Three things...

[jbailey]

Suck: Cleaners went into the office today, didn't have alarm code and left.

More suck: Alarm company didn't know how to page building security. Apparently hadn't realised that you can't leave a voicemail on a numeric pager. Decided to go into office myself because it's better to spend $17 on a cab than $250 on a false alarm from the police.

Kinda cool: When I brought the security guard up to do the inspection with me, he was like: "Dude? Is this Canonical and Ubuntu like the Linux Distribution?"

Amazing how that can make going into work on a Saturday significantly less suck. =)

Comments

That is cool...

[(Anonymous)]

What was the rest of the conversation like?

Re: That is cool...

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry, in retrospect that question seemed a little odd.

What I mean to ask is whether you learnt how the security guard came to know about Ubuntu? A cousin or friend, or the company has mandatory training due to an upcoming switch to Ubuntu :), etc. - I'm curious as to how much mindshare Ubuntu and Linux in general has with 'Average Joe' types.

Re: That is cool...

[jbailey.livejournal.com]

=)

Mostly the rest of the conversation centred around the alarm system we have at the office. But in general, it seems he's a casual linux user, had got a livecd somehow (I didn't ask how) and used it occasionally. He doesn't considering himself a strong user of Linux at all.

But who knows, maybe we've just changed that!

[dannipenguin.livejournal.com]

It's always either security guards or service (gas) station attendants.

[jbailey.livejournal.com]

... Do you hav service station attendants breaking into your office often? =)

[dannipenguin.livejournal.com]

Not often. I think the last person to break into the office was me :)

I have had a service station attendant ask me if I knew how to configure their ISDN connection in Fedora Core before.

sorry

[(Anonymous)]

It might be my fault, I've handed out quite a large amount of Ubuntu CD's at petrol stations, and even cinemas too :)

-Jonathan