Just ask for Jim, by Jeffrey Veen

Just ask for Jim

Tonight, while getting some work done in a hotel, the "High Speed Broadband Immersive Connection to the Future of Productivity!!!" stopped working. I called down to the front desk and asked what was up with the net connection. They didn't know, but had an 800 number that might. I dialed.

Some guy: Hello?
Me: Um.
Some guy: Hello? This is Jim. Who is this?
Me: Um. So, I'm calling from a hotel and was told you might be able to help me with the connection to the Web?
Jim: What hotel?
Me: The Hudson.
Jim: Hold on, lemme kick the router.
Me: ...
Jim: How's that.
Me: *click* Yup. Works now.
Jim: Yeah, that's what I thought. Why we don't just buy some new Cisco boxes is beyond me. Anything else?
Me: Um. No. Thanks Jim. Bye.

This entry was written by Jeffrey Veen and posted 3 September 2003 at 9:03 PM. It was filed under Travel. | View blog reactions

Comments

1. On 12 September 2003 at 12:46 PM Kris Leslie wrote:

I think your a great evangelist. But typo by should be buy im not nip picking. Im reading your articles every day smart man thank you for being who you are. yes its choppy and incorrect english im at work sorry :)

2. On 13 September 2003 at 10:11 PM Urgo wrote:

lol thats a great story.

3. On 13 September 2003 at 10:49 PM Christian Leal (Andlynx) wrote:

Well... is a relief to know that kind of things does not happen only in my country (Chile).

Thanks Jeffrey! :D

4. On 22 September 2003 at 11:10 PM David Locke wrote:

Yeah, I've evangelized the shake for years.

I lost a hard drive, so I took my computer to the shop and they replaced the hard drive. Of course, I lost the data, or more than a year's worth of my life, when they did that. Two weeks later I lost the new drive, so I drove it back to the place where I bought the machine. They plugged it in. It worked perfectly. The road vibrations cured it. Since then, I always strike the machine hard when I get a disk IO problem. And, it straightens right up.

So yes, take the risk and hit the damn thing. It's dead already, so what more can go wrong.