Is it me... or is it IT?
Here are three conversations I've had with the techies today:
Conversation 1
Me: Hi, I think there's a problem with email. I'm not receiving any external emails and I haven't since Friday.
IT guy: No one else has said anything.
Me: Hmm.. well, I'm pretty sure there is
IT guy: Like what haven't you had?
Me: Well, someone has emailed me PDF three times now and when she copied in my home email account it came through there immediately so I think there is a problem here because there's no sign - of any of them...
IT guy: Right, I'll call you back.
Conversation 2... 30 minutes later
Me: Hi it's me again
IT guy: Hi oh did I get back to you?
Me: No
IT guy: Sorry, we've been busy, there's a problem with the email
Me; Yes I know, I rang you about it earlier, but I have another problem now.
IT guy: Oh - what?
Me: my archive 'sent' folder has disappeared
IT guy: Did you archive?
Me: No, it archives automatically, I don't need to do anything, but it's vanished. The whole folder.
IT Guy: Who set that up for you?
Me: I've worked here five years now, that was a long time ago, I can't rememeber... Look about that archive folder...
IT Guy: Richard says his archive folder is there...
Me: Oh... (thinks) But I'm not Richard
IT Guy: Sounds like We'll have to open up a job - we'll get back to you.
Conversation 3
My phone rings
IT Guy 2: Hi
Me: Hi
IT Guy 2: I was just phoning to see if you were there
Me: Yes I am
IT Guy 2
.. To send out an all-staff email
Me: Yes I am here for that
IT guy 2: So you can...
Me: Send that out? Yes I can... if you send me the information.
IT guy 2: Right... bye.
Me: Bye
Still, nearly time to go home and lie down with a cold flannel on my forehead. Oh, and no one has called me back about conversation two, no.
Munzly
These people have "binary" intelligence - half their brain has too much and the other half has none. Unfortunately the empty side has forgotten the password to access the intelligent side. Some days you get one, sometimes the other. I wonder if next time you see one, giving them a quick whack on the lug with a 24 inch flat screen monitor might help?