Get me out of this S.H.I.T.
Things are not going well at Silver Haired Internet Technologies.
For those of you who have joined recently, my friend Ron helped run a web company. There was an unfortunate incident, where I accidentally shot Ron, and he went off to Thailand in a huff. Or maybe he flew. Who knows? He is now living the happy life addicted to sex, sunshine and exotic smoking, and has no intentions of coming back.
It’s a long story, but I had to form S.H.I.T to cover the accident, and I have been trying to cope ever since.
It’s doing my fucking head in.
Ron designed a web site for a company. He did a great job, and the company were delighted. They were able to update their own site and everyone was very happy. Ron liked them and trusted them so he gave them access to the server so they could set up their own emails and crap like that.
Then this company sold out. They sold to a crowd from somewhere foreign.
The new crowd settled in and decided to make their mark on the web site.
The first thing they did was to remove the old site, and replace it with a horrible site of their own. It’s a nasty looking site and it is impossible to find anything on it because it is HUGE.
The next thing they did was to go mad on the emails. They made dozens of addresses. Then they made dozens more that pointed to the others. So now when a mail arrives there, it heads off on a loop of addresses being redirected here, there and everywhere, without actually finding a mailbox anywhere. It’s like Spaghetti Junction in there.
Now they keep ringing me, because they are in a mighty mess. They expect me to fix their tangles. They can fuck off. I can’t understand them most of the time because most of them don’t speak English.
They rang me this morning. They aren’t getting any emails from HP. So? I don’t get emails from HP, and I’m not complaining? But apparently this is upsetting them. If they did get any mails from HP, I would say those mails are on their server at this very moment, flitting around from address to address frantically trying to find their way out of the maze. I have never felt sorry for an email, but there is always a first time.
Of course I told them to fuck off, but they didn’t understand me, so that’s all right.
I never mentioned what this company did for a living.
They are a computer training company.
Hahahahahahaha.
Oh God!
Sigh.
oohh grandad, but you struck a nerve. getting old gets sweeter by the day. Of course the young turks wanted to ‘update’ the site. What would the old farts know. ahhh so so happy to have left it all behind. You are completely right. fuck them. probably all at oxegen; ‘spent all fockin week fixing this old crap site’
cheers, mine’s a guinness
Oh dear Grandad – you do get in some messes – maybe you should opt for the easy life too – and let them get on with it.
Give keiron a shout – he’s bound to have some answers!
Stay calm……
Err, if they replaced it with their crap, why do they feel it’s your problem? Or do they want to pay you vast wodges of dosh to fix their crap? Don’t Holemasters do that?
Kerryview – I would dearly love to be sitting on a bar stool in a pub in Kerry, right now. Any chance?
Kate – Do you think Kieron would be interested in taking over S.H.I.T.?
Thrifty – Because they fucked it up so badly that they don’t know what they have done. They are now turning to me in desperation. I will offer to fix it for them though [at €500 an hour].
HP has probably given up sending them emails, so the next time they phone pretend to be senile or drunk or both and sing Irish shanties at them. If that doesn’t work tell them you are a recording and will self destruct in 10..9…8..7.. and when you get to 1 get Sandy to howl down the phone. If none of that works, go and find Ron – it’s only been 11 months since you shot him, so he’s probably still in the hospital waiting room.
lol – priceless!
every chance of a pint grandad. friday afternoon pints remind me of long lost casual fridays (in other words, half day), when every friday from 1.30 to at least 8.00 was spent happily in the old old Kitty O’Sheas, not that place that’s there now. And not a programmer/analysyt/whatever in sight. So, a pint in Kerry is sweet sweet. No more S.H.I.T. and the like. €500 ph? Dont offer. Just tell them you will fix it. For That.
I’ll have one in your absence.
Geri – But I am senile and drunk. I am not going near Ron. I don’t trust him…
Kerryview – I will be there in a few minutes, as soon as I have reassembled this missile I just bought on eBay.
[at €500 an hour].
Ah, now the CAPITALISM MAGAZINE makes more sense. Just kidding, dead right, the holliers are coming up after all.
Tell you what. If you don’t want to do it yourself, charge them €500 per hour and I’ll sort it out for you if you give me €300 per hour.
Can’t say fairer than that 🙂
how about i do you up a nice hanging basket…. and you can smack him with it – right between the eyes should do just nicely
lubbly jubbly
peter
Silver Haired Internet Technologies. I love it. Grandad, not The Man From Uncle but The Man From Shit. Brilliant! What can we do with CRAP ?
How about Cantankerous Rapidly Ageing Pissheads? Ho.
You’d thing if they trained people how to use computers, they’d at least have some knowledge of what they’re teaching…
Maybe you should bump up the price to €600/hour to fix it 😉
Thrifty – It is like Carbon Tax… More of a disincentive to use services.
Robert – You really do not want to go there.
Peter – It would be simpler to hang them from the eaves and stick flowers in their ears?
TT – Do you want one of my Golden Crab Awards [as issued by S.H.I.T.]?
TheChrisD – You would think that, wouldn’t you. I wonder if they teach server set up or email configuration?
PROBLEM SOLVED – I just sent them a mail and accidentally signed it ‘Grandad’.
There again, they probably won’t get it….
Forward you phone to some guy in India. Its what everyone else is doing.
Jim C – Pick an Irish number at random. Same result 😉
Well you know what they say . . those who can’t do . . .teach! Sounds like a potentially nice little earner! “wodges of cash” tee hee! You Irish have some funny sayings!
Just as long as that number ain’t mine, go for it 😉