & Hardware - check
Dual Power Supplies - check
2 Power cords - check
Keyboard, mouse, manuals etc - check
OS Media pack & Windows Server CAL’s - check
Wait....what does it say on this DVD...Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition 64bit - Uh oh??

So I fire the server up, hoping they made a mistake and just shipped the wrong media. After accepting the license agreement and completing the rest of the Windows install I click on System Properties....Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard - 64bit....Fuck. Looks like I am reformatting this cocksucker. Dell FAIL...

No big deal...I have Dell OS media coming out of my ass, but I do want to make sure I’ll have the correct disks and licenses on-hand before delivering the server to the client.

Let’s see....how about we start by calling the 1-800 number entitled Dell Customer Care which is printed right across the top of the packing list? Sounds like a good starting point. Little did I know this would be the start of an epic journey that would consume the next hour of my life....

Recorded Message: Thank you for calling Dell Canada Customer Care. For service in English, press 1.....

Me: Presses 1 for English, 3 for Sales Support....

Dirka1: Thank you for calling Dell, may I have your order number please?
Me: Gives info.
Dirka1: Thank you, and can I have your customer number please?
Me: Gives info.
Dirka1: Thank you. How can I help you today sir?
Me: I just took delivery of a PowerEdge server. It was ordered with Win2008 Server Standard 32-bit edition, but shipped with Win2008 Server 64bit version. I would like the correct OS media.
Dirka1: Oh, I am terribly sorry but I see you are a Dell Business customer. Please allow me to transfer you to the Dell Business Customer Support department. Thank you for calling Dell.