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Everyone remember--DQS maintence at 11 pm Pacific; 2 am Eastern... - Kiki

Posted: Mar 07, 2010

Pacific: Saturday March 6 at 11pm until 2 am

Eastern: Sunday 2 am to 4 am

We really need to get a bi-weekly poker game going - sm - Confuzzeled

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At least for those of us who aren't in CA and have to go back to work when the "break" is over. Of course you're welcome to join in, Kiki. ;o)

I so want to go to bed - my last job was 22 minutes long and netted 75 lines - think I woke myself up snoring a couple of times while the doc played on her puter. Happy Sat/Sun everybody!

Count me in for the poker, Confuz, and although I'm in CA, - Kiki

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I work very late so these "updates" are always in the middle of my shift, and I still have to go back to work for a couple more hours. In fact, due to the time difference, it usually really messes me up time-wise...end up not getting enough hours for the week if I forget and don't make up the time PRIOR to the maintenance.

I'm having a hard time keeping my eyes open too. I really love the ERs when that loud HORN goes off in the background for whatever reason regularly....try snoozing thru THAT...hehe

And now it looks like that update was canceled anyway.....snooooooooze

Canceled you say?!? - sm - Confuzzeled

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I checked at 11:05 just to be sure, and it was down. Oh well, I'm only 0.7 short of my scheduled time, how ever many minutes THAT is. It's bad enough that we have to add, subtract, multiply and divide to figure out what time the updates are, it's even worse to figure out that stupid time clock.

Aw man, I miss the horns, brawls, screams, etc. of my county ER reports that went to EPIC. Now it's just click, click, rustle, cough, click, click, sneeze...and maybe a few words or so of the ESLs doing DS, and those gawdawful boring clinic notes.

I'm off to have dinner (at 2:40 a.m.), watch some TV (good luck) and try to get some sleep before the rest of the family wakes me up. LOL G'nite!

I thought it went down at 9PM PST? I work that shift - just me

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and quit working at 9PM PST. I never jump back on after the maintainence, I just wait and make it up later...well, till this new LOCK OUT thing is being implemented. Now I will need to figure out a plan B.

So how is that going to be handled Kiki? - CyberlandMT

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When the locking out of unscheduled time hits? You and everbody else? Will you still be allowed to make up your time before the maintenance or what?? Hopefully the person inputting your schedules into Teamwork are good and get it all right. I think this is my biggest fear. My schedule in TW has been messed up ever since moving to a new Book of Business.

I have no idea how that will be handled; I STILL have heard nothing about - Kiki

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this lock-out thing directly from my CCM or any emails. The only place I have heard it is on this board. So, I'm waiting for that email, at which time I will be calling (trying to) my CCM to ask her that very question.

I hear ya on the messed up schedule....working on the west coast when they use east coast time.....constantly looking like I'm short hours because I start at 11 pm pacific time, which is actually 2 am the next day Eastern time...so if Saturday is the end of the PP....argh...pain in the ARSE.......

One of their great fixes - eliminate half the time zones - sm - Confuzzeled

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I don't know why they felt that everything had to be EST, it's a PITA. When it's 10 p.m. I have to check my lines by searching "yesterday and today." I keep forgetting that and freak when it only shows I've done 150 lines.

The only thing we've heard from our CCM is that there will be a meeting, someday, about all of this.

west coasters - mt

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you west coasters are troopers. What a PITA for sure

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