Rochelle, I must apologise for my absence; Myself and Mrs T went down the Handmaids Tale hole (not literally) and have been thoroughly depressed for the last month or so; I can’t remember, the time in Gilead is timeless, but not in a good way. Anyway, back to work with a bang. This week in my job I have been building a new motherboard… (whatever that means) using shoddy instructions and randomised guile to fight my way through the techno swamp to the promised land (which is as shit as the last time).
Fantastic photo by the wonderful Dale Rogerson (Hello Dale) let’s get cracking.
On My Marks…
Get Set…
GO!!!
Package arrived Friday; spent the Weekend arseholed; came up smiling on Monday to needlessly reconstruct the future.
My desk had 2 laptops, many wires, some wireless (?), blunt pencils, barren pens, various mascots, wild staples, spent batteries,, dusty stamps, dusty dust atop dust, what looked like tobacco (I haven’t smoked for years), a remote control and piles of doodled on meaningless in-date and out of date instructions kept for deluded historical reasons.
Somehow the 2 laptops were to communicate to eachother by means of their technical conduit; me.
No-one answered at IT, everyone else was far too busy, I needed breakfast.
Best take the dog out.
There we are folks 100 words on the process of sorting out work tech with no support and other things to do. Enjoy.
The Count Of North Clifton 
I feel this. Even trying to get two pieces of technology that is made specifically to talk to each other to communicate is challenge.
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Very relatable. I’m sleeping with my I.T. guy and he won’t do any customer service before two cups of coffee. *sigh
Good story,
Tracey
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My IT woman who I’m sleeping with is not really an IT woman I’m beginning to suspect!!
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Gee… you really can’t get good help today!!!
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I really like how you described all of the items on the desk and this part was a nice little touch: dusty dust atop dust (poof! I can see some dust blowing now).
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Thanks, I bought one of those compressed air cans which has its work cut out and is not as good as I expected sadly.
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so interesting how we learn more about our blogging friends through these little stories we share 🙂
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Hello Sir Shrawls!
Lovely to see you and this is sooooo relatable. How often do we find ourselves with a mess of things that don’t cooperate so, hey, walking the dog is a PERFECT excuse to avoid…
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Hey Dale, thanks for replying, I’m glad you liked it, christ was a long time back. I’m getting ready for FF tomorrow…
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Pleasure is mine. And hey, it happens.
Me too. Maybe!
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As someone who’s currently trying to manage 4 sets of earbuds paired with 3 devices, I feel your pain.
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Taking the dog out is always a winning choice
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Wonderful description, made me smile 🙂
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I did it, I finally did it – I linked my phone to my iPad yesterday! I’m so proud of myself.
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have a happy dog day. 🙂
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Dear Shrawley,
Ouch! you’ve pretty much described the disaster that is my office/studio. Glad to see you back.
Shalom,
Rochelle, Mistress of Mess
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A whirlwind of wires and words. Thanks for sharing, Hope the depression is preceeding now.
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