7 Dec
2011
7 Dec
'11
3:10 p.m.
On 7 Dec 2011 at 15:08, Ethan Dicks wrote:
So where have you worked that was so dirty and
infested?
In facility that was very close to a large body of water, drainage
ditches and located in the middle of an onion field. In the autumn
crickets would invade by the thousands--they would be everywhere, not
just under the raising flooring; or in hallways; in desk drawers; in
that cup of coffee you left on your desk.
Of course, nothing compared to the sumps in a steel mill, but still
not the prisitine environment one thinks of in connection with
computers.
I wonder if installations along the Gulf Coast suffer the same
problem. I remember when the company put me up in some very fancy
digs in the middle of San Antonio. As the bellman was carting my
luggage to my room, strolling beside us in the hallway was a very
large palmetto bug. The guy showing me to my room just shrugged and
said "we get them everywhere".
--Chuck