Re: It was a quiet Friday night and I wasn't on call,
Back in the 80s I was doing some work with another company office. They guy I worked with offered to take me out for a pint, but as he pulled his coat on he carefully searched through all the pockets. I asked if he'd lost car keys, but he said he was just checking for a pager. Seems that the favourite game for the unlucky on-callee was to 'accidentally' drop the pager into some random coat pocket in the cloakroom as they left for the evening. If you forgot to check your pockets before leaving you could find yourself elected...
A good reason never to be the last to leave. See icon.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
