Life of a Sysadmin

The occassional trials and tribulations of a jack of all tr ades sysadmin in a startup in Silicon Valley

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August 2005

The lab assistant brought a young lady back to my office to solve a login problem. That problem was easy enough to solve and she started to walk away.

"Do you by chance have a digital camera?" she inquired, stepping back into the doorway.

It seems she has a ring that she wishes to sell on eBay (having learned that used diamonds aren't actually worth much to jewelery stores) and needs some pictures of it.

This is certainly not the oddest request that has been made of me (that is currently held by the person that asked for help logging into a horse race betting site). Seeing as how she asked nicely (and is a good user whose requests have always been polite and reasonable) how could I refuse?

Life of a Sysadmin

August 2005

A Digital Camera, or an Odd Request