Three things...
Sep. 9th, 2006 07:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jbaileySuck: 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. =)
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. =)
Re: That is cool...
Date: 2006-09-10 09:38 am (UTC)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...
Date: 2006-09-11 12:13 am (UTC)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!