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Had an absolutely crap week at work. A friend of mine at work's daughter miscarried. Another friend lost her father. Had conflict with M, an absolute bitch who makes every thing about her.
So J and K decide to take me out to dinner to commiserate our mutual woes and laugh over mutual joys. We went to the Happy Olives of the Garden, and had an awesomely awesome server, Edward: he was friendly, nice, really kept up on how we were doing without being intrusive. And it's not like we didn't give him plenty of work, either: we had to go orders after we'd eaten our meal, plus dessert, and it wasn't like the place wasn't hopping at 6pm on a Friday. So thanks, Edward, for a great time!
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This other story may sound counter intuitive. Good service from The Worst Cable?
Lordy, there are unicorns!
A lot of the folks I work with think of me as the department computer guru. I'm not really, I just know more than the rest of them
Anyway, B got a new computer from MIS this week. MIS, when they replace a computer, are replacing them with laptops, and we're allowed to take them home. B. couldn't get hers to work with her wireless at home, and asked me for help. I figured it was a configuration error, but I couldn't be sure. I asked who her provider was, and she told me The Worst Cable co. I suggested she call tech support and see if they could help her.
Today she tells me, with a big grin, that she had "this really cool dude of a tech" who'd helped her with her problem. Her network is named Moses, after her cat. After he walked her through all the configurations. Once it was all set up, he said to her, "So, are you ready to part the Red Sea?"
B. was so focused on fixing the problem she didn't get it until after the deal was done and the network setup.
And to think some people don't think cats are gods
So J and K decide to take me out to dinner to commiserate our mutual woes and laugh over mutual joys. We went to the Happy Olives of the Garden, and had an awesomely awesome server, Edward: he was friendly, nice, really kept up on how we were doing without being intrusive. And it's not like we didn't give him plenty of work, either: we had to go orders after we'd eaten our meal, plus dessert, and it wasn't like the place wasn't hopping at 6pm on a Friday. So thanks, Edward, for a great time!
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This other story may sound counter intuitive. Good service from The Worst Cable?
Lordy, there are unicorns!
A lot of the folks I work with think of me as the department computer guru. I'm not really, I just know more than the rest of them
Anyway, B got a new computer from MIS this week. MIS, when they replace a computer, are replacing them with laptops, and we're allowed to take them home. B. couldn't get hers to work with her wireless at home, and asked me for help. I figured it was a configuration error, but I couldn't be sure. I asked who her provider was, and she told me The Worst Cable co. I suggested she call tech support and see if they could help her.
Today she tells me, with a big grin, that she had "this really cool dude of a tech" who'd helped her with her problem. Her network is named Moses, after her cat. After he walked her through all the configurations. Once it was all set up, he said to her, "So, are you ready to part the Red Sea?"
B. was so focused on fixing the problem she didn't get it until after the deal was done and the network setup.
And to think some people don't think cats are gods