… the Jerks come out.
Brickell has gone through a few power outages this year. One of course was that huge power outage that affected half of Miami. Others have been shorts caused by two much electricity in the office, and others in the building.
Today, right as I grabbed my cafe con leche, the power in my building went out. Usually this isn’t a problem, but it ends up affecting all the electronics in the office: computers, phones, and even the server all needed to be restarted. This, or course, is a long complicated process. The worst part of it all, which I complain about every time an issue comes up, is that the only person who can fix it, is our IT guy.
Now I understand that if he told us how to fix things, well he’d be out of a job. But at the same time, the fact that we are completely dependent on him whenever a snafu occurs is wasteful. Especially when incidents like this occur at least once every two months. This severely limits our productivity, and I am not a fan of not being able to get my tasks completed because we can’t have the foresight to bring someone in who can teach someone in the office how to fix things.
Also, as it is real summer in Miami, when the power goes out, that means no air conditioning, and that is not a fun experience in an office environment. At least we have interent.
Jason Orkin, Energizer
