Joys of being Left Unsupervised

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I admit I have a bit of an evil heart.

I enjoy playing with scammers. Whether they call me, email me, or text me. I cannot resist stringing them along and/or seeing how fast I can get them to use foul language. My goal just depends on whether I’m bored or not.

Today…I was bored. May I present today’s interaction as I posted it on a separate social platform…

So…I am currently planning to go to Disney with some random person who texted me…what are you doing? 

***Update:

We are only going for the day. I need to bring the sunscreen too. I apparently still have it in my purse from last time.

***Update:

My name is Anna and I live in LA. The traffic also sucks.

***Final Update:

I have been found out. Here is what I have learned.

  1. The person’s name is supposedly Mia.
  2. Their number is an 802 area code – which is Vermont and not LA but people do move and keep their numbers so…
  3. We have covered real names, locations, and birth years. By the way my new name is Jo Ann Papadopoulos and I now live in Oregon (all this moving is exhausting!)
  4. I am also much younger because if you’re going to go for it always go younger!
  5. We also now have plans to travel to Niagara at some point in the future.

*** Maybe Final Update :

We are now exchanging pictures.

***I’m just going to say Update from now on:

Mia appears to be real. I have not broken the news to her that I am not in fact Jo. Further confirmation is still necessary.

***Update: Mistakes have now been made.

The picture she sent of herself shows her wearing an AC/DC shirt…did not know it was a band.

Appears to be talking to more than one person. The other person she is talking to appears to be into fashion and modeling.

This has been a wild journey so far…onward!

***Truly Final Update:

The scam has been introduced. The request to switch to Whatsapp has been suggested. My fun has ended. This, however, will be a great addition to my blog.

The scam, if you are curious, moves to Whatsapp where they will then either send you a file which contains some form of malware or they will start requesting money.

Normally, I would ignore a random unknown text message but…I was bored and I do so love annoying scammers.

Stay vigilant ya’ll!

I would add images of the texts themselves but, as always, I am overly cautious about some things.

There are a lot of scams out there. Please stay safe ya’ll and if you ever have questions please contact your nearest IT person. They can usually help or do the fancy googling thing.

Yours Faithfully,
R3b3l G33k

R3b3l

Use Your Words!

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Todays IT lesson…

Make-It-So-Mike: “The image is hosed.“

Corvette-Crazy: “What do you mean the image is hosed?”

Make-It-So-Mike: “The image is hosed…”

Corvette-Crazy: “You’re an IT professional! Use your words! Hosed isn’t an answer!”

IT professional have words. ‘Hosed’ is not one of those words!

Yours Faithfully,
R3b3l G33k

R3b3l

Observations From Under My Desk

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Today our Gold Star user confessed to murdering her keyboard.

During said confession she admitted, “The keyboard is just not working. I press any key and nothing happens. I can still navigate with the mouse but I pressed Ctrl+Alt+Delete it locked the screen.”

So…the keyboard doesn’t work but…you locked the screen…with the keyboard.

Yep, the problem is definitely the keyboard.

If I was a drinker….

Yours Faithfully,
R3b3l G33k

R3b3l

Flaming Fingers

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The Statement of the Day… 

Random-User: “I have a flaming finger with an exclamation mark when I try to save a file as Excel.” 

Help-Desk: “You have a what?” 

Random-User: “I have a flaming finger. It won’t let me save.” 

**It should be noted at this point the help desk person did go take a look… the user was attempting to save a file from one application from another application… 

Those pesky flaming fingers! Always causing trouble! 

Yours Faithfully,
R3b3l G33k

R3b3l

The Missing Link

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And today’s winner goes to…

User: “Help! All my icons are missing!”

Make-it-so-Mike: “There’s no extra charge for that…”

User: “Oh you’re funny! But no, one minute they were there…then I saw a blur and now they’re gone. I was going to reboot but, I didn’t want to break it further.”

Corvette-Crazy and I: *Laughing like crazy*

Make-it-so-Mike: “Let’s go take a look…”

Make-it-so-Mike: *returns*

Corvette-Crazy and I: “Soo??”

Make-it-so-Mike: “…she some how hid her icons…”

The look on a users face when something unexpected happens and, IT doesn’t take it as serious as they believe they should…

It is the little things which amuse us.

Yours Faithfully,
R3b3l G33k

R3b3l

Not What You Think…

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Today’s Conversation in Question…

Corvette-Crazy: “Oh! That’s beautiful!”

Make-It-So-Mike: “I’ve seen better.”

Corvette-Crazy: “Oh no! That is one sexy beast there! I think I’m in love. I really want to screw this to the bottom of the table.”

Contrary to first thoughts….this has nothing to do with porn. It has everything to do with switches, routers, and server racks.

 

Yours Faithfully,
R3b3l G33k

R3b3l

On Clearing the Table

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At a company picnic I was asked if I could clear the table…

I said, “Sure!”

I needed a running start, but I made it!

Yours Faithfully,
R3b3l G33k

R3b3l

I’d like to…

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threeofakind

And today’s Conversation in Question….

Corvette-Crazy: “You know what I’d like to do?”

*Make-it-so-Mike and I waiting….*

Corvette-Crazy: “I’d like to strip *long pause* everyone’s access and start over.”

We are so glad he finished that sentence!

 

 

Yours Faithfully,
R3b3l G33k

R3b3l

Analysts and Their Details…

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Our IT department loves bad jokes. The worse the better!

But… we are IT people so…

No joke goes un-analyzed. Case in point… (Joke told by Make-it-so-Mike)

A blonde walks into a bar. Sits down next to a guy.

He slowly takes a drink and then looks at her.

“Would you have sex with me for 5 Million dollars?”

She says, “YES!”

He slowly takes another drink.

“Would you have sex with me for ten dollars?”

She says, “No! What do a I look like? A prostitute?”

He says, “I thought we already established that and now we’re just haggling over the price?”

Simple joke. Most people laugh and move on.

Not us!

The discussion starts with how would she react? Would she really say yes? Why is it always a blonde? What was he drinking? Was he good looking? Why do jokes always assume prostitutes are the only ones who have sex for money? And, so on…

Thirty minutes later and we finally have all the details worked out…and the joke is no longer funny. Proof that analyst are sticklers for details!

Yours Faithfully,
R3b3l G33k

R3b3l

Adultier-Adult

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And today’s Conversation in Question….

Me: “Hey, Corvette-Crazy, do you remember where you were when Mt. St. Helen’s erupted?”

Corvette-Crazy: *Blank Stare*

Me: “Well?”

Corvette-Crazy: *Blinks quickly, smiles, points at his head….*

Me: “Crap! You weren’t even born yet. None of you were born yet! I despise you all!”

Corvette-Crazy: *Laughs* “Feel old yet?”

I really don’t like this adultier-adult thing. When did it happen? Why did it happen? I need wine!!

Yours Faithfully,
R3b3l G33k

R3b3l