I have been working on a project to make looking up some stuff at work quicker. Little more than that, we have loads of deals but they are jumbled up and near impossible to search. With a bit of excel coding I made a spreadsheet that looks them up for you with a minimum of effort.
Got an e-mail form a random bloke asking for an unlocked version. I politely told him to fcuk off and do his own hard work. Turns out he was one of the big wigs
Now the interesting bit, I had been forwarded for this prize by some bloke I have never met or even heard of... Looks like he is trying to re-package my work (It's taken months) and pass it off, at least partially, as his own. Up until today, I was totally oblivious to this...
However, I get the e-mail back saying that I have won a nice shiny phone (PDA sat nav thing, dunno really yet, pic below) and please can we have the unlocked version.
Sadly for Mr big wig he copied in my bosses, bosses, boss out of courtesy. She, knowing what I have been working on, (She sanctioned it's trial) promptly threw a force ten wobbler as she was planning on a big release of my project once the trial had run, but now her big plan was scuppered so wrote to all and sundry telling them where the project had originated (ie my idea) and how it was down to me and the support of her dept (Fair enough) not Mr plagiarizing tosspot...
Now I find myself in the centre of a power struggle and I'm getting copied into e-mails to directors and executives. Nothing beats a bit of office politics
I don't really know what is going on (Blissfully ignorant) but I am currently keeping my head down while the sh!t is flying, but I'm enjoying the show. They are talking about making my project national, then public then world wide! Dunno how much is true or even practical, but I'll happily ride it out. They are promising all sorts of things at the moment. (I need to fiddle a working Porsche 924 and a new Exige S into the reward package
)And I have a shiney new phone...
Rich
