It is now much later. That sunny morning turned stormy this afternoon. First I had a meeting with my editor,RTC, in his corner office of our penthouse suite in the MMG building. The first words out of his mouth, "Clean Up your Desk, Clean up the Floor."
This was an unusual order since I am the star reporter, but you know editors. They can be very strange at times. I use to work with Physicists, do they clean up their desks/floors? Ah, NO. Anyway I started in sorting when I was interrupted by our staff photographer. Needed some advice on downloading a digital camera to his computer.
Being the only IT guy on our staff I helped out. Seems he has a computer manufactured by a fruit company. This brings in extra cash flow after the harvest season. Easy task for me, the office geek. Plugged in the cable waited...waited....WAITED and nothing happened.
After many fruitless(pardon the pun) I decided to consult the camera manual. So I went to our vast library and searched for it, no luck. I found manuals on coffee makers, electric knives, and a crock pot but none on cameras. Pshaw, he said with a frown.
As a last resort, I consulted the website for the camera. Well, it seems that if you have the Fruit company's computer, there is a setting that must be turned on. Why? It is set up for a computer that is manufactured by glass setters. That's the gold standard, right? WRONG. To wrap this up I saved the day by changing the setting. Now everyone is happy, the editor, the photographer but my desk is still a mess and I sloshed across the floor to go home.
Maybe Tomorrow?
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