[pain] Blackhat History: BOFH
Undiscussed Horrific Abuse, One Victim of Many
gmkarl at gmail.com
Sat Jul 9 03:49:26 PDT 2022
I'm translating as I read.
> So I'm in my office again, reconfiguring the router when the phone rings.
> Somehow I knew this was going to happen.
Translation: I'm frustrated and exhasperated. I've gotten a lot of
phone calls before.
> I'm obviously going to have to change my number (and Operator) YET AGAIN.
Translation: I need space, predictability, and peace very badly, and
this is very poignant when I get these phone calls.
> I pick it up.
> "Start talking."
"Hey, I appreciate that you've taken the effort to contact me. I'm
very busy right now and that's very pressing for me. What's up?"
> "Is this the network engineer?"
> Sigh.
> "Yes it is," I say, resigned to my fate.
"Honestly, I feel some pain when you ask that. There are very few
people with my skillsets, so I get a lot of requests for work. I can
tell you're not sure whether this is my number or not, and I question
if I'm really the most effective person for you talk to in that
situation."
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