It IS possible to trust us a little too much
- TAGS:Enter key, mainframe, response time
- IT TOPICS:Data Center, Management
Pilot fish gets a call from a user in the accounting department, who complains that the mainframe is running very slowly with the accounts receivable application.
That's no surprise to fish, who knows the mainframe's response time has been poor all day. But there is a surprise when he gets to the user's desk -- where he finds her making a fist and pounding on the Enter key.
Why are you doing that? fish asks her.
"I was told by your fellow IT worker that the harder you hit the Enter key, the faster it got to the mainframe to process the data and apply the check," user tells him.
Says fish, "I had no answer except for her to get a new keyboard -- with a bigger Enter key."
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