Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Margaret's Magic
Back when I was a working lady, I worked "behind the scenes" in the IT departments of various companies, and wore a number of hats: database administrator, helpdesk manager, and computer instructor to name a few. In most of these jobs, I was constantly bombarded with user questions and problems. Some were easy to solve, some were difficult, but to the person I was helping it always seemed like magic to them that I knew the answers and could fix stuff. Sometimes I'd go to their desk to help and say "Show me what's broken". They would attempt that, and lo and behold! it would work! They would give me a questioning look, and my reply was always "Margaret's Magic!" Those were the really easy ones....
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From their perspective, it most certainly was! It happens with any thing electrical, mechanical, or with moving parts. Don't you love being a magician!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to blogging:) My "magic" used to be when customers brought a "broken" sewing machine to the shop. I unthreaded it, cleaned the bobbin case (a one minute effort) and rethreaded. Voila! Very empowering.
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