13 February 2001
It's Not Like People Are Stuck On the Moon!
Cruised into the office today looking forward to reading the news thoroughly before getting to work on an update for the Democratic Republic of Congo. But the IT Professionals had managed to disconnect us from the internet from 7:00 am until just now (9:45), so that plan was thwarted. However, one of the IT Professionals has won an excellence award, and the IT Manager (who has the sign "It's Not Like People Are Stuck on the Moon" on her wall) was able to send out an email on the intranet letting us all know the award would be presented at 10:30. I really should go and heckle, huh? Oh, the irony!
[Posted @ 09:51 AM CST]
COMMENTS
Ya see? -- I've been trying to tell you how important these ITP's are (your term -- I like it!) -- I mean, Kev, Kev -- are you winning awards?? Am I winning awards?? I think we just need to accept it, know our places, bow down our heads, drop to one knee and, well, just thank our lucky stars that we reside in a universe with ITP's.....~sigh~........
[Posted by Rune on 14 February 2001, 07:40 AM CST]
...incidentally, i cruised into my own office this morning, and was doing nothing more elaborate than checking the am mail -- all was well -- I'd just logged in 10 minutes prior -- all connections up, all mapped drives functioning -- I open one mail, and *BA-zoon-Ga!* -- everything crashes and burns.
Sigh. Server probs. Looks like another job for (*...acticate MotoCross Speedway PA System SFX...*):
I(i-i-i-i-i-i) T(tee-tee-tee-tee-tee) P(pee-pee-pee-pee-pee-pee) Man!
Meet ITP Man. A Superhero for the New Millenium. Faster than a whirring CD-ROM. More accurate than a laser lens. More reliable than a UPS. Faster than a DSL connection. He boots. He installs. He burns his own CDs.
Look -- it's a nerd, it's a shame -- it's ITP MAN!!!!!!
Yup. This guy's an award-wiener, alright.
The Band says pass the mustard.
~sigh~
[Posted by Rune again on 14 February 2001, 07:47 AM CST]
In fairness, my friend Atlee pointed out to me in a recent email that we (Rune and I, that is) could be too harsh on the ITPs, that, as in all things, there are good and bad ITPs. And I actually knew a good one once who worked for us -- became fast friends with him. Then he left for another job. Ironically, his name was Angel. Was he real, or was it something from one of those Michael Landon-ish tv shows? Hmm....
[Posted by Kev on 14 February 2001, 08:10 AM CST]
