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Actual conversation from a few years ago: "You are not certified to use this obscure electrical diagnostics tool, I have to do it for you." "Hey, cool, I help
by spiritplumber 3y ago
Actual conversation from a few years ago:
"You are not certified to use this obscure electrical diagnostics tool, I have to do it for you."
"Hey, cool, I helped write the firmware for this tool. Let me show you an undocumented command."
"You are not certified to use this obscure electrical diagnostics tool, I have to do it for you."
"Type this command number in, it thinks you're saying thank-you to it, and it will print You're Welcome".
The guy types it in, it prints YOU'RE WELCOME. I ask if he wants to know anything about this tool from one of the developers.
"You are not certified to use this obscure electrical diagnostics tool, I have to do it for you."
It was a very embarassing interaction.
- maxerickson 3y agoWere you a guest at some other site? If so, the other person following their policy is a pretty reasonable explanation for your story. The policy isn't going to have an exception for them where they can evaluate your competency outside the established practice at the site. I agree it's kind of weird if it were just a personal interaction with no surrounding context.
- spiritplumber 3y agoWe were both at a customer site. I was called in because at the time my job was "The regular technician can't deal with this, we will send an engineer". The whole job was about a hydropump barge.