Ladogaboy
08-07-2002, 09:22 PM
Well, this post is going to fall somewhere between Suckage and Off-Topic, so I'm just going to post it here. :P
Anyway, I am now unofficially the unofficial techie guy for our library. :rolleyes: Anyway, suffice to say, I am the only one with even an iota of computer software and hardware expertise, so I am now the IT department of one (along with a myriad of other tasks). Basically, what is happening is that my head boss is trusting my skills more and more in the area of technology (I think this is mainly due to the fact that if something is over my head, I will tell her up front), and she has begun to relegate more work for me in this area.
This is especially after some crap that a computer hardware guy has been pulling... and this is the part that really pisses me off. I mean, just because some people are completely ignorant about computers doesn't mean that you should take advantage of that. A few weeks ago, something that CPU would define as a PEBCAK occured. A computer was shut down improperly, and when the person tried to start it up again, the Windows Scandisk program came up. This person, not used to a computer without a mouse thought that the hard drive had failed and the computer had died, so she shut off the computer and called this tech guy to come up and fix it at $80 an hour. Of course, he did so with alacrity, but he decided that it took about 5 hours to "change out a hard drive" and reload the programs. Well, he MIGHT have done this, but he did not provide us with the "broken" hard drive that he switched out. Well, wouldn't you know it, this last week, someone happened to shut down the system improperly again, and again, this same scandisk error screen came up... except, this time I happened to be there. Good to know that hard drives come with a 2 week warranty now. :dodgy: Anyway, I told the lady that just because there was no mouse pointer didn't mean that the computer wasn't working. I pressed a few buttons, let scandisk do its thing, an wouldn't you know it? The computer worked. Absolutely amazing, I tell you!
Anyway, it's started to really piss me off when I see how much this library (which is struggling for funding and could use a lot more money for materials and programs) is having to pay out the a$$ because these freakin' vultures are trying to get their piece. :angry:
Oh, btw, you network admins might be hearing from me in the hardware forum in a while... (I have some questions to ask about who, why, and how much)...
Anyway, I am still pissed off... this ass clown made in 2 days what I make in a month for doing what I could have done in a day. :2far: I wonder how this guy can sleep at night.
Anyway, I am now unofficially the unofficial techie guy for our library. :rolleyes: Anyway, suffice to say, I am the only one with even an iota of computer software and hardware expertise, so I am now the IT department of one (along with a myriad of other tasks). Basically, what is happening is that my head boss is trusting my skills more and more in the area of technology (I think this is mainly due to the fact that if something is over my head, I will tell her up front), and she has begun to relegate more work for me in this area.
This is especially after some crap that a computer hardware guy has been pulling... and this is the part that really pisses me off. I mean, just because some people are completely ignorant about computers doesn't mean that you should take advantage of that. A few weeks ago, something that CPU would define as a PEBCAK occured. A computer was shut down improperly, and when the person tried to start it up again, the Windows Scandisk program came up. This person, not used to a computer without a mouse thought that the hard drive had failed and the computer had died, so she shut off the computer and called this tech guy to come up and fix it at $80 an hour. Of course, he did so with alacrity, but he decided that it took about 5 hours to "change out a hard drive" and reload the programs. Well, he MIGHT have done this, but he did not provide us with the "broken" hard drive that he switched out. Well, wouldn't you know it, this last week, someone happened to shut down the system improperly again, and again, this same scandisk error screen came up... except, this time I happened to be there. Good to know that hard drives come with a 2 week warranty now. :dodgy: Anyway, I told the lady that just because there was no mouse pointer didn't mean that the computer wasn't working. I pressed a few buttons, let scandisk do its thing, an wouldn't you know it? The computer worked. Absolutely amazing, I tell you!
Anyway, it's started to really piss me off when I see how much this library (which is struggling for funding and could use a lot more money for materials and programs) is having to pay out the a$$ because these freakin' vultures are trying to get their piece. :angry:
Oh, btw, you network admins might be hearing from me in the hardware forum in a while... (I have some questions to ask about who, why, and how much)...
Anyway, I am still pissed off... this ass clown made in 2 days what I make in a month for doing what I could have done in a day. :2far: I wonder how this guy can sleep at night.