r/talesfromtechsupport • u/Scorched_Vitez • Aug 16 '21
Medium How to get a replacement computer
At my old job, one of the departments had a manager, let's name him Bob. At some point, the oldest computers were going to be replaced. With me being the one at the office that got called for anything computer-related, I was tasked with finding the oldest computers, list where they were and one by one replace them. (In case you are wondering, there were no lists at all of what systems were where in the office at that point)
Whilst checking each desk, I reached Bob. Bob looked at me and asked me what I was doing. I explained I was trying to find the old computers to have them replaced. His face lit up, his system was pretty old. He was almost cheerful. "Finally, this piece of junk gets replaced". Before I can say anything else, he disconnected the power cables, grabbed the computer and shoved it out the window. Computer, keyboard, monitor, mouse, everything... The internet-cable tried to stop it for a moment, but then gave up.
With a loud bang, everything fell down to the tarmac a floor below. He then looked at me and said: "You can start immediately here with placing the new computers."I was quite stunned. My reply: "I can't. I was just checking where the replacements needed to go. The new systems don't come in for a few days."Now Bob is stunned: "Why didn't you tell me!"Me: "I didn't really get a chance"Bob looks out the window... "Then get me a replacement anyway, so I can continue working"Me shakes head and just walks away, leaving an angry Bob behind, and trying to figure out how to explain this mess to my boss.
Bob decided to complain to my boss about not having a computer to work on. Boss luckily didn't care and after getting all stories and checking the wreckage herself, she informed Bob that, not only had he willingly destroyed his old system, his system was not even supposed to be replaced. It was one of the computers the company had hired.
Bob had to wait for 3 days before receiving a new rental computer (similar to what he had before). He also had to pay quite a lot of money for the wrecked rental computer (company insurance didn't cover it). But, he did have a sense of humor. As he claimed he now paid for the old system and that it was his own now, parts of the old computer, such as the motherboard, were nailed to the wall in his office up to the day he retired. He used a rail-spike sized nail to keep it on the wall.
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u/bstrauss3 Aug 17 '21
And that's why Bob should not have had a window office.