6.25.04
I'm the jerk
So, here I am at work doing a software upgrade on a digital voice recorder. Now, anyone familiar with a Wordnet Series 3 knows that the alarm buzzer can drive someone crazy. That's the point of an alarm, right?
Well, doing this upgrade required that I disable the recording service...thus causing the buzzer to sound. Thing is, you can't disable the buzzer. This upgrade took around 15 minutes.
Person 1: "Can you turn that buzzer off?"
Me: "No, it can't be turned off."
Person 2: "Can't that thing be turned off?"
Me: "No, it's a piezoelectric buzzer and it can't be turned off."
Person 2: Confused look.
Me: "No, it can't be turned off."
Person 3 after hearing Person 2: "God, Daniel, can you turn that off?"
Me: "No."
Person 4: "How long is that going to be going?"
Me, getting very annoyed: "Don't know, but I'm working on it."
Person 5 walks over to my desk: "C'mon with me, let's go turn the sound off."
Me: "I can't."
Person 5: "Well then, do you mind if I go turn it off?"
Me: "You can't."
Well, the upgrade is complete and the buzzer turns off. It was at this point that I begin to wonder what type of jerk these people think I am. Like, I really wanted to hear that sound myself. Have a bit more common sense that that.
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