The IT guy showed up at my office on Friday. Apparently I was due for a computer upgrade and I didn’t even know it. He claims his name is Alex, but I don’t believe him because he’s from India. Have you ever heard of somebody from India being named Alex?
We go through a lot of IT guys here and “India Alex” is the latest in a long line.
Of course, “India Alex” is not to be confused with “Russian Alex” who was the last first and only good IT guy that we've ever had.
Not only did he have a great sense of humor and some good Russia stories, but he also happened to be pretty damn good at his job… But unfortunately “Russian Alex” was a little too good because he got some big promotion and hasn’t been heard from since…
We go through a lot of IT guys here and “India Alex” is the latest in a long line.
Of course, “India Alex” is not to be confused with “Russian Alex” who was the last first and only good IT guy that we've ever had.
Not only did he have a great sense of humor and some good Russia stories, but he also happened to be pretty damn good at his job… But unfortunately “Russian Alex” was a little too good because he got some big promotion and hasn’t been heard from since…
He was followed up by “Italian Carlo”, a very nice guy who as it turned out didn’t actually know what he was doing.
After Carlo was fired the situation only got worse… The next guy proved to be just as incompetent as Carlo, but without the pleasant conversation. He was called “The Angry Armenian” although I’m pretty sure he wasn’t actually from Armenia… He was angry though…
Then there was some kid on loan from Georgetown. He was gone in less than a month for unknown reasons. I never even met him.
Then there was “the bad Russian” or “KGB-IT” who was certainly not up for the task of filling “Russian Alex’s” shoes either… And now finally we have “India Alex” who wheeled in the new hard drive for me yesterday.
I didn’t request the computer upgrade nor did I really need one, but if he was going to give it to me, fuck it, I wasn’t about to turn it down.
As we started to transfer all of my files from the old computer to the new one it became apparent that I had 11 GB’s worth of files in my personal drive. I knew it was from all my iTunes stuff, but I didn’t know if I should admit that.
I don’t think it’s technically against the rules to have iTunes on the computer, but devoting this much space on the hard drive certainly couldn’t be a good thing, so I was a little nervous.
“India Alex” gave me a puzzled look. I could tell he was nervous too. There was an awkward silence hanging in the air. Should I tell him what the files were? Should I pretend that I didn’t see the transfer being chocked up by my music collection? Was “India Alex” going to tell on me? Would I get in trouble?
Finally, “India Alex” broke the silence… “They’re not pictures are they?” he asked with a panicked look spread across his face.
It took me a minute to process that. Then all of a sudden it hit me… He thought I might have 11 gb’s worth of porn pictures on the computer!
“Oh god no!” I blurted out. “No, it’s just music… you know, iTunes…”
We were both relieved.
With a heavy Indian accent he said, “Oh thank god... There was a guy last week with pictures… Lots of pictures… That’s the thing about these computer upgrades. You never know what you’re going to find…”
He assured me that the iTunes issue was no big deal, but that I should try to cut back. The rest of the file transfer went pretty smooth.
I think we finally have a decent new IT guy. Let’s hope he doesn’t get promoted.
After Carlo was fired the situation only got worse… The next guy proved to be just as incompetent as Carlo, but without the pleasant conversation. He was called “The Angry Armenian” although I’m pretty sure he wasn’t actually from Armenia… He was angry though…
Then there was some kid on loan from Georgetown. He was gone in less than a month for unknown reasons. I never even met him.
Then there was “the bad Russian” or “KGB-IT” who was certainly not up for the task of filling “Russian Alex’s” shoes either… And now finally we have “India Alex” who wheeled in the new hard drive for me yesterday.
I didn’t request the computer upgrade nor did I really need one, but if he was going to give it to me, fuck it, I wasn’t about to turn it down.
As we started to transfer all of my files from the old computer to the new one it became apparent that I had 11 GB’s worth of files in my personal drive. I knew it was from all my iTunes stuff, but I didn’t know if I should admit that.
I don’t think it’s technically against the rules to have iTunes on the computer, but devoting this much space on the hard drive certainly couldn’t be a good thing, so I was a little nervous.
“India Alex” gave me a puzzled look. I could tell he was nervous too. There was an awkward silence hanging in the air. Should I tell him what the files were? Should I pretend that I didn’t see the transfer being chocked up by my music collection? Was “India Alex” going to tell on me? Would I get in trouble?
Finally, “India Alex” broke the silence… “They’re not pictures are they?” he asked with a panicked look spread across his face.
It took me a minute to process that. Then all of a sudden it hit me… He thought I might have 11 gb’s worth of porn pictures on the computer!
“Oh god no!” I blurted out. “No, it’s just music… you know, iTunes…”
We were both relieved.
With a heavy Indian accent he said, “Oh thank god... There was a guy last week with pictures… Lots of pictures… That’s the thing about these computer upgrades. You never know what you’re going to find…”
He assured me that the iTunes issue was no big deal, but that I should try to cut back. The rest of the file transfer went pretty smooth.
I think we finally have a decent new IT guy. Let’s hope he doesn’t get promoted.
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3 comments:
poor alex! that must have been so traumatizing for him? just for chisme's sake, did you find out who the other guy was?
I am work IT, and now I wonder what the users I support think of me, especially since I just started. As a side note, I enjoy browsing through people's files for anything of interest, like mp3s. If it were me, I would have taken a copy of all 11 GBs.
Have you ever had to call Compaq for warranty service? Their support is outsourced, and a guy named "Peter" answers.
jenn- no... i tried to get him to tell but he wouldnt, which is probably a good sign.
joe- my usual thoughts about the IT guy are something like this: "Dude, just fix my computer..."
and I'm always skeptical of them. If the least little thing goes slightly wrong, if they seem at all confused I think "this guy doesn't know what he's doing", even though he probably does... plus I'm always worried that they're spying on me.
I dont envy your job.
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