Time-Machine Tuesday: A non-smashing success | Computerworld True tales of IT life, fresh every weekday. Got a story of useless users, hapless bosses, clueless vendors or adventures in the IT trenches? Tell Sharky! And another manager who’s unclear on the concept. Computerworld / IDG "); }); try { $("div.lazyload_blox_ad").lazyLoadAd({ threshold : 0, // You can set threshold on how close to the edge ad should come before it is loaded. Default is 0 (when it is visible). forceLoad : false, // Ad is loaded even if not visible. Default is false. onLoad : false, // Callback function on call ad loading onComplete : false, // Callback function when load is loaded timeout : 1500, // Timeout ad load debug : false, // For debug use : draw colors border depends on load status xray : false // For debug use : display a complete page view with ad placements }) ; } catch (exception){ console.log("error loading lazyload_ad " + exception); } }); This IT pilot fish works in a big open-plan office, where the last employee out is supposed to turn off the lights.One day, the last person is someone who’s never before been the last to leave, and she can’t find the light switch. She does find a big handle marked “power,” so she flips that.Naturally, all the lights go off, along with everything else. But she heads home having done her duty.Do you feel as if you’ve heard this story before? You might have, but we promise you that this ends up differently from most “somebody went and hit the big red button” stories.Next morning, no one can get in. The electric lock on the front door to the office isn’t working.Someone phones the manager who’s responsible for the bypass keys. He tells the employees to smash the door in. That idea doesn’t sit well with fish’s team, and they come up with an approach that involves ropes, ladders, gutters and a few moves out of Mission: Impossible. And they manage to break into the office cleanly and restore power — without causing any damage.“It certainly improved teamwork,” says fish. But why was that manager so quick to say that the best approach would be to smash the door down? When he arrives, it comes out that the only bypass key is in a locked cupboard inside the office.“This key was moved to another office about a quarter-mile away in case we lost power again,” says fish.Getting into Sharky’s inbox is a lot easier than that. Just send me your true tales of IT life at Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!. You can also subscribe to the Daily Shark Newsletter. Copyright © 2019 IDG Communications, Inc. Computerworld The Voice of Business Technology Follow us Copyright © 2019 IDG Communications, Inc.Explore the IDG Network descend

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