IT Shenanigans - 7h3 fun n3v3r 570p5!!! !! !oneZ!!1 one! two!!

[AJ@PR]

Ok, just need to get this out...

MintyMadness is up-to-date in my situation... but, anyways, here it goes.


So, I work at a small company.
I'm, more or less, the IT guy.
Everything runs fine, so... there's not much to do regarding IT (but much to do regarding my other non-IT responsibilities)

So, I receive a call the other day, when I was out of the office (and out of work for the day), that "the server isn't booting!".

1st brain sparks::: Why the hell is 'server' and 'boot' in the same sentence that's coming out of your mouth???!!!??!?!!!!!!

2nd::: Server ain't booting? Why did you? What happened that? Who told you to? How do you? WHEN did you? FOR WHAT REASON?

3rd::: Deep breathing... take it easy.

So, I collect my thoughts, and ask:::
"What's it saying?"

So, boss tells me:::
"Cannot read from boot media..." or something along those lines.

From experience, I automatically knew it was the external USB hdd we have hooked up. When the server reboots, it tries to load that before its OS-hdd.

ME::: "You need to turn OFF the external hdd. Try it now."

Boss: "Oh! Ok... it's working now! Thanks, bye!!!!"

ME::: "Wait wait wait! Why did you reboot the server?!"

Phone::: click

ME::: M0th3r****3r!!!

So, when I get back to the office the NEXT day, nobody is able to "see" the server... nobody is able to get internet access.

Co-workers and bosses joke::: "AJ, what did you do to the server? C'mon... the joke was funny.. but not anymore."

I gave my boss one of the driest looks I have ever given somebody.

ME::: "Didn't YOU work with the server yesterday?"

::: no reply :::

Hmm... walk over... ISA Firewall was 'Stopped'. The LORD! will know why the hell it was 'Stopped'.
Right-click... 'Start'... off we go.

So... in light of those issues... my company decided to bring over an outside IT specialist.
NOTE: It isn't good when your IT specialist is TEACHED by one of your employees on the finer settings of ISA.
Or warez. Or software in general. Or hardware in general.

But hey, I'm off free.
I don't care.
They're paying this clown $65 bucks an hour.

Fine by me bros... fine by me.
He says he wants to install a freaking direct line to his office for checking the server remotely. Yeah, like we're running NORAD or something.
He says he wants to change the eMails from POP3/outside, to running Exchange in our little, 3 year old server. Nice. Even nicer when we have to download via DSL 3 gigs of SPAM in order to delete it. Nice.

Hey man... I'm just happy. I don't care.
Fsck it. Screw it. Bah!


Lots of other things...

ALL I can say to all of you out there that work in a company that isn't your own (or even if it IS your own)... and to those that are about to begin their work careers...
KEEP A DIARY.

I have a small TrueCrypt volume, where I keep a diary written in Writer (OpenOffice's Word).

I write all the unusual stuff in there.
The 'intra-personal' things.
The jokes I didn't laugh at.
The change of plans I don't see fit.

I'm covered. I'm happy.
And there's LOTS of interesting info in there.
Great for future reference.

Well, I'm sure there's lots I can add to make this more interesting... but I need to get back to my beloved AutoCAD.

w00t w00t

Peace guys!

AJ


PS: Please feel free to share YOUR personal IT Stories here... no need to reply to mine. :)

[AJ@PR]

Oh yeah, TGIF.

[Drew]

Indeed, TGIF.. lay in tomorrow...

So you been fired or what?

Sorry if I'm a bit slow on the uptake here...

[AJ@PR]

Indeed, TGIF.. lay in tomorrow...

So you been fired or what?

Sorry if I'm a bit slow on the uptake here...
AHahhahahaHAHaaa...

Although it's Friday, I'm coming in tomorrow to work more... the week simply doesn't have enough time.

HAhaah... no, I ain't fired.
The "Big Boss" has known me since I was learning to walk... I'm good friends with his son (same age).

The boss I'm refering to in the post, is one of the other bosses.
But hey, I'm VIP with the Big Dog... I'm cool. :)

But if I get fired... this place wouldn't "grind to a halt"... but it be a very interesting next couple of weeks.

:) Thanks for the support Drew! w00t!

[XcOM]

i used to work at astraseal, all the work and calcuations i had to do, i wrote a program to do it for me, all the calcs and stuff.
Then send the orders and print, save and backup the data to my personal external drive.

Anyway, after i finished my program, it was so efficent they made me redudent,

So on my last day i took the comment off one run rutine, needless to say after one week it stoped working and was asking for the administrator password to reset the time bomb, also the password was encryped within the program so there was next to no chance of hacking it, it was a random sequence of 20 digits, almost impossable to hack,

No one there knew how to do my job barr me.

They were begging me to come back, the probelm was they was only going to offer my my old wage, and i would be on a 1month trial again, which means they would see how the work gets done and sack me once again.

Now because they made me redudent the can't hire someone else to take my postion. And all the data is having to be worked out manualy, its taken them ages.

Anyway, they shouldn't have sacked me after i made my work easier tidying up after the idiot i took over from.

XcOM

[Drew]

Yeah, **** 'em.

I hate it when people get turned over like that.