After what felt like an eternity of weekend tech crises, Jack stumbles into the office on Monday morning, coffee in hand, ready to face the fallout from two days of constant interruptions. He’s barely set foot through the door when the phone starts ringing. He lets out a deep sigh—it’s going to be one of those days.
8:00 AM: The Bob Follow-Up
Bob from sales, Jack’s old Wi-Fi nemesis, is on the line, and he sounds almost triumphant.
“Hey Jack! So, I turned the router off and on like you said, and the Wi-Fi at home is working now! But… now my printer won’t connect. Do you think it’s, like, a signal problem?”
Jack pinches the bridge of his nose. “Bob, printers don’t connect via Wi-Fi signals. You need to check if it’s still on your network. And maybe—just maybe—plug it into your computer instead.”
Bob pauses, clearly processing this mind-blowing revelation. “Whoa… plug it in? That’s wild. I’ll try that!”
Jack hangs up, wondering if Bob might someday discover fire.
9:00 AM: Karen’s VPN Victory
Karen from accounting appears at Jack’s desk, looking surprisingly upbeat for someone who caused a minor meltdown over the weekend. She gives him a big smile, as if he didn’t save her from an unnecessary Saturday panic.
“I just wanted to say thanks, Jack! The VPN came back online right when you said it would. You’re a genius!”
Jack nods, trying to keep it professional. “Karen, it’s literally every weekend.”
“Right! But I keep forgetting. You know, if you ever need help with accounting stuff, just let me know!”
Jack smiles politely. “I’ll definitely keep that in mind.”
Karen skips off, happy with her non-problematic VPN, while Jack makes a mental note to send yet another reminder email about weekend maintenance. Maybe this time they’ll read it.
10:30 AM: Steve’s Latest Disaster
Naturally, no Monday would be complete without an emergency from Steve in marketing. Jack barely has time to relax before Steve strolls into the office, looking far too excited for someone who causes 80% of Jack’s headaches.
“Hey Jack! You’re gonna love this—I cleared out a whole 1GB of space, like you said, and I’m ready to download some epic new videos.”
Jack’s eye twitches. “Steve, I told you to delete all the cat videos. All of them.”
“Oh, I did! Well, most of them,” Steve admits, clearly guilty of hoarding memes like a digital packrat. “But now my computer is still saying ‘low disk space,’ and I don’t know what else to delete.”
Jack takes a deep breath and walks over to Steve’s desk. He opens up the file manager, and sure enough, Steve’s hard drive is a digital graveyard of junk files, random videos, and unused programs from 2012.
“Steve, your problem is everything else you’ve got here. You’re not just running out of space because of cat videos—you’ve still got 30 PowerPoint files open from last month, and why do you have six different browsers installed?”
Steve shrugs. “Options, Jack. A guy’s gotta have options.”
Jack resists the urge to scream into the void. Instead, he politely begins the long process of deleting Steve’s clutter while Steve watches, fascinated, as if Jack is performing some kind of sorcery.
1:00 PM: The CEO’s “Malfunction”
Just as Jack thinks the worst is behind him, Linda, the CEO’s assistant, bursts into the IT room with wide, panicked eyes.
“Jack, it’s happening again! The CEO’s computer isn’t turning on, and he’s got an important meeting in ten minutes. You’ve gotta help!”
Jack sighs. Not this again. He rushes to the CEO’s office, fully expecting the worst. Maybe it’s not another plug problem. Maybe this time the computer has actually died. Jack braces for impact.
He walks in and immediately spots the issue: Linda has unplugged the computer—again—while trying to connect the coffee machine.
Jack calmly reaches down, plugs the computer back in, and watches as the screen flickers to life.
Linda gasps, as if she’s just witnessed a miracle. “Jack! You’re amazing!”
The CEO strolls in, oblivious to the near disaster, and casually sits down at his now fully functioning computer. “Good work, Linda. Always keeping things running smoothly.”
Jack smiles weakly, then retreats back to the IT cave. Somehow, despite all this madness, he’s survived another Monday.