Monday. 11:50 AM. Three and a half hours since we discovered our office internet is down. We’ve isolated the problem to the Ethernet router box. “Mac” at AT&T tech support tells me our modem is receiving full “ping,” which means the problem is with our hardware, not AT&T’s signal. Gary, our network specialist, won’t call me back.
The problem is far-reaching. No internet means no office email, no yahoo email, no other email, no intra-office server, no instant messenger.
Cell phone battery just died. Totally isolated.
No server files—nothing to work on. Doesn’t matter, though—no one to send work to. Made some mailing labels to pass the time.
Can’t think of a more descriptive word than “far-reaching.” What’s the word I’m looking for…? Curses! Thesaurus.com won’t load. Of course.
12:07 PM. Lunchtime. Pepperoni Pizza Smartwich is unfulfilling. Nothing to do while eating. Long for slate.com. Stare at blank screen. Co-worker attempts conversation. Human interaction? How foreign.
12:13 PM. Discover stray copy of Time magazine. Barack Obama on cover. Read article. Intriguing. Should investigate his book tour & share info with talent committee. Crap. Never mind.
1:11 PM. Boss needs phone number of steering committee member. Attempt to open database. Damnit. Hand instinctively clicks on internet explorer icon to access www.yellowpages.com. AAAAAHHHH! Do we have a phone book here? Blow dust off of phone book, find number.
2:03 PM. Would anyone notice if I snuck off to local library to get a fix?
2:15 PM. Looking out my window? You tube? MSN? JobsArkansas.com? Hellllooooo…….?
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2 comments:
ha ha.
That's been my whole week so far, and the rest of the week isn't looking any better. Problem is, my internet works but I can only check my favorite blogs/sites so many times a day. Why don't they update their stuff more often!?!?!
And I thought I was miserable that day....
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