Stories

Computers are Everywhere.  They don't always tell us what we think they are telling us.

Where I work we have a wardrobe department where the uniforms are kept.  You pick up your uniforms there, wear them and return them to wardrobe when you are done.  Wardrobe sends them out to be washed then puts them back on the rack for you to use again.

The uniforms are kept on conveyors.  The system is automated; all a person has to do is go up to a window and swipe their badge.  The uniform is brought down on the conveyor, the window opens and the employee can reach in and grab their uniform. 

There are so many employees that one conveyor and window is not enough.  There are multiple windows and conveyors.  To help keep track of things the windows are given letter designations; A, B, C, D, E and so on.

Phil received a call there was a problem with something in wardrobe.  When he got their the attendant at the front told him Window C had a problem.  He looked over everything and it appeared to be working fine.  He double checked then quickly glanced at a couple other windows in case he was told it was the wrong window.

Phil went to the attendant and told her there was no problem with Window C.  She insisted there was.  So he took her over to the window and showed her everything was working fine.  She still insisted there was a problem even though they could not find one.  She told Phil the problem was definitely with Window C since the computer told her there was.

They went to look at the computer and sure enough the screen said there is a problem.  The error message on the screen said.....
THERE IS A FAULT IN THE WINDOWS...   C:PROGRAMS.........

After 30 minutes of trying to explain things, she was still not convinced Window C was ok.  He tried to explain to her that the computer was saying there was a problem with the software it was running.  He finally had to give up and leave, then notify the supervisor so they could call IT.

The Rabbit with a Second Chance.  Ok, not really but........

Jorge told me about what happened between him and a neighbor last year.

He and the neighbor did not talk much.  One day his neighbor told him to keep his dog away from her yard and her rabbit.  She said his dog kept getting into the yard and nipping at the rabbit through it's cage.  She said if she keeps catching his dog in her yard she would call the police or animal control to take the do away.  He was afraid he would lose his dog if that happened.

Jorge tried to keep the dog out of her yard as much as he could.  One day after getting home from work he found his dog walking around with the neighbors rabbit in it's mouth!  After taking the rabbit away from his dog he found the rabbit was dead.  He did not want to get into any trouble with the neighbor so he tried to think of what to do.

He thought about hiding the rabbit and deny anything happened, maybe even throwing it away.  After a bit he formulated his plan and took care of what needed to be done. His neighbor was not home from work yet so he had a little time to work with.

He took the rabbit to the bathroom, washed it in the bathtub then blow dried the fur.  He did the best he could to make the rabbit look alive and healthy.  Ten he took the rabbit into the neighbors yard, put it in the cage and set it up so it looked like the rabbit was just relaxing.  As he went to leave the neighbors yard he noticed a lot of dirt pulled up around her patio.  He thought the dog had messed up the yard.  To cover up any evidence of his dog being in her yard he swept the patio off and put the dirt back where it belonged.

Later that evening he heard the neighbor come home and knew she would be going to the back yard soon.  Jorge soon heard his neighbor screaming "Oh my God! I don't believe it!"  "I don't believe it!"  As she screamed this a few more times he went out in his back yard and looked over the wall and said what's the matter.  She said I don't believe it!  My rabbit was dead and now he is back!  It's a miracle!  She said she had buried the rabbit in the dirt by the patio and pointed to the area where he had swept the dirt back.  He got out of the conversation as quick as possible so he would not give himself away. 

He has not talked to her after that since they did not get along much anyway.  So he does not know how long it took for her to find out the rabbit was still dead.

The rabbit had died 3 days before and the neighbor buried her rabbit in the dirt by the patio.  Yup you guessed it......  The dog had just dug up the dead rabbit and was carrying it around.