[SharkTank] Good one! [added another]
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/sharktank.do?command=viewDailyFull&date=20070907[^] Another one:
This payroll guy is prone to panicking when anything goes even slightly wrong with his computer. And when he panics, he starts calling his favorite IT support pilot fish and then searches the building if he can't reach fish by phone or instant message. That's why it's just a surprise, not a complete shock, when fish hears the door to the restÂroom burst open while he's inside, followed by the payroll guy's relieved voice: "Oh, there you are. I've got a problem; come fix it." Fish: "I'm a little busy right now, and how the heck did you know it was me in here?" Payroll guy: "I recognized your shoes."
http://www.computerworld.com/action/sharktank.do?command=viewDailyFull&date=20070713[^] Roswell:laugh:
"Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
Antonio VillaRaigosa
City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA -
http://www.computerworld.com/action/sharktank.do?command=viewDailyFull&date=20070907[^] Another one:
This payroll guy is prone to panicking when anything goes even slightly wrong with his computer. And when he panics, he starts calling his favorite IT support pilot fish and then searches the building if he can't reach fish by phone or instant message. That's why it's just a surprise, not a complete shock, when fish hears the door to the restÂroom burst open while he's inside, followed by the payroll guy's relieved voice: "Oh, there you are. I've got a problem; come fix it." Fish: "I'm a little busy right now, and how the heck did you know it was me in here?" Payroll guy: "I recognized your shoes."
http://www.computerworld.com/action/sharktank.do?command=viewDailyFull&date=20070713[^] Roswell:laugh:
"Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
Antonio VillaRaigosa
City Mayor, Los Angeles, CAThis is my question: How can the "head of finance" grant or deny a server upgrade? The only possibility I can see is if the company has no money to buy it, which wasn't the case here as he granted the buy when submitted in parts. The financial department should only be concerned about the money not with the use of it, to decide if the buys are needed or not there should be a department chief.
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This is my question: How can the "head of finance" grant or deny a server upgrade? The only possibility I can see is if the company has no money to buy it, which wasn't the case here as he granted the buy when submitted in parts. The financial department should only be concerned about the money not with the use of it, to decide if the buys are needed or not there should be a department chief.
AlexCode wrote:
How can the "head of finance" grant or deny a server upgrade?
I'm guessing it's a small company < = 20 people, hence the
I submitted a proposal for a new server. It was turned down by the head of finance. To my horror, he claimed the company had too many computers and he could run the entire company on one PC with a spreadsheet
Sounds like this is something that took place in the late '90s... The microcontrolling but totally ignorant "head of finance" fits perfectly well into this kind of setting. Not in the sense that he is making a positive impact, quite the contrary, but that it is highly plausible. Please note that the company is growing rapidly, but he's still convinced that he can manage every aspect of it Roswell
"Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
Antonio VillaRaigosa
City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA -
AlexCode wrote:
How can the "head of finance" grant or deny a server upgrade?
I'm guessing it's a small company < = 20 people, hence the
I submitted a proposal for a new server. It was turned down by the head of finance. To my horror, he claimed the company had too many computers and he could run the entire company on one PC with a spreadsheet
Sounds like this is something that took place in the late '90s... The microcontrolling but totally ignorant "head of finance" fits perfectly well into this kind of setting. Not in the sense that he is making a positive impact, quite the contrary, but that it is highly plausible. Please note that the company is growing rapidly, but he's still convinced that he can manage every aspect of it Roswell
"Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
Antonio VillaRaigosa
City Mayor, Los Angeles, CAThese are the times when I feel like letting everything go down just to prove someone else is wrong. I never had the guts or a momentarily lack of responsibility to actually let anything go down but I never had any situation like this either... thankfully :doh:
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/sharktank.do?command=viewDailyFull&date=20070907[^] Another one:
This payroll guy is prone to panicking when anything goes even slightly wrong with his computer. And when he panics, he starts calling his favorite IT support pilot fish and then searches the building if he can't reach fish by phone or instant message. That's why it's just a surprise, not a complete shock, when fish hears the door to the restÂroom burst open while he's inside, followed by the payroll guy's relieved voice: "Oh, there you are. I've got a problem; come fix it." Fish: "I'm a little busy right now, and how the heck did you know it was me in here?" Payroll guy: "I recognized your shoes."
http://www.computerworld.com/action/sharktank.do?command=viewDailyFull&date=20070713[^] Roswell:laugh:
"Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
Antonio VillaRaigosa
City Mayor, Los Angeles, CACreate :laugh: Thats life spoken.
You have the thought that modern physics just relay on assumptions, that somehow depends on a smile of a cat, which isn’t there.( Albert Einstein)