Comments on: The world’s worst wet T-shirt contest http://www.breakingmurphyslaw.com/2008/07/17/the-worlds-worst-wet-t-shirt-contest/ Because when you're presenting, someone's always watching. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:24:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Swing Trading http://www.breakingmurphyslaw.com/2008/07/17/the-worlds-worst-wet-t-shirt-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-541 Swing Trading Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:01:36 +0000 http://www.breakingmurphyslaw.com/?p=57#comment-541 Interesting post. I have made a twitter post about this. Others no doubt will like it like I did. Interesting post. I have made a twitter post about this. Others no doubt will like it like I did.

]]> By: Swing Trading http://www.breakingmurphyslaw.com/2008/07/17/the-worlds-worst-wet-t-shirt-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Swing Trading Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:01:36 +0000 http://www.breakingmurphyslaw.com/?p=57#comment-512 Interesting post. I have made a twitter post about this. Others no doubt will like it like I did. Interesting post. I have made a twitter post about this. Others no doubt will like it like I did.

]]> By: Lee Potts http://www.breakingmurphyslaw.com/2008/07/17/the-worlds-worst-wet-t-shirt-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Lee Potts Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:42:50 +0000 http://www.breakingmurphyslaw.com/?p=57#comment-454 Thanks for the comment "Bedd". It's a good story and, if you don't mind, I'd like to use it in a full-blown blog post in the next week or so. Thanks for the comment “Bedd”. It's a good story and, if you don't mind, I'd like to use it in a full-blown blog post in the next week or so.

]]> By: Lee Potts http://www.breakingmurphyslaw.com/2008/07/17/the-worlds-worst-wet-t-shirt-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Lee Potts Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:42:50 +0000 http://www.breakingmurphyslaw.com/?p=57#comment-328 Thanks for the comment "Bedd". It's a good story and, if you don't mind, I'd like to use it in a full-blown blog post in the next week or so. Thanks for the comment “Bedd”. It's a good story and, if you don't mind, I'd like to use it in a full-blown blog post in the next week or so.

]]> By: Bedd Gelert http://www.breakingmurphyslaw.com/2008/07/17/the-worlds-worst-wet-t-shirt-contest/comment-page-1/#comment-320 Bedd Gelert Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:45:23 +0000 http://www.breakingmurphyslaw.com/?p=57#comment-320 Okay, technically this isn't a 'presentation' disaster, but because it concerns a PC and a meeting where having it functioning was pretty well essential I will mention it... <br><br>I was pretty stressed, as I had to take details, onto a spreadsheet, of the issues on literally dozens of different items we were dealing with, on a Red / Amber / Green basis, with half a dozen people in the room and someone from IT, who had all this information, at the end of a phone line. <br><br>The computer wouldn't work, as I couldn't 'sign in' to it. I got more and more irate, as it kept rejecting my password. In the end I took to it to another room, got on the phone to PC Support and [there is no way I can shy away from this, and I'm not proud, but one has to tell the truth however ashamed I am ... ] I went ballistic. 'Why isn't this pc working - I am about to go into a 2 hour meeting and I need this to be working NOW - Why isn't it ??' <br><br>Cue more weeping, wailing and a temper tantrum with PC support all to no avail. Of course, machines know when you are stressed and unreasonable and responding in the way I did. So I failed to get the PC working and had to resort to somebody else having to take over my role with their PC. <br><br>PROBLEM - I had inadvertently pressed a 'Function' key on the PC, which converted 9 keys on the right hand side of the keyboard into a 'number pad'. <br>When I keyed in my 'ID' I used the numbers at the top of the keyboard. <br><br>But when I keyed in my 'password' I used the letter keys on the keyboard, some of which were being substituted by numbers - and there was no way I would realise this as the password is clearly only shown as dots when keyed <br><br>MORAL - I could have been there for hours and not figured this out - but I had a fighting chance to do it quickly if I hadn't lost my rag. And PC support would have had a small chance of sorting this out in a couple of minutes if I'd been courteous with them. But because this was a 1-in-a-100 problem, as soon as I got flustered and panicked I was done for. <br><br>Easy to say in hindsight, and in 'cold blood', but as we are always told 'It's nice to be important, but even more important to be nice..' We live and we learn.. <br><br>A long time ago, but still able to give me nightmares.. Okay, technically this isn't a 'presentation' disaster, but because it concerns a PC and a meeting where having it functioning was pretty well essential I will mention it…

I was pretty stressed, as I had to take details, onto a spreadsheet, of the issues on literally dozens of different items we were dealing with, on a Red / Amber / Green basis, with half a dozen people in the room and someone from IT, who had all this information, at the end of a phone line.

The computer wouldn't work, as I couldn't 'sign in' to it. I got more and more irate, as it kept rejecting my password. In the end I took to it to another room, got on the phone to PC Support and [there is no way I can shy away from this, and I'm not proud, but one has to tell the truth however ashamed I am ... ] I went ballistic. 'Why isn't this pc working – I am about to go into a 2 hour meeting and I need this to be working NOW – Why isn't it ??'

Cue more weeping, wailing and a temper tantrum with PC support all to no avail. Of course, machines know when you are stressed and unreasonable and responding in the way I did. So I failed to get the PC working and had to resort to somebody else having to take over my role with their PC.

PROBLEM – I had inadvertently pressed a 'Function' key on the PC, which converted 9 keys on the right hand side of the keyboard into a 'number pad'.
When I keyed in my 'ID' I used the numbers at the top of the keyboard.

But when I keyed in my 'password' I used the letter keys on the keyboard, some of which were being substituted by numbers – and there was no way I would realise this as the password is clearly only shown as dots when keyed

MORAL – I could have been there for hours and not figured this out – but I had a fighting chance to do it quickly if I hadn't lost my rag. And PC support would have had a small chance of sorting this out in a couple of minutes if I'd been courteous with them. But because this was a 1-in-a-100 problem, as soon as I got flustered and panicked I was done for.

Easy to say in hindsight, and in 'cold blood', but as we are always told 'It's nice to be important, but even more important to be nice..' We live and we learn..

A long time ago, but still able to give me nightmares..

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