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Strange stories from IT
Well, I’ve not written in a while. You writers that make money are incredibly persistent and wordy in a good way.
Someone came to mind from years ago and I thought, you know, I’ve seen some strange things over the years.
Might not be interesting to some. No worries.
I’ll always remember the director who had a great laugh. Always laughing, which I think was great. Just a bit distracting though.
Worked in a new office where the roof above us would leak. It was a terrace so you could smell the lawn after it got cut. How did the lawn mowers get up there? One time I was in my manager’s office and an arc of electricity shot across the room above us.
Uber competitor was always busting me about stuff. We were on separate teams so something was going on there. There were leaks at the aforementioned office over his cubicle so he had a garbage can on the cabinet. It was collecting the ceiling tile goop as well. He forgot and pulled the cabinet door down just as I walked up and the can hit the floor and emptied the contents on him. Sweet victory.
Same place, manager was always yelling at me about stuff. He was not interested in the fact that he had the wrong person. Head case.
One guy elsewhere accidentally loaded a test tape into a production environment and…
