Shark Tank

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True tales of IT life: useless users, hapless bosses, clueless vendors and adventures in the IT trenches. Compiled over the years from the frontlines.

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Flashback Friday: Well, not intentionally

And we’re not at all upset that you canceled the contract.

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Wayback Wednesday: The ABCs, or the 1-2-3’s?

How simple do I have to make this?

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Is there anything else I can help you with?

Big Blue and its big blue button.

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Memory-Lane Monday: Great idea, except …

Let’s just say you’re unclear on the concept.

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Flashback Friday: When you write the manual, ‘RTFM’ becomes your mantra

A lot of work for little thanks.

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Wayback Wednesday: There are no crazy troubleshooting ideas

When normal fixes don’t work, try what makes no sense to you.

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Now hear this

This job is no game.

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Memory-Lane Monday: So much savings!

Remember when somebody said this was a bad idea?

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Flashback Friday: Huh, you know what really bothers me?

The perils of being considerate.

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Wayback Wednesday: There’s always a smart aleck around

And they are so helpful on the help desk.

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All together now

Ah, the joys of the infinite loop.

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Memory-Lane Monday: Wherefore art thou CIO?

He’s a rose by any other name.

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Flashback Friday: Oh, did I say 30 DAYS?

Well, it seemed like a month already.

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Wayback Wednesday: Priorities

You’re forgetting: We have two printers but only one foosball table.

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We’ll fix this, inshallah

There’s just one little problem first.

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Memory-Lane Monday: I guess looks are everything

Ugly hardware ends up in Siberia.

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Flashback Friday: How about a shark?

And not a kid-friendly one.

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Wayback Wednesday: Survival of the fittest, hardware division

I can haz all the bits?

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Now let’s guess what fish’s new password is

Or maybe we shouldn’t go there.

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Memory-Lane Monday: It’s in the cards

But is the deck rigged?

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