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Dispatches from a frantic evening (2018)
Apr. 6th, 2024 03:49 amReading https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/it-came-from-the-server-room-halloween-tales-of-tech-terror.1259761/ due to reasons, and reflecting on the only time I've been involved with an electronics room Having a Moment. It was when I was a temp up in the big city, naturally, and I only vaguely remember that it happened. So I searched back through the household chat to see if I documented any of it at the time.
Basically I had to check the temperatures in the two telecom rooms a couple times a day, and there was a whole procedure for the steps to take if something was not right. I was not quite leaving for the day, because I still had to be present to walk some kind of people who make money by having money through the space, but I was getting things done before I had to do that and had to leave. And the room was too hot and getting hotter. So I would have called my supervisor and started taking steps to cool the room down. I assume that someone else took over the computer cooling situation (probably by calling the air conditioner repair people) once I'd done all I could. I have a vague memory of a pedestal fan, and being the one to locate both the extension cord and the power outlet, as we had a new manager who didn't know my location well yet.
I still made it to the station within about 5 minutes of when I predicted I would, so that was nice.
In the search for any other commentary from then, I found a Contentious Thread over in someone else's journal, where there was a situation where empathy was called for but someone in particular was using troubleshooting, and with the knowledge and consent of the journal owner, I pointed this out and said some words that sometimes precede calling for one's seconds. Funnily enough, the next person who would eventually also get disinvited from that space noticed that "people" were getting "attacked" for being 'helpful' and did a passive aggression about it.
Also, the problem with it being bedtime but not yet being in bed means that the meds that are supposed to make me sleepy, I haven't taken yet, and therefore they have not perhaps kicked in, and it is after 4 in the morning now... Oops.
You, Nov 5, 2018, 4:56 PM
I will definitely be later than planned; the Telecom room overheated and then the investor tour is now 25 minutes late and counting.
You, Nov 5, 2018, 5:29 PM
Leaving work now.
You, Nov 5, 2018, 5:44 PM
Safely train. Guessing I will arrive at [location] at 6:55.
You, Nov 5, 2018, 5:50 PM
They are now rebooting the train.
Basically I had to check the temperatures in the two telecom rooms a couple times a day, and there was a whole procedure for the steps to take if something was not right. I was not quite leaving for the day, because I still had to be present to walk some kind of people who make money by having money through the space, but I was getting things done before I had to do that and had to leave. And the room was too hot and getting hotter. So I would have called my supervisor and started taking steps to cool the room down. I assume that someone else took over the computer cooling situation (probably by calling the air conditioner repair people) once I'd done all I could. I have a vague memory of a pedestal fan, and being the one to locate both the extension cord and the power outlet, as we had a new manager who didn't know my location well yet.
I still made it to the station within about 5 minutes of when I predicted I would, so that was nice.
In the search for any other commentary from then, I found a Contentious Thread over in someone else's journal, where there was a situation where empathy was called for but someone in particular was using troubleshooting, and with the knowledge and consent of the journal owner, I pointed this out and said some words that sometimes precede calling for one's seconds. Funnily enough, the next person who would eventually also get disinvited from that space noticed that "people" were getting "attacked" for being 'helpful' and did a passive aggression about it.
Also, the problem with it being bedtime but not yet being in bed means that the meds that are supposed to make me sleepy, I haven't taken yet, and therefore they have not perhaps kicked in, and it is after 4 in the morning now... Oops.
