Turning Tables

Well, the tables did't so much turn as jack themselves up on one leg. Confused? So were we!

Really, something as crazy as this should not have had to wait a full week to feature in my blog but owing in part to the problems it caused I have had a too-busy-to-blog kind of week.

The early birds nearly choked on their worms when they arrived into our office last Monday morning. Two of our very cool sit-down/stand-up motorised desks were bearing all the hallmarks of a break in. The only thing that contradicted that thought was that nothing was actually missing. The computers, not actually in the back of some badly driven Ford Transit, were sitting in an unsightly heap on the floor. Their former home, and once considered desirable desks had decided to jack themselves up on one leg and heave their burdens onto the carpet tiles.

Some shoddy electrical workmanship would appear to be to blame (although not conclusively as yet) as it was discovered the poor furniture had been inflicted with a few hundred volts more than usual. I know that if I had that running through me, I wouldn't know whether to sit or stand or whether I'd even have that choice to make - I'd probably just wet myself. Did I really just type that?

So we lost a couple of desks and cracked a monitor? Big deal I hear you cry? Well add to that a couple of other bits of kit we had plugged in - a do-pretty-much-anything photocopier thing, two laser printers and a 42" Plasma screen - and you may start to see how it might be irritating.

It may not be fully deserving of the hype I gave it at the start. But if I tell you I work in shipping it may help to show how somthing like this can really put a spark into an otherwise dull week!