Anyway, I work at a commercial laboratory in a Paternity department as a programmer/project manager/is guy. I just had a really funny event happen which led me to remember some other funny stories over the years. If you arent an IS person, or if you arent very computer savvy, you may not find this funny at all. (You may not find it funny no matter who you are!)
So, today's story:
One of the main culprits of some of my other stories stopped me in the hall. She said 'Jay, Im trying to change my password on XYZ system, and the OK button wont enable'. I said 'huh, thats weird...we havent changed that window in forever - I dont know what could possibly be wrong with it. Let me go back to my desk and try it, and Ill be out in a minute to see whats going on with your computer'
Pretty standard password window!
So, I go back to my desk, and im able to change MY password just fine. I go out to find her in the lab (yep, you guessed it - she processes people's samples) and watch her attempt to change the password. Well, she was typing her old password in correctly. Typing in a new password. Typing in a different 'Retype' password. I said 'well, the second password you entered was different than the first'. She said 'Well, it says to type in another new password'. Keep in mind, this window hasnt changed in 10 years, and the employee in question has worked at this company well over 15 years.
Some others that I have "filed away":
- We use Windows here. Each employee has access to the "I" drive, which is our own personal storage space on the network, and the virtual names are based on our real names. I get a call from a lady named 'Antoinette Surgeon' *(Yeah, if you are reading this, you made my blog, and you are a moron!) She said "Jay, I cant get to my Surgeo A drive". Thinking surely she must have some brand of external drive I have never heard of, I dig a little more "What's a Surgeo A drive? Is it an external hard drive or something?" "No, I get to it through my computer." I dont know what she is talking about - so I walk over to her computer. You guessed it...its her I drive: SurgeoA on 'Bnwcfs blah blah blah'
My Deleo J One drive
- "Jay, my computer is broken". Not plugged in.
- "Jay, my mouse is broken". Computer is frozen up.
- "Jay, my monitor is broken". Monitor is not turned on.
- "Jay, Im trying to cancel a run (lab speak) and when I try to cancel it, nothing happens". Response window that shows 'OK' and 'Cancel'. User is pressing 'Cancel'.
Just a day in the life...
Moral of the story???? DONT EVER GET PARENTAGE TESTING DONE!!!!!
This is absolutely hysterical. I fear for sample processing in this lab.
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