General Rant - work related
Headsets: They are going to start replacing our headsets to ones with squeal protection but they are only buying the over the head model. Many of us are over the ear wearers only and I for one not only hate the headset head one gets with the other kind, but it also gives me a headache to have the pressure on my noggin.
Monitors: We get new monitors for the CAD but the screens are too bright at many stations. So bright, in fact, that the grey looks white and there is no contrast to the entry screens and such. Our retinas are burning! So in order to combat that we have to change the properties/desktop settings to go darker on colors. Wellllllllllllllllll, that requires us using true color, but hey - we are not allowed to go above 256 colors, so pretty much everything we are able to use is either too dark, too bright or too light.
Computers: We are getting new computers for the CAD as well. Our old ones are 400 mhz!! So they are suppose to install them this month. We inquired about the old computers and if we could have them set up at each console so we could network them and be able to use them for quick references, word processing, email and other such things we still don't have the ability to do. Noooooooooooo - they have to send all the old computers to Salem. Why? Well, no one quite knows for sure, but I do know that they sell surplus items on eBay and I think they plan on taking the 20-40 used ones and lumping them on a pallet where someone will pay $100 for them all while we are left with zero functionalilty again. I mean, if we want to type a memo, we have to get up and go use a computer where there is Word. Then we have to save it to a disc (which is hard since all the hard drives tend to be hidden behind consoles) and take it to the supervisor's console where it can be printed off. Try doing that when you are working.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
Dina
Monitors: We get new monitors for the CAD but the screens are too bright at many stations. So bright, in fact, that the grey looks white and there is no contrast to the entry screens and such. Our retinas are burning! So in order to combat that we have to change the properties/desktop settings to go darker on colors. Wellllllllllllllllll, that requires us using true color, but hey - we are not allowed to go above 256 colors, so pretty much everything we are able to use is either too dark, too bright or too light.
Computers: We are getting new computers for the CAD as well. Our old ones are 400 mhz!! So they are suppose to install them this month. We inquired about the old computers and if we could have them set up at each console so we could network them and be able to use them for quick references, word processing, email and other such things we still don't have the ability to do. Noooooooooooo - they have to send all the old computers to Salem. Why? Well, no one quite knows for sure, but I do know that they sell surplus items on eBay and I think they plan on taking the 20-40 used ones and lumping them on a pallet where someone will pay $100 for them all while we are left with zero functionalilty again. I mean, if we want to type a memo, we have to get up and go use a computer where there is Word. Then we have to save it to a disc (which is hard since all the hard drives tend to be hidden behind consoles) and take it to the supervisor's console where it can be printed off. Try doing that when you are working.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!
Dina 
Hey Girlie!
Long time no hear from! But boy when you write, you get it all out don't you? LOL!
I wish that I had some advice to offer. About the monitors, don't they have any contrast control on the monitor itself?? Most do.....But I don't know what you are using, so I'm not sure how to help to re-set it.
Wish I had more advice, but it sure is good to hear from you. How is loosing going for ya?
Boy I take my time getting around here, huh? I have to say I've had a lot of overtime lately so I guess that is my "excuse." 
About those monitors: They adjust but you can turn the contrast and brightness all the way down and they are still making all the grey areas white. I did finally change the color temp on one of them and if you turn the color temp down on all colors it will help dim it, but it's still not quite right. The brand new monitors have lines streaking down them as well. I think they are loads of crapola. Hopefully they will actually force the company to replace them. Nothing like having new junk to work with!
As for losing, I'll post in another post - I think we need to catch up...all of us!
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