I’m bored!

I’m the System Administrator of the company at which I work, and I am,
quite simply, bored to tears.

I’ve already hit the end of the Internet twice and I’m working on my third pass.

My network is setup and working just right, it seldom requires any attention, we’re not a growing company, so new additions are not happening. My attention is required when someone does not know how to type in their old password and then type in a new (and previously un-used) password twice. Then my services are required.

How can these people be expected to do their job when they can’t reset a simple password?

Or, they need to print, but they ignore the window that tells them they’re out of ink… duh!

Reminds me of the IT story that went around years ago:

One day an IT guy got a call from a customer, it went like this:

IT guy: “Hello, this is #3!! Computers, how may I help you?”
Customer: “My computer just went blank!”
IT: “Well is it plugged in?”
Customer: “Yes.”
IT: “Is the monitor turned on?”
Customer: “Yes.”
IT: “Are you plugged into a power strip, or directly to the wall?”
Customer: “Power strip.”
IT: “Is the power strip plugged into the wall?”
Customer: “I can’t tell?”
IT: “Why?”
Customer: “Well it’s dark back there!”
IT: “Try turning on a light.”
Customer: “Well… That won’t work, we’re in a power failure.”

IT:

Oh, well; I’ve applied for a new job. Now just waiting is killing me. If I get it I’ll be real happy, if I don’t… well I’ll just have to look some more.

Until then, I’m bored.

Russ