Christmas Cheer

[giza]

From today's Daily Shark:

It's the early 1980s, and this outsourcer's mainframes have to run 24/7. Computer operator pilot fish finds out just what that means when he's scheduled to work on Christmas Day.

He's depressed when he walks into the sterility of the computer room for his evening shift. A good old-fashioned Christmas looks like it's not in the cards this year.

Then a co-worker spots him and calls out, "Hi -- do you want a drink?"

What do you mean? asks fish?

"He didn't reply, but he took a floor puller and removed one tile from the raised floor behind the console," fish says.

"Under the floor, nestled in the cables, were bottles of liquor and mixers. This had the dual effect of keeping the bottles cold and keeping them from the prying eyes of management.

"It was a merry Christmas that year in the computer room. ..."

Comments

[zorinlynx.livejournal.com]

On New Year's Day, the computer center's manager gets a call on his cel phone. Yup, those big huge brick ones they used in the 1980s. He comes out to see the building burned out, with remnants of smoke coming from some of the windows.

"Are you the manager of this facility?", asks the fire chief.

"Well, I guess I was...", responds the manager. The fire chief nods sympathetically, then goes on to say...

"Well, the halon system was probably unable to extinguish the fire because there was an accelerant in the room. It looks like it was under the floor."

The fire chief holds up the remains of a bottle of whiskey.

"Ethanol, most likely."

The manager sighs, already mourning his ruined career. All because a few computer operators decided they needed to be drunk on Christmas.

(Sorry, I just couldn't help myself! Merry Christmas to all, hopefully this won't actually happen to anyone.. };) )

I'm a bourbon man.

[randomzen.livejournal.com]

Every good employee has alcohol well stashed in the office somewhere.

[firedhusky.livejournal.com]

hehe those raised floors get FREEZING down there.

Perfect for keeping a LOT of things almost frozen.

FDH

[zorinlynx.livejournal.com]

I don't work in such a room, but I once visited one and did some T3 terminations. In about two minutes I was freezing my ass off. Yup, I had sat on a floor vent!

Always wanted to get such a floor where I work. Being able to put cold air right near equipment would be very handy in some cases... But alas.. vinyl floor and overhead ladder racks rule my domain...

[firedhusky.livejournal.com]

is a luxury not many companies can afford. but is nice, easy to put cables data and electrical and air ducts :)
and when you get someone in your computer room... you look good too :)

FDH

[khakiwolf.livejournal.com]

Heh, I bet!