Comments on 'Where Are All the Groupies? [When I Grow Up Challenge]'The phone rings. I force myself to pull away from the monitor and answer.
“Hello, this is John.”
The voice on the other end of the phone drones on, taking forever to get to the actual point. “I’ll be right there,” I reply in the most professional and courteous tone I can muster. Hanging up the phone, I mumble to myself knowing that it will be another 5 to 10 minutes before I get to finish the YouTube video I was just watching.
I take the stairwell down to the seventh floor so that I can tell my wife I exercised today. By the time I reach the user’s office, he figured out the secret to tech support. “I just rebooted my PC and everything seems to be working fine now.”
“Fantastic. Just let me know if you need anything else or have any more issues,” I smile as I turn to walk out of the office. I look at the stairs, pause, and take the elevator back up.
As I get back to my cubicle, I think to myself: “Why did I want to do this job again? Oh yeah, the chicks.”2008-05-15T15:42:05Zhttp://ficlets.com/feed/story/30303Comment on Where Are All the Groupies? [When I Grow Up Challenge]<p>A good peak at the tedium of life as an IT professional. Trust us, It’s certainly not as sexy as the guidance counselor makes it sound, kids.</p>
<p>I think my favorite line was “I take the stairwell down to the seventh floor so that I can tell my wife I exercised today.” This little line just adds a lot of character insight. It shows your character as perhaps insecure on some level and perfectly sets up the end where he does accept who he is… at least until tomorrow.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30303?basename=625032008-05-15T15:42:05ZSteve Fairweatherhttp://ficlets.com/authors/fairweather12Comment on Where Are All the Groupies? [When I Grow Up Challenge]<p>I am still laughing! I love this! I was just looking for shirts to wear to work for the next week and a half (until <em>true</em> summer break) just for this reason. My favorite…. <strong> PEBKAC </strong>.. and of course.. needed it as soon as I walked in the door this morning. However, because it <em>is</em> the first question I ask, I have one on the way that states, “Have you tried turning it off and on again?” ;) Such is the life of a TS.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30303?basename=618862008-05-12T22:06:16ZJenuniquehttp://ficlets.com/authors/jenuniqueComment on Where Are All the Groupies? [When I Grow Up Challenge]<p>Despite what the tone of this implies, I really do like my job. And I, uh… rarely watch YouTube videos at work. Or something.</p>http://ficlets.com/stories/30303?basename=618842008-05-12T21:57:56ZJohn Perkinshttp://ficlets.com/authors/johnperkins21