Mike Dragon

Some people....

I got a call from a client late this morning about two computers in their store that wee not working. One of them had no network/internet connection and the other one supposedly wasn't turning on after they changed the counter. I asked if they checked if the power cord was properly plugged in and if all other cables were also plugged in. The person said everything was in order and that they made sure to disconnect and reconnect everything to ensure there wasn't a poor connection. So, the logical course of action was to schedule a visit, and so I did.

I dressed up, got the car, drove to downtown in this chilly and rainy afternoon, spent about 15 minutes looking for a parking spot. When I got there, the PC without network had the ethernet interface disabled for whatever reason so all I had to do was enable it. But the cherry of the cake was the PC that wasn't turning on. The bloody thing was working just fine. Though for some reason, the monitor was missing its power cord. Made me waste time and fuel for basically nothing.