There is a name for a manager like that .... Scott ford www.identityforge.com
Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. - Chinese Proverb On Oct 11, 2012, at 6:03 PM, Phil Smith III <[email protected]> wrote: > ObAnecdote: > > > > A long time ago (17 years), the small software company where I worked was > finally connected to the nascent Internet, at a blazing 9600bps. We had a > tiny web server running on (then) VM/ESA, serving a static page. > > > > The Senior VP of Marketing came by my office and asked if I knew how to fix > DNS so it would point to the shiny new corporate page he had just spent a > gazillion bucks on. "Sure", sez I, since I'd set up DNS on VM. (I think we > were the ONLY site on the planet running a VM DNS as a primary pulling from > a secondary, based on the bugs we found and the IBM developer-level support > it required to get it working! But I digress.) > > > > The nominal data center manager was a guy who'd fallen into the position > because the previous one quit, after being told that a long-scheduled, > expensive vacation had to be postponed with no notice and no recompense > because his boss wanted him to do something. And he was out of town (this > was pre-cellphone etc.). Besides, what was he going to do, argue with the > Sr. VP? So I fixed the DNS and sent him a note, telling him exactly what I > changed and saying "The Senior VP wanted this fixed, so I did it." > > > > When he got back, he had a hissy fit about it and yanked all my system > privileges. I went to our mutual boss, who called him over, and the > conversation went like a bad movie: > > > > "Put back Phil's privileges." > > "No. He shouldn't have done that without my permission." > > "You weren't available. Put 'em back." > > "No. I'll walk out this door before I do that." > > "OK.bye!" > > > > And that was that. He was gone. So now I had to do his job, too, but at > least I didn't have to deal with his psychosis! > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
