"That's not a problem," answers the Client, urgency in her voice. "Sure, but it's the weekend and it's going to cost you more," I answer, "We're talking at least 80 euros." Could you come look at it? It's urgent." says the Client at eight and a half in the morning of a Saturday. "Hello, our machine broke, we need it fixed. Of course it does, because otherwise why else would I be called in? Mind you, I went into it completely fresh, out of knowledge of the situation at hand, with just the bare modicum of information delivered by phone. So this computer, label-maker and weighting machine complex system is the linchpin of the entire system. If they lose a day of deliveries, they pay a lot of fines to the supermarket and risk losing out on the contract itself. So they have work, they have a lot of work, and they cannot possibly stay blocked a single day. To finish the description of the environment, I am speaking about a small industry that works in re-hydrating dried fishes to then sell them at the local Supermarket chain. It involves a Touch-Screen computer attached to a weighting machine that also doubles as a label-printer. Only, it doesn't involve just any computer, no, for that would be ludicrous. Well, this is something similar, but it involves a Computer (Otherwise, I wouldn't be here writing about it). Or that he'd enjoy spears so much, he'd keep on repairing them even though guns are already the fashion of the year. Imagine, if you will, being an ancient human who decided that indeed, he liked the Rock so much, he'd never use it to make a wheel. The minds of humanity are riddled with strange turns and twists, and the more I see the less I understand how we could have achieved apex food chain status. FILTER POSTS BY LENGTH WELCOME TO TFTS! TELL US YOUR TALE! MODERATION INFO COPYRIGHT POLICY SPAM FILTER ALERT SISTER SUBREDDITS TALE SUBREDDITS THE BEST OF TFTS TFTS ESSENTIAL LINKS BYE EVERYBODY! < TFTS Top Tales - The Complete TFTS Archives
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