I.T.

So you're new on the job. You are given an office with a nice view of a brick wall with trash cans scattered beside it. The only thing in the office is an old desk chair and a dusty computer. You sit down in the squeaky chair at your desk, turn on the computer and wait for it to boot up. Five minutes later, the outdated computer has loaded Windows 95 and now wants a password to login.

You know this could be trouble, but optimism is still high on your first day. You look around for a company phone directory. Posted on the wall is a notice, "If you need I.T. help with your computer, just login and go to..."

Damn!

Oh, you better watch it, think positive, you just have to call IT. It shouldn't be a problem. The phone list shows a person name Chris in the IT dept. You look around for a phone. "Why would there no be a phone in here?" You may ask. Well, IT has control of the phones as well and you have to talk to them about getting a phone.

You walk out of your office into a foreign maze of cubicles. You stop and ask the first person who makes eye contact how to find the IT department. They call the IT tech and they say to wait in your office and they'll take care of you. So you walk back to your office and wait. All your work is of course on the company server you can not access.

An hour goes by and you are about to go find someone when a small man with thick glasses walks in. He says, "move" and sits in your chair. He types in some stuff, makes some noises, then stands up and says "You're all set" and walks out.

You are into the company network now. You must create a password that is 44 symbols long using no letters in the English language, must have 2 Chinese characters, and you must change it every week. The computer you use gets slower everyday and shuts down randomly. But, hey, you don't want to have to call IT now do you?

At every job, I have had some issues with the IT dept. Sometimes it actually works out well, but so often it does not. The computer is slower after they "clean" it out and my email receives emails only on Tuesdays. It some cases I have had the IT tech say he would be back with my wireless router, then two months later I just get another job because its easier than getting IT to finish a job.

If you want to see a funny British comedy called IT Crowd go here :

http://www.dailymotion.com/related/xzwlv/video/xzwml_the-it-crowd-episode1_family?hmz=746162