| LOL this. I remember a long time ago there was a team that needed some very expensive hardware from sun (think several 100k). The manager of the group could NOT get approval for the equipment. It was a massive technicality as another department was supposed to buy setup and "run" the equipment and they refused for a number of reasons. The manager in question figured out that he could sign a PO up to $7000. A large number of PO's later the server was to be delivered. This, to say the least, was going to be a bigger problem. Though a space had been secured for it (in a server room no less) getting it into the building was going to be an issue. They ended up bringing it in on a weekend, only to find the freight elevator locked, and the rack it came in unable to fit in the normal elevator for people. The manager, his team, the sun sales man and the delivery driver took the whole thing to bits in the lobby. There were parts EVERYWHERE and a rather bemused security guard who was baffled as to why this was happening this way. It all turned out fine in the end, the manager wasn't fired (promoted in fact), the salesman got his commission, and the team got the equipment they needed. If I were a betting man that driver was a union guy and ended up with time and 1/2 for the insanity on a saturday! |