People in my office would still be TRYING to ring IT...


...to find out why their computers weren't working.

Not strictly compo but that's what I think would really happen.
( heymister, Thu 4 Aug 2005, 16:14, archived)

That would happen
accross the world.
( mr horrible You didn't fully understand what he said, Thu 4 Aug 2005, 16:15, archived)

people in offices everywhere would still be ringing
that's why we engineers are teh bestests. I would have put my 4lb hammer through the thing long ago
( the wild elk Freeing excellence affects reality, Thu 4 Aug 2005, 16:16, archived)

The power went out at my workplace last night.
Which is a rest home with an emergency alarm system powered by a backup generator.

Cue about 28 different sirens for "emergencies" in everyone's rooms, as they lose their beloved televisions.
( cr3 has a tendency to break things, Thu 4 Aug 2005, 16:16, archived)

Sad but so true
.
(Carling in a Stella glass Sky high and six thousand miles away, Thu 4 Aug 2005, 16:17, archived)

I have never
really figured out how come telephones still work during a power cut :(
( Ptolemy, Thu 4 Aug 2005, 16:19, archived)

the BT lines are powered from the exchange and subs,
but if you're digital, then you're powered within the building so you borked
( The Beast can't help looking at womens breasts on the tube, Thu 4 Aug 2005, 16:24, archived)

this is the reason I keep an old handset
in the cupboard..

coz if the power goes, our fancy dect phones are as useful as a paperweight.
( TBL - is playing with synthesisers in his head, Thu 4 Aug 2005, 16:29, archived)

and have you ever tried restarting a bloody Mitel unit?
and then having to reset 500 user extensions with all their voicemail and divert settings.

HELL ON EARTH
( The Beast can't help looking at womens breasts on the tube, Thu 4 Aug 2005, 16:34, archived)