Ruth shared this with me today and we both thought it was hilarious. I don't know if there's anyone else on this forum that's in I.T. - so maybe the humor will be lost on some of you - but I just HAD to share it with someone. If you know anyone in the I.T. field, share it with them because I'm postitive they'll get a hoot out of it. :-)

How to Please Your I.T. Department

1. When you call us to have your computer moved, be sure to leave it buried under half a ton of postcards, baby pictures, stuffed animals, dried flowers, bowling trophies and children's art. We don't have a life, and we find it deeply moving to catch a fleeting glimpse of yours.

2. Don't write anything down. Ever. We can play back the error message from here.

3. When I.T. support sends you an E-Mail with high importance, delete it at once. We're just testing.

4. When the photocopier doesn't work, call computer support. There's electronics in it.

5. When the printer won't print, re-send the job at least 20 times. Print jobs frequently get sucked into black holes.

6. Don't learn the proper term for anything technical. We know exactly what you mean by "My thingy blew up".

7. When an I.T. person says he's coming right over, go for coffee. That way you won't be there when we need your password. It's nothing for us to remember 700 screen saver passwords.

8. Don't use on-line help. On-line help is for wimps.

-- Anonymous, December 06, 2001

Answers

What does I.T. stand for?? Idiot training???

-- Anonymous, December 06, 2001

I was gonna ask the same question, Diane!!

-- Anonymous, December 06, 2001

Hey! Watch it, sister!

You're treading on thin ice...

:-)

-- Anonymous, December 06, 2001

For those who don't know, I.T. stands for Information Technology.

-- Anonymous, December 06, 2001

When I was in I.T. , some of our co-workers said it stood for "Insane Technicians". Three of us walked into proccessing to repair a unit and we were doing the theme music from The Good , Bad and Ugly and looked at all the D.E.Ops and asked if someone had called for the "Good, Bad and Technical" then we performed the Witch Doctor Song complete with funky chicken deep knee bends as one of us descretely reset a jumpered in power supply to magically boot the system. :>)

-- Anonymous, December 06, 2001

Oh MY! ROFLMAO! This is truly funny!!! I was once a Business Systems Analyst...stuck between I.T. and the end users...what a life! I got it from both sides!

Thanks..this is truly hilarious!

-- Anonymous, December 06, 2001

I haven't been in the I.T. field long so I don't really have any stories to share - but I *really* could relate to what I originally posted above. Ruth has been in the field much longer than I have and she has some pretty good *war stories* to tell...

We've gotta love those end-users, though - without them Ruth and I would be out of a job! :-D

-- Anonymous, December 07, 2001

Today, my screen was blank. I called tec support and the guy walked me through trying different things. Here I am, squeezing myself into wierd places to move wires through my cabinet, loudly saying, "I'm still here, it's in a cabinet, don't go anywhere" He must have been giggling. I always feel so stupid when I have to call in. At least I only use it for pleasure and not work or I'd be really lost. By the way, I figured out how to get on the chat once....once.

-- Anonymous, December 07, 2001