I worked as a contractor at a shop where the DP Manager made a point of *never* answering her phone at oh-dark-thirty. Was afraid she would give some direction that she would seriously regret later.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 9:47 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Memory-Lane Monday: System Zzzzz | Computerworld Shark Tank Boy, not me. I didn't mind being awakened in the middle of the night, and going in to the office to solve a problem at two in the morning usually inspired me to put in an extra hour or two to work on something that I'd had trouble figuring out during the day. But the poor operator usually had to start over twice before I was awake enough to give a sensible answer. Usually went like this: Me (trying to sound bright and alert, and probably failing): Good morning... Betty: Hi, Bob, this is Betty. JTDA1001 went down with an oh-cee-seven in step RTDA1040, and when I tried to restart it the job, it said - Me: Hold on. Hold on a sec. <Pause. Rub my face. Take a breath> Me: Ok, I'm awake now. What did you say? Betty laughs. Betty was always cheerful, which I suppose is a great quality in someone who has to wake people up in the middle of the night for her living. She repeats the intro, and starts on the sequel: What she did, and why she had to call me. About 30 seconds into it, I become aware that I haven't really been awake all this time. Me: Hold on. <Pause, again. Rub my face, again. Take another breath> Me: Ok, I think I'm really awake now. ...And she cheerfully starts over, and this time I can give her an intelligent answer. I always ~thought~ I was awake, the first two times. But I wasn't really. Sometimes she had to start over only once. Usually twice. Never three times. Answering in my sleep? Not that I recall. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
