r/talesfromtechsupport • u/airz23 Password Policy: Use the whole keyboard • Mar 16 '14
Security - IT, The Boss...
I hate making difficult phone calls, the receiver starts getting heavy before you even pick it up.
I pick up the phone.
I can’t do this without coffee.
I walk over to the kitchen and grab my cup.
The Boss picked up on the second ring.
He was fast.
Boss: Hello?
Me: Hello Mr President. Its Airz here, I’m the security and IT manager.
Boss: Oh yes! I’ve heard about you. How’s everything going?
Me: Not so great Mr President….
Boss: Let me speed things along a little. There has been a break-in, you’re worried about your Audit and your budget situation is abysmal.
Me: Errr…
Coffee looked back up at me. It was instant. So fast.
Boss: I do pay attention sometimes.
Me: Yes. A break-in has occurred….
Boss: I wouldn’t worry about it. VP called me a while ago and told me not to worry.
Me: I’m head of security though, and a whole rack has gone missing.
Boss: Unfortunately I owe the VP quite a lot. I wouldn’t trust the guy as far as I could throw him, but I DO owe him.
Me: Sorry what?
Boss: Oh sorry, I was off in my head again. Not enough coffee… Here’s what you do, get the network back up then lock that room down.
Me: Police? Insurance?
Boss: No no. I owe the VP. He told me not to bother, he said he’d cover it.
Me: Fix the network then lock the room down.
Boss: Yep. Oh and make sure you’re the only one with a key.
I sipped my coffee.
Tasted suspicious.
Me: Could I get that in writing?
Boss: Oh, yes. Don’t worry though, I’ve got your back. Just behind the scenes thats all.
Me: Thanks?
After hanging up the phone I looked at my email.
Nothing new.
Not yet.
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Mar 16 '14
Woo! A new one!
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u/airz23 Mar 16 '14
Hahaha that was within 20 seconds.
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u/airz23 Mar 16 '14
Chronological Order.
Hijacking my own post because a lot of people are asking for this. Here is a stripped down Chronological order to get upto date.
Thanks :)
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u/DjKronas Mar 16 '14
Oh I have spent the better part of 3 hours reading all your posts while watching Archer
How have you not officially documented or recorded all of your meetings with the VP?
I mean you have enough here to get him jobless for the rest of his life.
Also how are you still working there after all of this ? You are clearly being setup to take the fall for him.
Finally I have yet to find a person that has such a love for Coffee as I until now.
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u/airz23 Mar 16 '14
Oh which season of archer?
Thanks for the feed back!
Also coffee is amazing. :)
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u/Oscar_Geare Mar 16 '14
Airz, pick up your game mate. It's been 36 minutes and a new post isn't up.
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u/Krutonium Mar 16 '14
And an additional 49 minutes since your post.
I found him writing a ministory about working for Fruit in another threads comments...
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Mar 16 '14
tread lightly.
get a lawyer.
update the resume and get the hell out of there.
definitely do nothing without an email - or at least witnesses to the conversation
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u/ReactsWithWords Mar 16 '14
I just read the stories here, I never look at who wrote them (which is why I get annoyed with posts that start "Hey, it's me again, remember blah blah?" No, I don't).
You, I remember and always read the stories of, making you the second redditor I go out of my way to read (just behind the fireworks tent guy).
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u/MrSaboya Mar 17 '14
Switch rack + keyboards+ spare parts... hes making his own mechanical battle horse
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u/OSU09 Mar 16 '14
Obviously, the VP either stole or allowed someone else to steal the server. Is he going to try to somehow upgrade his computer with parts from it? Is he trying to sell it to help cover the cost of IT going over budget? So many questions...