Here’s an analogy of how work went today:
Someone: There’s something wrong with the air freshener you made for my car. I put it in and now the car doesn’t go anywhere.
Me: Ok, let’s take a look.
(many minutes of investigation)
Me: Dude, you have four flat tires and you filled the gas tank with mushroom soup.
Someone: No I didn’t. That’s not true.
(many more minutes of explaining exactly what a flat tire is and why it’s bad, ditto for the soup)
Someone: Ok, I’ll fix that.
(more minutes…)
Someone: Ok, it’s working now.
Me: Hold on, the car’s running, but it looks like there’s fire blasting out of the tail pipe.
Someone: No, the odometer’s going forward. It’s ok.
Me: No, really, there’s something else going on. We need to take a look, but I have to take care of something. I’ll be back.
Someone: (sends mass email announcing that the car is in tip top condition.)
I really really wish CTI developers were in as much demand as video games are, so I could be like Gord and say what’s really on my mind.