Re: The origin of Field Service Engineers...
I had a similar job in the 90s for a Corporation who supplied Business Machines (International). In my case it was for ports and port authorities. I know that prestwick and stranraer run very well. I was based in Cumbria and fielded Cumbria "up". Our job allocators lived in london. They had fuck all idea that a Scottish A road was ok but a B road was probably part of the local rally course. They were used to londoners taking rucksacks full of spare parts and soldering irons on the tube, not someone avoiding grouse and tractors on a single track road.
They also didnt understand that it is almost impossible to get from Aberdeen port to Silloth RNLI in one day with meaningful work.
Still, my work van was actually a zzr1100 due to me being given area manager role with ability to auth personal vehicles. Summer good, winter bad though....
Biting the hand that feeds IT
