Today cannot be called "Monday Blues", It should be called "monday black".
Had a user who told me that all her August mail had disappeared mysteriously. Shucks, there ain't nothing mysterious about computers. Everything has a logical and rational explanation. Of course i didn't say anything about it, but promised that i would help her restore her oldest backup to date for the week.
That was on Wed. On Fri when i went back to help her do her restoration, Her August mails weren't around.. Ok, i'd get the oldest backup for the current set. Today, i tried to restore it. No good, the August mails weren't around.
However, she blamed me, blamed our database backup structure, saying that we should keep months and months of data, which was practically illogical because of the huge amount of emails circulated each day. She even asked me to explain how this could happen. Bluddy hell, i wanted to splash water in her face there and then.
Usually, when i go to their department, i'm like the jovial guy, the kinda fella that doesn't seem to be bogged down by problems. Always a smile on my face. But once i encountered such a situation. Everybody could sense a burning fire rising in me. THings weren't looking too rosy. Once i get blamed for something that wasn't my fault. Look out.
In fact i shot her back. Saying that she might have accidentally deleted the mails without checking if her mails were backed up properly. She moved November's mails but might have mistakened that August's mails were backed up as well and deleted all of August's mails.
I went off without a smile on my face which i would usually have after i leave that department. Everybody could sense the tension.
I'm suppose to finish up my assignment, but shit, i need to get this off my chest. I hate the blame game. I hate being accused of something that i did not do. Thats me. Nobody likes it, but i abhor it like a curse that drives a knife through my bones.
Thats what you get when you provide extra services for somebody. SHouldn't have helped to upgrade her programs nor should i have done house-keeping for her. She has just bitten the hand that feeds. Good luck, your gonna need it..
