And the beat goes on..

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

For something like the 5th straight year, our summer intern showed up today, with no advanced notice given anyone in the IT Department (me), again! For an even extra-added bonus, this year he showed up two days before our Annual Meeting, which, of course, means that all of our extra equipment, and some not so extra equipment, is in the process of being packed up to be used at said event.

“Welcome aboard, I might have a computer for you sometime Thursday.”

Sounds so professional and competent, doesn’t it?

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