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This must be the Associate Director himself, otherwise this is a very weird take, but I guess not surprising given the state of things these days. Sure, pluggi

This must be the Associate Director himself, otherwise this is a very weird take, but I guess not surprising given the state of things these days. Sure, plugging things into the wrong port is an honest mistake. We all make mistakes. But he was shown how to do it, failed to consider the risks of relying last minute on something he’s clearly not comfortable with when faced with a critical task, and must have not had the wherewithal to ask about the two ports, try basic troubleshooting himself, practice ahead of time, or call in for help. Instead he tried to turn his failure into someone else’s. Personal accountability is critical even if sometimes it’s hard to swallow. Desperately trying to roll your own shit downhill is-at a minimum-a sign of an extremely low character. At least the Assistant Director in this story had enough decency to just take the L at the end and drop it.

thadt 3y ago
> Personal accountability is critical even if sometimes it’s hard to swallow. Full agreement. My point was more that not only is personal accountability important, but in a healty organization we should also be accountable for each other. The IT guy's attitude is off, and there are several things he could do in the future to make that better. I've accidentially plugged a phone line into an RJ-45 port - it's super easy to do (or at least was). In the future, a piece of tape over that port would help a lot. Want to provide support for that - put your phone number on a note on the laptop and ask him to call if he needs help. That's what being accountable for each other looks like. And likewise, if I were the associated director's manager, I'd tell him to drop the adversarial power play with IT and treat them with the respect of people that can help you get your job done, instead of treating them like dispensable slaves. And to take responsibility for his stuff, with or without their help.

thadt 3y ago

> Personal accountability is critical even if sometimes it’s hard to swallow. Full agreement. My point was more that not only is personal accountability important, but in a healty organization we should also be accountable for each other. The IT guy's attitude is off, and there are several things he could do in the future to make that better. I've accidentially plugged a phone line into an RJ-45 port - it's super easy to do (or at least was). In the future, a piece of tape over that port would help a lot. Want to provide support for that - put your phone number on a note on the laptop and ask him to call if he needs help. That's what being accountable for each other looks like. And likewise, if I were the associated director's manager, I'd tell him to drop the adversarial power play with IT and treat them with the respect of people that can help you get your job done, instead of treating them like dispensable slaves. And to take responsibility for his stuff, with or without their help.