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Dramatis personae:
(M)e
(L)user
L: There's a problem with the PCs you have been imaging for us!
M: ....OK?
L: Yes! They don't have all the software they are meant to have!
M: OK, sure, no problem. What is missing?
L: ....
M: .....?
L: Don't know...
M: OK... who does?
L: The girl who left in February.
M: ... do you have a list of what is supposed to be installed?
L: .... no
M: (please hand me a titanium Spork Of Doom (TM)) so, I will have to speak with (colleague) who is out of the office until Monday, ask if he has any ideas.
L: ... *deer in headlights expression*
M: Unless you know if there's a stack of install CDs somewhere?
L: .... I don't know... I will try and find the diskettes...
M: (1988 called, they want their install media back!)
Oy! TGIF!
(M)e
(L)user
L: There's a problem with the PCs you have been imaging for us!
M: ....OK?
L: Yes! They don't have all the software they are meant to have!
M: OK, sure, no problem. What is missing?
L: ....
M: .....?
L: Don't know...
M: OK... who does?
L: The girl who left in February.
M: ... do you have a list of what is supposed to be installed?
L: .... no
M: (please hand me a titanium Spork Of Doom (TM)) so, I will have to speak with (colleague) who is out of the office until Monday, ask if he has any ideas.
L: ... *deer in headlights expression*
M: Unless you know if there's a stack of install CDs somewhere?
L: .... I don't know... I will try and find the diskettes...
M: (1988 called, they want their install media back!)
Oy! TGIF!
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Date: 2006-05-05 03:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-05 03:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-05-05 03:42 pm (UTC)Me: *wishes he had been to sob quietly into!*
Sorry, my brane cannot compute Luser. I am unable to anser your question. Haddock haddock haddock ****OUT OF CHEESE ERROR****
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Date: 2006-05-05 05:08 pm (UTC)Never question the lusers. It will only irritate the lusers and confuse you further.
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Date: 2006-05-06 01:56 pm (UTC)And make sure more than one person knows the full details of a situation, or, at least, has it written down in an easily accessable place. Easily accessable to someone that won't be leaving anytime soon, that is.
Might I suggest the Janitor? ;-)
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Date: 2006-05-07 08:50 pm (UTC)There's nothing quite as much fun as listening to a sailor explain he knows that there has to be installation disks *somewhere* because he installs a lot of games on his home PC.