About two weeks ago, one of the IT guys came up to my little room and told me my computer had raised a "ding" and needed to have a mega-virus scan run on it. It took about an hour or so, but it came up clear. IT Dude advised me to clear my cache and cookies often, and if I do this, I won't come up on The List.
Now, I do that clean-up fairly frequently at home, but I honestly just don't think about doing it that often at work. One, it's not my personal computer. Two, I'm a temp. Three, I have nothing to hide, so compulsive computer cleaning isn't as much a priority as it was at my last job. You know, the job where my Big Gay Boss Friend would look up gay porn. A lot. Luckily, the two of us were the only people in the office, and our two computers weren't linked to any company network or anything; we were on a tiny little network of two. Still, seeing as I was the computer savvy one, you'd better believe I was doing some constant upkeep to keep those computers clean.
Anyway, while I was talking to IT Dude, I asked him why, if the internet was available to all the employess-- albeit with some sites "FORBIDDEN!" or "BLOCKED BY BIG MANUFACTURING COMPANY's IT GODS!"--- they didn't use something like McAfee Site Advisor. That way, the sites that aren't blocked would have a safety rating, and employees could engage in safer internet activities. He immediately fell into advanced Geek Speak (I only know beginner Geek Speak, so he left me in the dust), explaining how it wouldn't work and that it wasn't necessary with the current filters. I understood enough G.S. that I still wasn't convinced that it wouldn't be a good idea, but I just shrugged and went on with my business.
Now, two weeks later, you'll never guess what just landed in my email inbox: an inter-company email explaining how Site Advisor is going to be deployed on all the company's PC starting tomorrow afternoon, so that our browsing will be more safe.
OMFG <-- I generally hate IM speak (unless I'm actually IM'ing), so you should know just how much I mean that.
It could be a complete coincidence, but somehow I'm just not able to convince myself of that. I mention Site Advisor two weeks ago to one of the IT Dudes, who sorta puts me down for my silly plebeian notions, and then suddenly the "new, grand" idea at the company is to use it? Asshat.
3 comments:
If it looks like a duck, and sounds like a duck, the IT is an Asshat!!
From one career temp to another, don't you just LOOOOVVVE being dirt on the bottom of a permanent employee's shoe?
You used plebeian in context appropriately. That's so cool!
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