First Line Friday – No Can Do

First Line Fridays is hosted by Dylan Hughes at Mindlovesmisery’s Menagerie. She gives the first line and we do the rest.

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“Whatever you do, you can’t do that.”

”Says who?” As far as Sara was concerned non-technical managers were useless. They never understood the problem and never had a clue about the solution.

“You are NOT rebooting the system! You really should show me some respect. You’re lucky to have this job.”

”Lucky? I’m lucky? The one who has been here since midnight? I’m the lucky one?”

”Don’t get yourself get in a tizzy now. We need to get the system back up and running before they start the board meeting. Now be a good girl and find another solution.”

Sara was boiling. After all the changes the system had to be rebooted. “It must be rebooted, Jim!”

”No. we are not bring down the entire network. No way!”

That was the last straw. Sara locked her computer screen and grabbed her wallet.

”Just where do you think you’re going?”

”Coffee. Going to get a cup of coffee.”

”What about the system? What will I tell Mr Bergman?”

”Tell him you would not let me reboot the system. Too bad nothing else will fix it.” Sara took a deep breath and walked toward the elevator knowing this might be her last coffee from the company cafeteria.

Fibbing Friday October 22, 2021 – Collective Nouns

Di and Frank take turns hosting Fibbing Friday. Di is up this week.

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Di asked us to try our hand at imagining a new definition of the following collective nouns. My answers are italicized.

1. A walk of retirees.
2. A bed of butterflies.
3. A horde of Halloweeners.
4. A bike of cycles.
5. A rhumba of vacuums.
6. A shrewdness of lawyers.
7. A raft of sailors.
8. A mess of politicians.
9. A huddle of gossips.
10. A family of flamingos.

Thanks, Di. That was fun!

I am in Facebook Jail

Last night I popped into Facebook, made a very inane post about Michael Jackson’s song “Thriller”. A few minutes later I was greeted with this message.

There are several steps you can take to verify your identity the first of which is to receive an SMS text message with a verification code. Sounds simple, right? The problem is that the message never gets sent. When I tried several times, I got into a timed loop that prevents me from trying again until a specified timeframe (I am not told what that timeframe is) has expired.

So, I ended up in a loop of help pages, with the last one being this:

I did find a page eventually where I could fill out a form and explain the issue, attach screen shots that depict the problem, and send it on to FaceBook. I filled out the entire form, attached the images, but the problem is, the SEND button does not work.

I stumbled on another page where I could upload a copy of my ID to submit and verify my identity. The chances of me sending a copy of my driver’s license to Facebook are somewhere between slim and none.

You think we own our data online? Au contraire my good friend.

I most likely got swept up in Facebook’s mighty algorithm machine, but of course you never know why it happens. I am not the first as many people have experienced the same.  I was looking for a good reason to sever the cord. They may have just done it for me.