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┴ RATHER SPURIOUS DOCUMENT CAME INTO OUR HANDS THAT IS CLAIMED TO BE AN
AUTHENTIC EXCHANGE OF MESSAGES AT A COMPANY WE HAVE ALL GROWN TO VIEW WITH
A SORT OF LOVE/HATE RELATIONSHIP. ╫E PASS IT ON FOR WHATEVER IT IS WORTH.
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╔╬╘┼╥╧╞╞╔├┼ ═┼═╧
─┴╘┼: ╩ANUARY 2
╘╧: ╨ROGRAM ─EPT. ═GR.
FROM: ╙TAFF
┴T 0900 A LIGHT BULB BURNED OUT ABOVE THE ─╧╙ PROGRAMMERS DESK. ╚E WAS BUSY
AND ASKED ME, ┴ ├ LANGUAGE PROGRAMMER , TO TAKE CARE OF IT. ╔ HAVE DETERMINED
THAT YOU PEOPLE ARE STILL THINKING PROCEDURALLY. ┴ PROPERLY DESIGNED LIGHT
BULB OBJECT WOULD INHERIT A CHANGE METHOD FROM A GENERIC LIGHT BULB CLASS, SO
ALL YOU SHOULD HAVE TO DO IS SEND IT A BULB CHANGE MESSGE.
┴FTER PONDERING THIS FOR A WHILE ╔ HAVE DETERMINED THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY A
HARDWARE DEVICE PROBLEM AND SO HAVE PASSED IT ON TO YOU. ╔ WISH YOU PEOPLE
WOULD STUDY MY MESSAGE AND HAVE THE PROPER DEPARTMENT DESIGN A BETTER BULB.
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╔╬╘┼╥╧╞╞╔├┼ ═┼═╧
─┴╘┼: ╩ANUARY 4
╘╧: ├ ╨ROGRAMMER
╞╥╧═: ╨ROGRAM ─EPT. ═GR.
╞OUND YOUR MEMO OF 1/2 IN MY IN BASKET TODAY AND HAVE DEALT WITH IT.
╫E, THE STAFF MANAGERS, HAVE FORMED A TASK FORCE TO STUDY THE PROBLEM OF WHY
LIGHT BULBS BURN OUT AND ASSESS WHAT WE, AS MANAGERS, CAN DO TO MAKE THE
LIGHT BULBS WORK SMARTER, NOT HARDER.
┴S AN INTERMEDIATE STEP WE HAVE PASSED ON YOUR PROBLEM TO THE REPAIR DEPT.
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╔╬╘┼╥╧╞╞╔├┼ ═┼═╧
─ATE: ╩ANUARY 6
╘╧: ╨ROGRAM ─EPT. ═GR.
╞╥╧═: ╥EPAIR ─EPT.
╥ECEIVED YOUR MEMO IN INTEROFFICE MAIL TODAY CONCERNING THE HARDWARE PROBLEM
IN THE PROGRAMMERS WORKROOM.
╫E HAVE ASSIGNED YOUR REQUEST AS ╙ERVICE ╧RDER #┴06┴. ╨LEASE USE THIS NUMBER
FOR ANY FUTURE REFERENCE TO THIS PROBLEM.
┴S SOON AS A TECHNICAL SUPPORT PERSON BECOMES AVAILABLE THEY WILL BE ASSIGNED
TO YOUR PROBLEM AND WILL CONTACT YOU.
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╔╬╘┼╥╧╞╞╔├┼ ═┼═╧
─┴╘┼: ╩ANUARY 10
╘╧: ╨ROGRAM ─EPT. ═GR.
╞╥╧═: ╘ECH ╙UPPORT
╥┼: ╙.╧.#┴06┴
╫E HAVE AN EXACT COPY OF THE LIGHT BULB HERE AND IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING FINE
ON THE SYSTEM IN OUR OFFICE.
├AN YOU PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:
1. ╫HAT KIND OF SYSTEM DO YOU HAVE ?
2. ╩UST EXACTLY HOW DARK IS IT WITHOUT THE BULB ?
3. ╘HERE COULD BE SEVERAL THINGS WRONG. ╚AVE YOU TRIED THE LIGHT SWITCH ?
╫E WILL BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH THE SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM AS SOON AS YOU
ANSWER THE ABOVE QUESTIONS IN TRIPLICATE AND ALSO SUBMIT A ╠IGHT BULB CHANGE
REQUEST FORM.
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╘HIS IS ALL OF THE CORRESPONDENCE THAT WAS PASSED ON TO US. ┴S FAR AS WE KNOW
THE PROGRAMMERS ARE STILL WORKING IN THE DARK.
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