Why It Takes So Long


Why It Takes So Long … to Scan Items In

Ready to scan items in.

Can’t. Don’t have a scanner.
Steal one from a Cash Register in the store.
Try to plug in. Can’t see back of PC. Jump up on Desk.
Won’t work. PS/2 Scanner, USB PC.
Have PC with PS/2 port in Spare Office. Luckily it’s already got everything we need for the job.
Person not quite trained yet. [...]

Why It Takes So Long … to Update the web Site Header

Ready to upload new header to web site.

Need to add hotspots.
Open with Fireworks. Missing Font: Arial Rounded MT Bold
Decide I don’t care
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Copy is on USB thumb-drive
Perform Quicken backup. (That’s why the thumb drive was there). Exit Quicken.
Eject thumb drive. Hit Exit [...]

Why It Takes So Long … to Teach Staff how to Add Product to the New Site

Ready to teach staff how to add product to new site.

Run MagneticOne Store Manager.
Can’t connect to new server database.
Open phpMyAdmin to add new users to database.
Connected OK to database.
Can’t ftp to new server.
Try to X Window in to enable ftp.
Xdmcp is not enabled.
Enable it.
init 3; init 5 on new server
PC X Server Client wants to [...]