I am back
And office live is turning into a nightmare (which is not so weird after months of total freedom) ... oh and my direct colleague left. Note to those not in the know, besides programming he also did the system management at the office... so thats up to me now. Maybe I am just not designed for Helldesk work... in a * very * BOFH-like manner the following conversation literally happened a couple of minutes ago:
Beancounter: "my keyboard doesnt work"
Me: "yes it does"
Beancounter: "no it doesnt"
Me: "YES it does"
Beancounter: "well it does but it is on Dutch"
Me: "You are dutch"
Beancounter: "Yes but I want it on international english"
Me: "than set it to do so"
Beancounter: "Yes but I cant find the button"
Me: "configuration screen, regional settings"
Beancounter: "No it's not"
Me: "yes it is"
Beancounter: "no it is supposed to be on my start bar"
Me: "thats the same thing"
Beancounter: "but it's not there"
Me: "it's the same thing"
Beancounter: "but I want it on my start bar"
Me: "Get lost..."
(and another satisfied colleague leaves my office)
Beancounter: "my keyboard doesnt work"
Me: "yes it does"
Beancounter: "no it doesnt"
Me: "YES it does"
Beancounter: "well it does but it is on Dutch"
Me: "You are dutch"
Beancounter: "Yes but I want it on international english"
Me: "than set it to do so"
Beancounter: "Yes but I cant find the button"
Me: "configuration screen, regional settings"
Beancounter: "No it's not"
Me: "yes it is"
Beancounter: "no it is supposed to be on my start bar"
Me: "thats the same thing"
Beancounter: "but it's not there"
Me: "it's the same thing"
Beancounter: "but I want it on my start bar"
Me: "Get lost..."
(and another satisfied colleague leaves my office)
posted by TheFabulousJourney at
12:42 pm
2 Comments:
Déjà vu!
Sounds like my office!
I wanted to stop by & thank you for your comment on my blog today. I wrote a semi-blog entry in response, but it is part of something which I planned on touching on soon anyway. Great points you made & I appreciate those because it will help others understand there is more than meets the eye in the Netherlands.
Hey :) sure no problem :)
I'll be reading along and popping up on occasion :)
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