Sod's Law

[tvordlj]

You know that saying about how you wait for a bus and then 4 or 5 come at once? It's true! (The corollary to that law is that none of those busses are the one you need. You will then have to wait another 10 minutes for your bus to come straggling along.) I went up to a clinic this morning to get bloodwork done and waited for a bus to go back down to where i work. Had *just* missed two busses that trundled by when i was about 200 yards from the stops. I figured i might have to wait about 10 minutes for something. I spied a bus coming up a side road, peeked up the main road and saw nothing so ran across the street to get it. In the time it took me to go across the street and get on the bus, TWO busses arrived at the stop where i was standing! It's nothing to get into a twist over, it just makes me shake my head and mutter about my luck. It's the same thing as waiting for a bus, someone lights up a smoke and the bus shows up or if you're waiting for someone, and they're late, the instant you try to phone them, they appear. Sod's law i guess.

Anyway i'm back at the office, i've had some breakfast (one of those blood tests where you have to fast for 12 hours) and ripped the white tape and cotton ball off my arm which always leaves red mottled bruise marks so i look like i've been shooting up.

Even better, after faffing around with a report that was selecting information incorrectly between two different versions of the software, i think i've cracked it and the problem isn't the newer version of the software, it was how all the data was linked. Or something. Sometimes the things you change to make something work shouldn't have made any difference but does. IT people know this. Sod's law again.

Comments

[gramie-dee.livejournal.com]

This Sod fellow is becoming a bit of a nuisance. I think it's time we "sent the boys round". Imagine, no more Sod's Law. Everything working perfectly, people living in peace and harmony... dog with cat... spider with fly... Infidel and Muslim... *scratch of needle* Oh well, looks like Sod is here to stay. ;)

[tvor.livejournal.com]

scratch of needle? wot?

[gramie-dee.livejournal.com]

Oohhh I meant as though someone had knocked the stylus off a playing record. It ain't easy doing sound effects on lj. ;)

[tvor.livejournal.com]

I did wonder, seeing as i had the vampires at my arm this morning!

[gramie-dee.livejournal.com]

Ahh yes, I can see your line of thinking there.