This Job Blows

I work for a rather large organization in network operations. I am fairly new to the network side of things, but have almost twenty years IT experience. 

I was at my desk making notes on some of the network tickets in my queue when I received a call from one of our buildings.

Caller: “We have no network connectivity in the whole building!”

I headed out to the building with a younger coworker and checked, but couldn’t solve the connection problem. I sent a text to the boss to check what else I was missing.

Boss: “Sometimes the GBIC (Gigabit Interface Converter) is like a troublesome Nintendo cartridge.”

Younger Coworker: *Confused.* “I don’t understand what she meant by the Nintendo cartridge reference.”

We went to the router and I pulled the GBIC and blew on it. I reseated it, and the glorious connection light came on! I logged in, and it showed the connection was up. I checked with the users at the building, and they were all good.

When I got back to the office, I told the boss (closer to my age) about the confusion with my coworker. We had a good laugh.