Today was a Monday that beat all Mondays.
I got to work early and got a lot done. Then at 8:30 progress came to a screeching halt. Evidently a fiber optic line was accidentally cut today, and that brought the Longview plant site to our knees.
First priority was getting payroll processed. We got a two-hour extension , but were still sweating bullets to make the new deadline.
In the meanwhile an announcement came over the loudspeaker for everyone not running critical applications to stop trying to work, to conserve what small connectivity we had to keep the mill operating. So it was mass exodus from my building; no sense staying.
I worked from my Blackberry and worked on my boxes project. Last week a moving van came and delivered 60 old records boxes from our sold Seaside facility for me to sort through against updated records retention policy. Don’t need a computer for that!
What a day!
I got to work early and got a lot done. Then at 8:30 progress came to a screeching halt. Evidently a fiber optic line was accidentally cut today, and that brought the Longview plant site to our knees.
First priority was getting payroll processed. We got a two-hour extension , but were still sweating bullets to make the new deadline.
In the meanwhile an announcement came over the loudspeaker for everyone not running critical applications to stop trying to work, to conserve what small connectivity we had to keep the mill operating. So it was mass exodus from my building; no sense staying.
I worked from my Blackberry and worked on my boxes project. Last week a moving van came and delivered 60 old records boxes from our sold Seaside facility for me to sort through against updated records retention policy. Don’t need a computer for that!
What a day!
“Monday is an awful way to spend 1/7th of your life.” - Unknown
1 comment:
amazing how dependant we can be on one stinking piece of wire....
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