{"id":3796,"date":"2019-05-31T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/?p=3796"},"modified":"2019-05-30T12:08:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T16:08:33","slug":"excel-tweets-roundup-20190531","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/archives\/2019\/05\/31\/excel-tweets-roundup-20190531\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Tweets Roundup 20190531"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s Excel tweets collection is filled with sad stories. Have some ice cream handy, before you start reading, because these tweets will give you something to cry about.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>This Week\u2019s Tweets<\/h3>\n<p>Here are my favourite Excel tweets, from all the ones that I saw on Twitter this week.<\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Excel not wanting to work. Solution; go and get a double Ice-cream.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr Alex Stavrinides (@Dr_Stav) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dr_Stav\/status\/1134077143124774912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I can create a pivot table with my eyes closed at this point.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chelsea G! (@_citysiddity) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_citysiddity\/status\/1134073300613812225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Work laptop running slow today, so what do I do? Simultaneously start a huge Git push, big SVN export, Cygwin update, compilation of a massive Java app &amp; complex Excel macro.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s basically the geek equivalent to a parent&#8217;s &#8220;Stop crying or I&#8217;ll give you something to cry about&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank W. Zammetti (@fzammetti) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fzammetti\/status\/1133810868712607744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I don&#8217;t know what is wrong with these work PCs, but they shouldn&#8217;t actually lock up for a couple minutes because I&#8217;ve closed an Excel document&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Darkkai3 (@darkkai3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/darkkai3\/status\/1134023283811213312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">That moment you have over 2000 lines in excel with isblank, multiple indirects, sumproducts off of if statemts. While collecting the data from a power query into a pivot table.. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yVzwA8f4nx\">pic.twitter.com\/yVzwA8f4nx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephen Edwards (@SJE1981) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SJE1981\/status\/1134048905950310400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I think I found a new way to crash Excel at work<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 arwon (@arwon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/arwon\/status\/1133969679968378880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ya, now people expect me to open excel sheets on my phone and do work&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephannie Roy (@DocSteph) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DocSteph\/status\/1133827335776550913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I&#8217;ve signed up for my first two continuing education courses at work: Intermediate Excel (to test my base of knowledge for when they open Advanced) and Liquor and Mixing for Non-Sales professionals (because science).<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Catarina Farinelli (@ladydarksphynx) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ladydarksphynx\/status\/1133886059249487872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">But I work for Office As someone who was an English major before I started doing research for Excel I am always amazed at how good it feels to figure out how to do something with my data.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thomas Dunlap (@spladow) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spladow\/status\/1133878023856332800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Someday I\u2019ll learn how not to lose a painful amount of work in Excel.<\/p>\n<p>Not today, though&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Wittkamp (@MrAlarm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAlarm\/status\/1133817167227441152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\" data-cards=\"hidden\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hell, it\u2019s too bad tracking ANYTHING in Excel doesn\u2019t make you rich&#8230; I spend so much time using it, I\u2019ve been thinking I should change my name; which do like better, \u201cWrap Text\u201d or \u201cPivot Table?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 (@yinzinnati) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yinzinnati\/status\/1133712941633564673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">People who sit near me at work really just hear me screaming &#8220;NOOOO!!&#8221; all the time. Mostly because I accidentally close windows or Excel doesn&#8217;t cooperate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2728Mandy\u2728 (@ladyluck34) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ladyluck34\/status\/1133855681969303558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 29, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-partner=\"tweetdeck\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Today at work I wrote an SOP that I will share below, only slightly simplified:<\/p>\n<p>1. Open Excel file<br \/>\n2. Click macro button #1<br \/>\n3. Click macro button #2<br \/>\n4. Repeat for the other Excel file<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sure someone will still do it wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eric Stevens (@EricStevensINO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricStevensINO\/status\/1133918984712196097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n<h3>Excel Tweets Roundup<\/h3>\n<p>Thanks for reading this week&#8217;s Excel tweets roundup, and did you have a favourite?<\/p>\n<p>I can make a pivot table with my eyes closed!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/pivoteyesclosed01a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px currentcolor; display: inline; background-image: none;\" title=\"I can make a pivot table with my eyes closed!\" src=\"https:\/\/exceltheatre.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/pivoteyesclosed01a_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"I can make a pivot table with my eyes closed!\" width=\"425\" height=\"425\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>________________________________________________<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s Excel tweets collection is filled with sad stories. 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