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Jan. 8th, 2008 11:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
graculusWorking at home today, for a change, as I have a hospital appointment at 12.30pm - how much more inconvenient a time could there be for someone who works anywhere but locally, let alone someone like me who has an hour's drive each way to work? It was work at home or drive to work and back twice in a day. No thanks. The odd thing was, when I told the admin staff yesterday, I said that this might hopefully be it in terms of hospital stuff for a while, depending on what the consultant says. But instead of 'consultant', the word that came out of my mouth was 'shrink'. I know they already think I'm a bit crazy, but they didn't need the proof... and it's not even correct, because I'm not seeing a psychiatrist! *headdesk*
Secondly, going back to work yesterday after two weeks off and I locked myself out of the computer system because I couldn't remember my password. I've been riffing off various Harry Potter words for the last two years and my mind was just blank. More entertaining though, was my conversation with the helpdesk guy:
Me: I've locked myself out of the system.
Helpdesk Guy: Can you give me your name?
Me: Sure, it's [Graculus]
HG: You're based at [office]?
Me: That's right.
HG: Would you like me to reset your password?
Me: .... Yes, that's why I phoned you.
He then put me on hold, and I was just about able to stop laughing by the time he was done. ;)
Secondly, going back to work yesterday after two weeks off and I locked myself out of the computer system because I couldn't remember my password. I've been riffing off various Harry Potter words for the last two years and my mind was just blank. More entertaining though, was my conversation with the helpdesk guy:
Me: I've locked myself out of the system.
Helpdesk Guy: Can you give me your name?
Me: Sure, it's [Graculus]
HG: You're based at [office]?
Me: That's right.
HG: Would you like me to reset your password?
Me: .... Yes, that's why I phoned you.
He then put me on hold, and I was just about able to stop laughing by the time he was done. ;)
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Date: 2008-01-08 08:05 pm (UTC)This happened to our head of service last week and today somebody else admitted she'd done it as well. Our computer system decided just about everybody had to change their passwords just before Christmas - rather bad timing really - I wonder how many more people forgot what they changed their password to? I didn't have a problem, I reverted to a password I can type and remember - unlike the previous one which I had complete and utter mental blanks about occasionally and wasn't entirely my doing when the computer system had a bad day.