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So, it’s be a particularly stupid day here at work.
Sales men complaining they didn’t get the parts they need. Two weeks ago I
asked them how many they needed. They never answered. So, I was supposed
to have guessed, and gotten in the right amount by now.
Suppliers who can’t tell the difference between a part number that ends
with an X and one that ends with an X-A. She was convinced they are the
same number.
“The one with a –A is a longer variant,” I told her.
“Then, you should have made the part number different!” she shouted.
“I did. It has a –A to show it’s different!”
“How am I supposed to tell that’s different!?!”
“Because of the –A?”
Apparently that isn’t good enough.

Finally, the head of office design came to see me.
“Can we get more of the glass support parts for the trade show on the parts
order?” he asked me.
“Don’t think so,” I said.
“Why not just add them to the PO?”
“Because they came in this morning,” I said. “So, I’m pretty sure it’s too
late to add on to that batch, since they’re done.”
“Can’t you do anything about it?” he asked.

So, I dove into my briefcase. It took several minutes, and I had to look
in all of the pockets three times. But, finally, I pulled forth my Tardis
key!
“Find the Tardis this fits, and I’ll go back and add it to the order,” I
said.
“You need to get out more,” he said.
“What’s that?” the guy in the cube next to me asked.
“It’s a fucking Tardis key,” the design manager said. “He’s telling me
he’ll only help me if I can get him back in time.”
“Type 40 Tardis,” I corrected. “Don’t know if it would work on any other.”

The only question is: why did it take so long to find the key? It was in a
small pocket that I had looked in twice before. The first two times, I
found the key to my bike lock.
So, my assumption is that, like the Tardis itself, it changes its
appearance and looked like the bike lock key the first two times.

Date: 2008-04-18 06:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tamargrl.livejournal.com
That was hilarious. Thanks for sharing.

Date: 2008-04-18 07:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fbhjr.livejournal.com
I should probably have pointed out the parts the head of designed wanted more of were the same -A parts...

Date: 2008-04-18 09:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] palusbuteo.livejournal.com
Obviously you had gone back in time to put the TARDIS key in a pocket you'd assume you'd not look into at first, to take time with the office design head to then taunt him about time travel and to suggest you go back further to add onto -A order which is obviously way too similar to the X type so then you'd need to...And I just went cross-eyed. *brain fart*

Date: 2008-04-19 03:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] evrgreen.livejournal.com
too funny !

Maybe you need to look more closely at your bicycle sometime - though I've never known a TARDIS to take that form, maybe you've got one of the convertible models where you can use it with the top down...
;-)

Date: 2008-04-19 11:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] yebo.livejournal.com
While I've seen it done on the new episodes, and heard it on the radio plays, I'm still pretty sure I'd rather ride in than on the TARDIS....

Date: 2008-04-19 11:45 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fbhjr.livejournal.com
Captain Jack I'm not...

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