Drabble Cascade #45 - The Waves of Technology

[charisstoma]

FB3X Drabble Cascade #45 - Sinking

Title: The Waves of Technology (G, reality)
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 200
Prompt: Sinking

She loved her job, REALLY, she reminded herself, but if the stupid IT department didn’t work out the kinks of their fixes that needed fixes she was going to throw something. One program wouldn’t work with Chrome and the other only worked with Chrome and the third … The notification that the virus scan had once again caught and quarantined the Bindo virus popped up on the screen.

With great care she tried to log into her work email and where it should have automatically connected and updated, instead it asked for her password… AGAIN, then notified her that the system had disconnected her … AGAIN. She had called the front office and been told that their email was working just fine. Advice was offered that she contact the Help Desk.

Growling as even accessing her email from an outside the work system was denied to her, she thought, ‘Fine. I WILL call the Help Desk and throw myself on their mercy.’

The growl increased as the number for the Help Desk did NOT connect and then she remembered, the lastest update of technology had linked the phone system to the internet system.

Angrily, she rebooted her computer.

THAT worked.

Comments

[frogs_of_war]

That does not sound like a fun day.

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

No it wasn't a very good start to the day but it got better up until the scissors incident.
There are just too many eggs in that internet basket which the whole district uses. Predict that close to the end of the year we'll lose internet and phones right when last minute projects are due, grades are being inputted and library books need to be all got in.
Today they were loading in grades district wide.

On a positive note, I've got new books to finish processing and get on the shelves. There will be happy happy students tomorrow.

[frogs_of_war]

The scissors incident? I hope you weren't hurt.

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

The scissors incident ... I think I posted about that. We had boxes of books come in. You know how you can open a scissors where the blades almost form a straight line with each other? They can then be used as a make shift box cutter. You have to be careful how you put your fingers unless they've been used by children who cut heavy cardboard and wire and wood dowels and such. I got a scissors that evidently wasn't blunted down much. Only four shallow slices. So not too much hurt.

[frogs_of_war]

For future reference: Closed scissors will cut the tape on a box. So will a ballpoint pen. That's what our produce manager uses. Jab the pen through the tape and pull. She opens dozens of boxes that way every day and the pen still works. Easier on the fingers.

If nothing in the box is breakable and the contents doesn't quite fill it up, just punch the top. The cardboard will move, but the tape won't. Then just pull the tape off.

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

They used that thick paper tape that has diagonal fibers in it especially for boxes with heavy things like large quantities of books in them. And they did the hospital corner type of bedsheet folding of the tape on the corners of the boxes so I couldn't get the scissors under it to snip my way through. The boxes had been crunched so that the edges were softly springing and that tape held like it was part of the box itself.
Should have just rousted out the actual box cutter from the backroom. It was one of those 'I'm an idiot moments'.

[seeking-galileo.livejournal.com]

Bad day at work? :)

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

Frustrating at the beginning.

YOU SMILED after asking that question. meanie.*smiles back*

[seeking-galileo.livejournal.com]

It was a smile of encouragement. Really. *hugs*

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

*HUGS back* It's for warmth. *grins*

[thwax.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain (and, being in IT, I apologise for it)!

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

The IT people I've met, some of which are family, have all been very friendly who seem to like to be helpful and have the patience and forgiveness of saints, at least at work.