Patch cabinet 2B
I used to work as an AS400 SYSOPER for a major time share company based in the USA (think of a boring motor sport on an elliptical track for a location hint)

Anyhoo, I was in the aforementioned patch cabinet when I stand on a cable and out it pops. I've got NO idea what it is or where it was from. (I managed to get through the interview by saying "I enjoy programming in my spare time" "Really? What in? COBOL? C++?" I was thinking more BASIC on a speccy 48k but "Yep - those") Thinking that whoever’s terminal is now not working will complain and then I'll be easily able to work out where to put it, I leave it on the floor.

Turns out it was the link from us to Indy (damn! said it!) and in the many many hours it takes to work out the problem we lose a LARGE sum of money.

Cue me. "Steve? Weren't you in patch 2B earlier?" "Yep" and exit Steve stage left without a job or future career.

If you are around Steve - Sorry, dude... but you always were a cnut towards me anyhow...

EDIT: Just reread the QotW and realised that this doesn't really fit! Just saw working in IT, fail, and blame someone else and felt I should get this off my chest. Does this now count as a double whammy? I meant to post a relevant comment and failed miserably?
(jugglinbob Not giving a damn since:, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 5:49, 3 replies)

pwrdwnsys
*immed
( Piper Alpha is being a grumpy northerm bastard on:, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 7:37, closed)

Did you know
that to get small reels to load in the tape drive, you had to hit the tape load button twice in quick succession?

My first job was programming an AS400 in RPG3. Horrible language.

Nerd overload. Shoot me. Shoot me now.
( argyleblanket The man on the roof works for me, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 11:54, closed)

Love it.. still do
The procedural cycle of RPG was adorable... RPGIII was ok, but RPGIV was a leap forward. RPG/Free is fun (ouch! did I say that?)


If you ever did any MI programming with OS/400 then you'd know how really exciting an OS could be
( Piper Alpha is being a grumpy northerm bastard on:, Wed 9 Dec 2009, 15:28, closed)