Not the way to do tech support . . .

[Siri Amrit Kaur]

On Tuesday 25 October 2005 06:42 pm Mark Jarvis kindly wrote:
> (From an MCCCD mail list:)
>
>   Dear Colleague:
>
> If you work for MCCD and have ever mowed a blade of grass,
> installed a microphone, cleaned a toilet, painted a hallway, or
> written a parking ticket, please read on.
>
> Last Friday I attended this year's Communication Articulation Task
> Force held at The University of Arizona in Tucson.  We like to do
> this event up big so Michael Dues (former Department Head at U. of
> A.) invited Jack Jewett (member of  the Arizona Board of Trustees
> and a true Arizona "big shot") to be the Keynote Speaker.  Our
> audience included department heads from all the universities, the
> Deans of Arts and Sciences, and the Dean for the new Hugh Downs
> School of Communication at ASU's Tempe campus, and--oh yes--a few
> humble community college folks like myself. Well, in the middle of
> Jewett's presentation I hear one of my university colleagues in the
> back of the auditorium talking to a person, saying something like,
> "You can't do this, please don't do this."  With that, the person
> (one of their technology support people)comes down to the front of
> the auditorium and asks Jack Jewett, who is mid-sentence, to move
> as he has to install a microphone and a laptop for the powerpoint
> to be used later in the program.  The U. of A. Department Head
> throws his hands in the air and exclaims, "What are you doing?" 
> The gentleman, who has now clearly stolen the show away from
> Jewett, casually replies, "Setting up a microphone and a computer,"
> looking at my friend Dues with a "can't you see?" expression.  Dues
> fires back, "This is a Member of the Board of Regents, why are you
> doing this?"  The campus employee calmly replies, "Hey, I'm out of
> here at 5:00."  At this point I've fallen out of my chair,  I'm
> laughing so hard.  I mean tears are coming out of my eyes and down
> my cheeks as this well intentioned time conscious technician has
> brought this august gathering of scholars to its knees.  Jewett,
> bless his heart, maintains his composure--something he learned from
> his ten years in the legislature--throughout the 6-7 minute
> interruption and finally once again takes control of the lectern
> where he finishes his sentence and a very interesting talk.
>
> <snip>
>
> Thank you!
>
> Your colleague,
>
> (Name deleted)
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That's funny. I have another one:

Years ago my best friend's husband, Joe, did maintanance for a 
convention center in Virginia near D.C. One day it was hosting an 
international symposium of transplant surgeons, and Christiaan 
Bernard, who performed the world's first heart transplant, was the 
keynote speaker.

In the middle of his talk the bulb in the overhead projector burnt out 
and his lecture ground to a halt. Surgeons are not known for their 
patience, and he was not pleased. Joe comes up to the stage, bends 
over the projector, and loudly says, "Observe! As I perform this 
lightbulb transplant!"

He brought down the house.

Siri Amrit