{"id":2837,"date":"2016-07-08T00:02:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T04:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/?p=2837"},"modified":"2017-03-14T15:25:55","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T19:25:55","slug":"excel-twitter-20160708","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/archives\/2016\/07\/08\/excel-twitter-20160708\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Twitter 20160708"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Does it feel like you\u2019ve spent 8 hours working in Excel today, or 500 years? It probably doesn\u2019t matter, as long as your pivot table is relevant.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>This Week\u2019s Tweets \u2013 Plain Text<\/h3>\n<p>Here are the tweets in plain text. The embedded tweets are below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I JUST MADE MY FIRST RELEVANT PIVOT TABLE<\/li>\n<li>If I had a dollar for everytime I crashed excel at work, I would double my pay check. #IExcelAtWork<\/li>\n<li>After 15 minutes of showing you how to make a pie chart from your data, you say &#8220;So this is Excel?&#8221; #HowIKnowYoureDumb<\/li>\n<li>my biggest pet peeve: when excel pivot tables assume you want COUNT of something instead of sum. why would i ever need count. why.<\/li>\n<li>70y\/o guy I work with has been using excel since &#8217;89 and hasn&#8217;t gone 1 workday without looking at spreadsheets since<\/li>\n<li>When your boss gives you an excel project to finish and all you know how to do on excel is click on the icon to open it<\/li>\n<li>If it takes 8 hours of manual work to import a structured excel file into a database system, you&#8217;ve done something wrong.<\/li>\n<li>*spends 500 years listing and organising with pen and paper**dad walks in with completed excel document**kills self for being stupid*<\/li>\n<li>All hail the Excel pivot table.Things I have yelled in my cubicle.<\/li>\n<li>How would you feel if I told you I had every packing list I&#8217;ve made for every trip I&#8217;ve taken since 2010 in an excel workbook.<\/li>\n<li>I spend a good 89% of my time waiting on people and excel to function correctly. The rest I might actually get work done. #lovely<\/li>\n<li>Today I learned the =CONCATENATE function, so I think my work week was better then yours #Excel<\/li>\n<li>Today at work, I am sincerely regretting the fact that I ever put &#8220;proficient in Microsoft excel&#8221; on my resume<\/li>\n<li>Dear excel. If you could work. Thanks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/twitter20160708a.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Dear Excel. If you could work. Thanks. http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/twitter20160708a_thumb.png\" alt=\"Dear Excel. If you could work. Thanks. http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" width=\"396\" height=\"396\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>This Week\u2019s Tweets \u2013 Embedded<\/h3>\n<p>Here are the embedded tweets. The tweets in plain text are above.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I JUST MADE MY FIRST RELEVANT PIVOT TABLE<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 natalie (@eilatau) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eilatau\/status\/750733860933996544\">July 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nIf I had a dollar for everytime I crashed excel at work, I would double my pay check. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IExcelAtWork?src=hash\">#IExcelAtWork<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Scott Piekarski (@whypi42) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whypi42\/status\/750477800532873216\">July 5, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After 15 minutes of showing you how to make a pie chart from your data, you say &#8220;So this is Excel?&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HowIKnowYoureDumb?src=hash\">#HowIKnowYoureDumb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ungodly News (@ungodlynews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ungodlynews\/status\/750676152344203268\">July 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nmy biggest pet peeve: when excel pivot tables assume you want COUNT of something instead of sum. why would i ever need count. why.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joyce (@ribattuta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ribattuta\/status\/747959691804839936\">June 29, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" data-cards=\"hidden\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">70y\/o guy I work with has been using excel since &#8217;89 and hasn&#8217;t gone 1 workday without looking at spreadsheets since <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uCdhdAzOG9\">pic.twitter.com\/uCdhdAzOG9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Heoff (@AuntGeMeiman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AuntGeMeiman\/status\/750731162813890560\">July 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nWhen your boss gives you an excel project to finish and all you know how to do on excel is click on the icon to open it<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robby (@Robby_Hazel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Robby_Hazel\/status\/747794216730894336\">June 28, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If it takes 8 hours of manual work to import a structured excel file into a database system, you&#8217;ve done something wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erik Bernskiold (@ErikBernskiold) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErikBernskiold\/status\/750594338640584706\">July 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\n*spends 500 years listing and organising with pen and paper*<br \/>\n*dad walks in with completed excel document*<br \/>\n*kills self for being stupid*<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 SS. (@Sue_Sid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sue_Sid\/status\/747765566233055232\">June 28, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">All hail the Excel pivot table.<br \/>\nThings I have yelled in my cubicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 foodlibrarian (@foodlibrarian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foodlibrarian\/status\/750483511778250752\">July 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nHow would you feel if I told you I had every packing list I&#8217;ve made for every trip I&#8217;ve taken since 2010 in an excel workbook.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eleni (@Eleni0501) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eleni0501\/status\/746528184833703937\">June 25, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I spend a good 89% of my time waiting on people and excel to function correctly. The rest I might actually get work done. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/lovely?src=hash\">#lovely<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jess (@jessXcloyd) July 5, 2016<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nToday I learned the =CONCATENATE function, so I think my work week was better then yours <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Excel?src=hash\">#Excel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Megan Davis (@12yellowpears) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/12yellowpears\/status\/748401816455516160\">June 30, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today at work, I am sincerely regretting the fact that I ever put &#8220;proficient in Microsoft excel&#8221; on my resume<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Obri (@wellaubviously) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wellaubviously\/status\/748944642826055680\">July 1, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nDear excel. If you could work. Thanks.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Grace Witcher (@grace_witcher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grace_witcher\/status\/750030453588029440\">July 4, 2016<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/twitter20160708b.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Dear Excel. If you could work. Thanks. http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/twitter20160708b_thumb.png\" alt=\"Dear Excel. If you could work. Thanks. http:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/\" width=\"396\" height=\"199\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Get Weekly Excel News By Email<\/h3>\n<p>To get Excel news and tips by email, add your name for the Contextures Excel newsletter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"AW-Form-1834975337\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function(d, s, id) {\n\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\tif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\tjs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\tjs.src = \"\/\/forms.aweber.com\/form\/37\/1834975337.js\";\n\tfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t}(document, \"script\", \"aweber-wjs-z22n761cb\"));\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>_____________________<\/p>\n<h3>This Week\u2019s Tweets By<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eilatau\/status\/750733860933996544\">natalie<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/whypi42\/status\/750477800532873216\">Scott Piekarski<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ungodlynews\/status\/750676152344203268\">Ungodly News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ribattuta\/status\/747959691804839936\">Joyce<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AuntGeMeiman\/status\/750731162813890560\">Heoff<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Robby_Hazel\/status\/747794216730894336\">ned flanders<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErikBernskiold\/status\/750594338640584706\">Erik Bernskiold<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sue_Sid\/status\/747765566233055232\">SS.<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/foodlibrarian\/status\/750483511778250752\">foodlibrarian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Eleni0501\/status\/746528184833703937\">Eleni<\/a>, Jess, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/12yellowpears\/status\/748401816455516160\">Megan Davis<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wellaubviously\/status\/748944642826055680\">Obri<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/grace_witcher\/status\/750030453588029440\">Grace Witcher<\/a><\/p>\n<p>_____________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does it feel like you\u2019ve spent 8 hours working in Excel today, or 500 years? 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