Not too long ago, there was a small furor in the local media about a major disaster at The State’s Technology Services Division.…When employees of The State came in to work following a three day weekend, they found their workstations overloaded with “cannot logon” and “Exchange communication” error messages. The Network Services folks had it even worse: the server room was a sweltering 109° Fahrenheit and filled with dead or dying servers….They worked day and night to order new equipment, build new servers, and restore everything from back-up. Countless overtime hours and nearly two hundred thousand dollars in equipment costs later, they managed to bring everything back online. When the Exchange servers were finally restored, the following email finally made its way to everyone’s inbox:
From: ----- -----------
To: IT Department
Re: A/C constantly running.
To whom it may concern,
I came in today (Monday) to finish up a project I was
working on before our big meeting with the State -----
Commission tomorrow,and I noticed that there were three
or four large air conditioners running the entire time I
was here. Since it's a three day weekend,no one is around,
why do we need to have the A/C running 24/7?
With all the power that all those big computers in that
room use, I doubt it is really eco-friendly to run those
big units at the same time. And all computers have cooling
fans anyway, so why put the A/C for the building in that
room?
I got a keycard from [the facility manager’s] desk and shut
off the A/C units. I'm sure you guys can deal with it being
warm for an hour or two when you come in tomorrow morning.
In the future, let's try to be a little more conscientious
of our energy usage!
Thanks,
-----
As for the employee who sent it, he decided to take an early
retirement.
http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/Im-Sure-You-Can-Deal.aspx
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