Background: I’m field service personnel. I’m either at home, or I’m in some corner of the world, jury rigging hardware and voiding warranties to ensure everything works until the end of the project. But once in a while I have to visit the head office. And once in a while I have to attend a meeting with someone on the penguin-floor. I stand out like a pink elephant in a snowy field.
A coworker of mine who dealt with the “normal” IT stuff commented that it was always funny receiving hardware from us in the field, because it was opposite of what he got from people in the office; They could receive a work laptop that was shiny and sparkly on the outside, looking almost new until you opened it up:
Screen was dirty, and keyboard was full of makeup-residue and other gunk.
And then there was my laptop that needed a replacement: The finish on every corner was worn down, it had physical bits missing from the trim, paint had stripped in a spot due to a chemical spill, and there was a stain from actual lubrication grease. But open it up, and it was pristine.
EDIT: Come to think of it, the ethernet port was physically missing. The solder pads of the RJ45 port had loosened after too much abuse.
Me whenever I had to visit corporate.
Background: I’m field service personnel. I’m either at home, or I’m in some corner of the world, jury rigging hardware and voiding warranties to ensure everything works until the end of the project. But once in a while I have to visit the head office. And once in a while I have to attend a meeting with someone on the penguin-floor. I stand out like a pink elephant in a snowy field.
A coworker of mine who dealt with the “normal” IT stuff commented that it was always funny receiving hardware from us in the field, because it was opposite of what he got from people in the office; They could receive a work laptop that was shiny and sparkly on the outside, looking almost new until you opened it up:
Screen was dirty, and keyboard was full of makeup-residue and other gunk.
And then there was my laptop that needed a replacement: The finish on every corner was worn down, it had physical bits missing from the trim, paint had stripped in a spot due to a chemical spill, and there was a stain from actual lubrication grease. But open it up, and it was pristine.
EDIT: Come to think of it, the ethernet port was physically missing. The solder pads of the RJ45 port had loosened after too much abuse.