tallscaryguy

The people at Junkfunnel have far too much fun with technology, they've made themselves a Terror-o-meter, Phantasy Phone and my favourite the Suspicious Looking Device. A great way to get a free cavity search with any international flight.

Ooof, it's been a long week. Last weekend was a long weekend with a public holiday on the Monday, unfortunately I spent it replacing the server at a client's. ;) And the late nights let me run down enough to pick up a fun little stomach bug that has given my gut the mentality of a spoiled five year old. It screams for food and when I give in it can't make up it's mind what to do, so far it's most popular tricks are to try and return  it or what feels like an attempt to compress it into a singularity to use as a power source.

But the bug seems to be fading now and I'm hoping that I can catch up on all the lost sleep over the weekend, gotta love the Sunday sleep-in. ;)

As you might have guessed from the title it's bucketing down here at the moment, there's something cozy about the sound of heavy rain on a tin roof. :)

As you may have guessed I've strayed a little from my original plan of just using this journal to vent when frustrated, I've done some exploring of the live journal community and I'm being drawn in. Plus I found mock_the_stupid, I have to admit that venting is a lot more effective with a side-dish of mockery, so I'll probably be attempting to post my encounters in there from now on. :)

Ok, here we go. I originally only signed up for an account on Live Journal because I wanted to be able to post in a couple webcomic LJ's, but seeing as I've got the account I may as well use it completely. And I'm going to use it to vent. :) You see I've been working as a computer tech for about ten years now and as anyone who works in the industry knows the frustration tends to build up a bit. So I'm going to try this out as my release valve, I'll post about things that I encounter either as I remember them or as they happen. It's not to make fun of or belittle people, it'll just be here to keep me away from the gun-in-a-church-tower side of crazy. ;)

So, to get the ball rolling here's my first installment:

A customer called complaining that their computer was "making the sound of running water". I didn't bat an eyelid, figuring that it was probably just a noisy fan but when I arrived onsite there was definitely the sound of running water coming from the corner the computer was sitting in. The only problem was the computer was switched off, so I moved the computer away and sure enough the sound was coming from somewhere in the wall. I pointed this out to the customer and advised that they should probably get a plumber in ASAP as they probably have a serious leak somewhere and their response was, "Oh! That must be where all the water in the backyard came from."