what did you do today to make people happy?
Sep 27th, 2007 by Cathy Nelson
I shared with a small group of faculty & staff who just happened to be in the library while I was “introducing” myself to kids that the mp3 player or iPod could be used to hold audiobooks. Little did I know I was the talk of the group, who suddenly began conversing about taking back their players from their kids. I didn’t have the heart to say in all liklihood, their children wouldn’t be willing to give it back.
In my role as school tech contact (troubleshooter-fixer-report big issues to
the district office) I managed to fix three workstations in different classrooms today by simply plugging them back into their power source. I promise this is the truth…none of them even thought to check the power, they just called me b/c the little green light wouldn’t come on, the monitor didn’t seem to be working, or just a “something’s wrong…” Then shocked amazement when all was well. (I didn’t have the heart to say I just plugged it in…oh yes i did…with a sickening gleeful smile and a glad to help, have a good day skip out the door.) I really do love it when it is that easy, but am amazed it wasn’t checked before I was called. <blank stare>
Image: ‘Shameless Plug‘
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I really appreciate this entry. I’ve been taking care of the school’s computers for six years now and this happens at least once per year. It is nice to have such an easy fix, but it does make you sigh.