Last year during planning stages of adding multipurpose rooms to each school and also swapping the Jr High Office with the Jr High Library I posed the question "will all new phone wiring be tied into the existing system?" and I got the response from the architect and engineer "everything will be taken care of". Last Monday, which is a week and 3 days before school starts (it starts this Thursday) I had a call from the Jr High Principal stating "when will "I" get the phones up and running?" which I replied "the plans were that "they" would take care of everything". After contacting my Buildings and Grounds guy and the architect I was told it had been taken care of. Their idea of taking care of it was punching it down to a new block without tying it into the existing system. I then had to call my existing phone people to beg them to come out and tie the whole thing together ASAP! As you can imagine they were not happy and we just got our phones up and running in that building yesterday. Talk about YIKES and AACK!!!!!!!!!!!
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan Ragen Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 11:23 AM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] frustration of the day...AACK! My ACK is simiiar, but with READ 180. Teacher - My students can't login. ME - I told her my pa and login and said to try that, they all have basically the same and it don't vary to much unless a brother or sister are involved and she said OK. Teacher - (Next Day). My kids can't login ME - Did your try the method I gave you? Teacher - Yes, Ok I look at it after classes. Spent and hour after classes login in kids, etc. in different reading lab machined - No problems. Next Morning - HS Principal - (He's wise to her). Did you give those kids password, etc.? Me - I gave all the kids login and passwords and they all worked last night. Principal - No these are the NEW kids she gets in the class. Me - What new kids? Principal - The kids we assigned her last Friday. Me - She never told me abut them. To shorted the story, I talked to her again his morning and she still has not given me the kids names to enter. This stuff really wastes my time this time of year. How many days until the end of May????? On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:47 AM, Nancy Sullivan <[email protected]> wrote: First day of school for us yesterday.this was one of my head-desk moments. Lab supervisor: The computers in the lab won't work. Me: What specifically is wrong with them? Lab supervisor: Well, there is some sort of installer running. (He knows this because there is a big graphic on the screen that says "STOP: Technical Services is installing software on this machine. Do not turn it off or restart. When the installer is finished, the computer will restart automatically.") Me: That would be the installer that is putting your new software on the machines. Lab supervisor: But we need to use the computers. Me: Why do you need to use the computers? Lab supervisor: We need to use the new software. Me: That is what is being installed on the computer now. The new software won't be on the machines until the installer finishes. Lab supervisor: OK. Ten minutes later. Lab supervisor: The computers still aren't working. Me: Is the installer still running? Lab supervisor: Yes. Me: Your new software (CAD program and simulator) does take quite a while to load. Lab supervisor: Well, I thought it would be quicker if I just restarted the computers. Me: WHAT?!?! Lab supervisor: I restarted the computers. I thought that would fix the problem. Me: There was no problem to "fix." Your new software was being installed. Lab supervisor: But we couldn't log in. I figured I'd just reboot them all so we could log in, but that installer is running again. Me: That's because it needs to install your new software before you can use the software. You have to let the installer finish BEFORE you can use the software. Don't turn them off.let the installer finish running. Lab supervisor: OK. But we need to log on to use the new software. Me (internally): AACK!!!! | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | -- Daniel E. Ragen District Technology Coordinator Dupo CUSD 196 600 Louisa Ave Dupo, IL 62239 Phone - 618-286-3214 x2141 <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] 'My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.' Thomas Jefferson
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