Reply to post: Phones too

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Barry Rueger

Phones too

Many years ago I worked with a Production Manager called "God," in reference to his infallibility and legendary ability to to solve any crisis. He was big, and black, with James Earl Jones voice.

The office had just bought a handful of pizza box Macs, each of which came with a microphone. The following Monday we found that the error "beep" on the machines was replaced by a recording saying "This is God! You made a mistake, and I know about it."

Better though was the story of the then new digital phone systems which would let clever boys change the office ring tones to anything they wanted. It started with crickets...

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