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Jdurg:
Due to NDAs and confidentiality regarding where I work, I can't get into some of the good stories I have, but I do have one that I can tell that had me in tears.  Where I work, I am constantly in teleconferences and in many cases these are held in moderately size conference rooms where the audio comes in through large speakers in the ceiling.  So it sounds like the voice of god coming in when people are talking through the phone. 

So we have our team in the room and have dialed in to the meeting and we're going through everthing like we normally would.  All of a sudden, we hear this loud rumbling flatulence sound coming from the speakers above.  The ENTIRE conference room went silent until one person started to snicker.  Then we all suddenly lost it and couldn't continue on.  Over the speaker system we heard one of the people speak up and say "Oh my god.  I am so sorry.  I thought I had put it on mute.  Oh god!" We just had to stop the telecon because nobody could continue.   :laugh2:

Zakk:
I think Peale wanted to buy that degree!  ;D

ark_ader:
I remember diverting all the calls to the tech support office (my little bit of hell) to my mates mobile number beause it was Christmas Eve and the main phones went dead.  My mobile was being upgraded and that took 7 days + the holidays.  I went for my dinner and...well it sounded like a good idea at the time.  ;D

Having a phone fault like that in the USA would be easy to fix but at the time I was working for Fujitsu and it was located in the UK.

Now in the UK everyone goes on a 2 week holiday, especially the IT staff and one stupido (me usually) volunteers for the triple pay overtime to stay and watch over the servers.  Well without me knowing (naturally) my mate uses a joke message for his answering service featuring Roy Chubby Brown.  Vulgarity at its best.  All the top senior managers called in that night to check (bed check) who was around and got my mates voicemail.   :laugh2:

What was worse I could not go into the command system to route the calls back to my local extension, so the system was routed for about three days.  My mate was not happy as it locked his voicemail, but when we managed to get this voicemail reset all the managers responses was hilarious.   :laugh2:

I managed to record them all and posted them on the intranet as voice clips.  When business returned the chief bottom swatter wanted to know who routed the calls.  I owned up to it, and got a telling off, but was saved by the fact that their calls were recorded and could be used against them.

Stalemate.  Luckily my boss had a good sense of humor, but I got a lot of grief for it and tons of laughs from the technicians.  I made copies for the guys in the office too.

I still have some of them saved on some CDRs.  And get a good laugh out of them when played.

I did something similar when working as a contractor at British Telecom.  I keyed in the wrong number for X25 tech support after midnight, and routed the calls to a 0900 number instead of a 0800 number for a 3rd party company.  It went undetected for six weeks.... :laugh2:

Ooops!

SteveJ34:
I worked in a data processing service company years ago running a 24/7 data center with 3 shifts of operators.

Weekends we typically ran with a single man shift but still around the clock.

The guys working for me were basically college students with a couple of individuals who were not the best at getting to work on time.

I had one guy, Mickey, that was always late for Saturday a.m. shift and the guys that he was relieving from the night before grew tired of it.

I was in early on one of these days to check on a large project....once again, Mickey, was late. I let the graveyard guy go and took over till Mickey arrived. An hour after he was supposed to be there, he calls to indicate he is running late and was suprised that I am the one to answer the phone.

He apologizes and indicates that he is already on his way and should be there within 30 minutes.

An hour goes by and he comes strolling in with his normal grin with no care in the world toting a bag from the Whataburger with a nice hot breakfast inside.

I begin my reprimand for his tardiness (which he was used to hearing) indicating that I have been working his shift in place of why I am there. Further, not only is he running late, but he has taken further time out after already speaking with me to stop for breakfast.

The remaining conversation goes like this...

"What's in the bag" I ask.

"Two breakfast taquitos" he replies, taking them carefully out of the bag and setting them on a napkin in preparation for his little morning meal.

"Well, Mickey, there is a cost for being late today,  you know that, right?"

"Yes, Steve. What extra duty do I need to do?"

"No, no, Mickey, no extra duty or write up today."

<smile> ....he thinks he is off the hook.

"The cost for being late today is.....2 taquitos" as I promptly snatch up his breakfast, unwrap, and eat them.

Needless to say, he was in complete disbelief.

That was not the end of his tardiness but he continued to work for me for a number of years following until he graduated and moved on.

Did I make an impression? I doubt it....but the taste was memorable.

billf:

--- Quote from: Peale on April 11, 2008, 05:25:07 pm ---
--- Quote from: myntik1 on April 11, 2008, 09:44:59 am ---Here's one of mine all time favorites.  I went from rapidly moving up the corporate chain to being labeled a joker literally overnight.

--- End quote ---

Dude, that has to be one of the most messed up stories I've ever heard.  In fact, I'm surprised you're not in JAIL for that kind of stunt.

I mean, seriously, what were you thinking?

If that's the kind of behavior you exhibit at work, what kind of human being are you?  Soulless freak.  See a shrink.  And a priest.

--- End quote ---

Wow, I'm hoping that's a bit of hyperbole there Peale.  My god, if your serious....nah, you can't be serious...JAIL.  C'mon!?!  And to call him a soulless freak and suggest he needs to see a shrink and/or a priest for playing a joke!   ::)

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