I believe that part of this stems from the way people perceive IS.  We're seen 
as problem solvers and as helpful people who get things done. We tend to know 
who to talk to and where to find things.  Not a bad thing, but it can be 
inconvenient when you have a system down and people want to know why the water 
fountain isn't working.  :-)
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 3:48 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Infrastructure Specialist defined - was: OT - ugh!

On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Rankin, James R <[email protected]> wrote:
> I seem to find people who think I know everything about anything
> electrical, from mobile phones and games consoles to TVs and,
> um, recreational massagers :-0

  I had someone ask me today if we (IT dept) could provide them with a
table.  And I don't mean a database, I mean the wooden variety.  It's
bad enough that people hit me up for spare computer parts for their
home PC, now we're a furniture store?  WTF?

-- Ben

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