Ohh heard that one!
I have been in the biz for a while.
1. Monitor wont work but the light is on (Computer was off)
2. 5 1/4” Floppy wont work (Left in the car during Texas heat now looks like a bloated spoapilla (Mexican dessert))
3. The floppy disk is not working (pulled it out of their pocket and unfolded it then handed it to me so that I could check it)
4. The floppy drive wont let my disk go (Floppy disk was actually crammed between two drives)
5. Monitor is weird colors (took the three sticky magnets off the side of the monitor)
Just the tip of the iceberg... We love our users we truly do...
Back when I was running networks for a University all of my data centers that were student accessible had the following sign in them:
Poor Planning on Your Part does not Constitute an Emergency on Our Part!
I've worked in a couple of places that had hot outlets with generated power...but this place didn't do it.
I bailed out a dentist's office at my first consulting gig. Their building had a direct hit by lightning, and it ran in on all of their modems (Ok, I'm dating myself, here...). I walk in and the receptionist says "Come quick, my PC has a problem." It's *literally* on fire, with smoke rolling out of it. She says "What can we do?" I told her (while hastily looking for something to pick it up with) that "We'll be taking it outside before it burns down the office."
Her next question was "Well, can you fix it?" lol!
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Just the tip of the iceberg... We love our users we truly do... Back when I was running networks for a University all of my data centers that were student accessible had the following sign in them: Poor Planning on Your Part does not Constitute an Emergency on Our Part! |
If you haven't read it, you might be interested in read the Bastard Operator From Hell series. First time I read it, I swear I fell out of my chair from laughing so hard.
I won't say exactly how long it's been, but long enough to have a copy of the Bat Book, signed by Eric Allman.