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Computerworld Daily Shark
August 26, 2004
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Shark Tank: Maybe that custodian had it right after all
This new business office administrator's first order of business is to
get everybody to clean their desks, reports an IT pilot fish on the
receiving end of the memo.
"Everyone is supposed to get rid of all personal belongings, photos and
knickknacks," fish says.
"When he walks into the tech room he is dismayed at the clutter of old
PCs and boxes of parts lying around, plus the room hasn't been vacuumed
or dusted in quite some time. He tells us to get rid of the old
equipment and parts and asks why the custodian hasn't cleaned the
room."
Fish and his cohorts explain that they use the old equipment for parts,
and that the custodian won't vacuum or dust the room because all the
computer equipment makes him nervous. So the custodian just empties the
wastebaskets, and the techies take turns vacuuming and cleaning up when
they have time -- but with a big project running, they haven't had the
time in a while.
"He says he wants the room cleaned by next week," says fish.
"A week later, he comes in while everyone but me is away at lunch and
notices that the room hasn't been cleaned."
Fish explains that they're still busy with their project and haven't
had a chance to clean things up. "He yells at me, then leaves the
room," fish says. "He comes back with a vacuum cleaner and tells me
that he will show us computer people how to use it."
Administrator plugs in the vacuum cleaner and begins cleaning. But a
few seconds into his work, he swings a little wide, and his arm hits
the big red power switch on the wall.
"He panics and quickly switches it back on," says fish, "but I tell him
it's too late, that the system is busy shutting down and in about 10
minutes the whole network, including about 30 off-site buildings, will
be down, and that once down, it will take about 30 minutes to get
everything back up and running again.
"My phone immediately starts ringing off the hook with people wanting
to know what happened to the network. I don't tell them what actually
happened -- I say we had a brief power failure and that the power is
back on and everything should be all right in a half hour.
"The administrator thanks me and takes the vacuum cleaner away and
never again asks us to clean up our office.
"And after that incident, I'm one of the few people that administrator
likes and will talk to."
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