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08-27-2018 10:10 PM |
Me, too.
Had such a fun time with IT(in Elgin we just had Steve) and my boss. I requested a new laptop because my old company Dell is getting long in the tooth and getting 'eccentric'. Harold tells me to write out and submit to him what I want, which I did. Twice.
Between the second and third times I made my request, I was visiting hel...I mean HQ, and I ran into our IT guy. I asked about my request and got the deer in the headlight stare. As IT is just outside Harold's office, I yelled, "Hey, Harold, ever turn in my laptop request? You know, the one you had me do twice?";) Harold shuffles out of his office looking sheepish and tells me to just sit down with IT and tell them what I want. I let out a little growl.
I tell IT guy I want similar to my my current Dell, which is a Latitude E5430. Maybe even a little smaller without a CD drive, larger hard drive, and if possible, without a camera(I hate Skype). Didn't need a processor any better than a Core I5. Guy tells me okay.
Six weeks pass and nothing. Typical Modern Track. Harold texts me the Sunday before last, "You're welcome for your new computer." I text back, "What fcuking computer would that be?" Harold texts back, "I'll get back to you."
Wednesday, the IT guy gets hold of me and apologizes. I'm pretty much, yeah, whatever. Says he is emailing me a Company Property Receipt that I need to sign and return to him before he can send me a new laptop. My first response was, "What the hell is a Company Property Receipt? I've never needed to do one before." He explains it to me and I let him know that it's ironic that I was given a 2011 F150 with no more than "Here's your truck.", yet I need to fill out paperwork for a computer I could probably pick up at Best Buy for under $500.
So, the new laptop finally gets delivered. It's wrapped in bubble wrap inside a Geismar box. Not in it's own computer box. That's Cringe number one. I unwrap it and, Cringe number two, it is exactly what I didn't want; HP, 15" screen, Core I7, CD drive, camera. On the plus side, it's thinner and lighter than my Dell, but just barely fits in my backpack. I fire it up. Cringe number three; it's password protected and they didn't see fit to include the password.
I call Harold and he tells me the password is there and there was a class three weeks ago on how to start up with new system. "What new system, and what class are you talking about, Harold? I was on vacation three weeks ago. And there was no password included." Harold says he'll get back to me.
So, IT guy calls me this afternoon while I'm driving in Indiana and tells me the password was on a post-it note attached to the screen. Tell him no post-it note anywhere, because I looked. He emails me what I need to know then calls me back that the post-it note fell out when the kid in shipping was packing it and didn't know what it was. Another small growl. While I have IT guy on the phone, I ask him about what to do with my old Dell that I'm typing this on. He tells me just to bring it with the next time I'm at HQ if I remember, but he's in no rush to get it back. My Dell has more seniority than he does.
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