Funny IS situation

[Tauren]

We'd like to share a little anecdote that happened in the
office the other day. Young Joanne, the editor of a Yorkie
publication, was having trouble with her computer.

So she called Tim, the computer guy, over to her desk.
Tim clicked a couple buttons and solved the problem. As he
was walking away, Joanne called after him, "So, what was
wrong?"

And he replied, "It was an ID ten T error."

A puzzled statement ran riot over Joanne's face. "An ID ten T
error? What's that ... in case I need to fix it again??"

He gave her a grin... ;-) ... "Haven't you ever heard of an
ID ten T error before?"

"No," replied Joanne.

"Write it down," he said, "and I think you'll figure it out."

(She wrote...) I D 1 0 T

 

[Windogg]

Yep, I've listed the good ole "eye dee ten tee" error many a times as the "problem" when closing a trouble ticket. Always a good one.

 

[fdiskboy]

The first rule of IS: Never talk to your customers about the REAL problem.
The second rule of IS: NEVER talk to your customers about the REAL problem.

Of course, the real problem is usually them.

I know that if I'd ever relayed that little bit of information to one of our users, I'd be looking for a new job--or at the very least had a nasty note in my personnel file.

I hate working for "the man".

 

[iamwiz82]

the job would be so much more easy without users =].