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Help desk pilot fish working at a military base takes one last call before his lunch break.

User: "I have a silly question. I can't access the online ordering Web site for the Subway here on base."

Fish: Did it ever work?

User: "It worked yesterday. I want to know if network security is blocking the Web site."

Fish: (thinks) We have all kinds of information to protect from people who make sandwiches ...

User: "The base even sent an e-mail out suggesting we use it for faster service. Why would they block it?"

Fish: Why don't you just go in and order inside, since you have to pick it up anyway?

User: "Then you smell like a sub sandwich all day. It gets in your hair and everything, like going into a bar and smelling like smoke. I like to order it online and then pick it up at the drive through."

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Minnesota weather

An Army buddy of mine was from Thief River Falls, Minnesota.. He said I should come and visit sometime.. He said summer is nice and you can go swimming both days!.. ;-)

...er where is the joke?

...er where is the joke? Usually we see engaging stories of users not getting the technology. In this case the user did not have access to a previously working site; a real issue. No user dumbness nor techie solution was shown.

Instead, I guess we are to find it amusing that the user didn't like to smell like pickles. Given that techies are not always noted for body hygiene, maybe Sharkie thinks that it is silly in others? Even those for whom perfume is a personal preference?

Go out on dates much?

...er where is the joke?

I think the joke is on fish. Rather than be helpful and tell the user that the site is or is not block he suggested they go to the store....

So basically:

"Hey, I can't get to Amazon.com, is the network down?"
"Why don't you just go to Border's, they're just down the street?"

Doesn't really help the user at all, yes?

BOFH

It reads sort of like the beginning to a BOFH episode. I kept waiting for how the helpdesk guy was going to really mess with the luser.

indeed!

Furthermore, that dismissive swipe at sandwich makers shows a certain arrogant naivete. Sandwich makers in a military base couldn't possibly by spies could they? James Bond would never make sandwiches, QED.

I guess the joke is the techie, not the user.

Yummy

I like them Subways sandwiches, I can scarf down a couple of those things pretty easy. Who said losing weight was no fun, I lost 87 pounds on my diet.

commercials

You should do a subway commercial.
http://jaredremembered.com/

Hey! When I select that captcha thingy and hit <cntl>C it doesn't copy to the clipboard. What's up with that? Maybe they'll fix that in windows 7.

HAY OTHRER JIM

YOU SHOOD TRY WIDNOWS UBUTNU I KPET DELTIG TOO MUCH STUUFF ON VITSA BUT I CNAT DELEET ANYTHNIG IN UBUTNU IT WANT A PISSWROD

Solaris

JIM,
I heard windows UBUTNU was a lot like Solaris. We use Solaris here for our database servers. Files are always disappearing on those servers and no-one knows why. I'm the only one with sudo privileges and the root password.

Wow!

You have root AND sudo! Of course, if I had root and no one else had sudo, I'd delete sudo--then I'd have ALL THE POWER to myself!!!!!!!!!!!

Buwahhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

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