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workaday Wednesday
Feb. 18th, 2026 07:21 amI feel like the 'going through something' icon really encapsulates the current work experience. WE SURE ARE GOING THROUGH SOMETHING.
Last week, out of the blue, my adobe pro stopped working. Couldn't open any pdfs. Error messages everywhere. Contacted IT, they got the same error messages. (A relief, honestly. Always a toss-up whether it's worth it to contact IT.)
After several minutes, IT suggested (somewhat apologetically) that the 'easiest' way to resolve the issue would be to uninstall and reinstall adobe. 'Sure,' I said, because that's what you say to IT.
More error messages ensued. IT asked me a bunch of questions like 'do you use creative cloud,' and all of my answers made me sound like a complete fool. (Typical of my conversations with IT.)
IT was unable to uninstall the program. Finally they said that they would just get me a new laptop. Honestly, that seemed like overkill to me, but again, I said 'sure,' because that's what you say to IT. It'll take a week, they said. (I said 'sure.')
The next day, everything worked fine. Has ever since. I am scared to report this update to IT, and instead plan on handing over my seemingly completely-functional laptop to them next week in exchange for a new one.
(cost-saving initiative for the company: maybe ask IT to be less intimidating)
Last week, out of the blue, my adobe pro stopped working. Couldn't open any pdfs. Error messages everywhere. Contacted IT, they got the same error messages. (A relief, honestly. Always a toss-up whether it's worth it to contact IT.)
After several minutes, IT suggested (somewhat apologetically) that the 'easiest' way to resolve the issue would be to uninstall and reinstall adobe. 'Sure,' I said, because that's what you say to IT.
More error messages ensued. IT asked me a bunch of questions like 'do you use creative cloud,' and all of my answers made me sound like a complete fool. (Typical of my conversations with IT.)
IT was unable to uninstall the program. Finally they said that they would just get me a new laptop. Honestly, that seemed like overkill to me, but again, I said 'sure,' because that's what you say to IT. It'll take a week, they said. (I said 'sure.')
The next day, everything worked fine. Has ever since. I am scared to report this update to IT, and instead plan on handing over my seemingly completely-functional laptop to them next week in exchange for a new one.
(cost-saving initiative for the company: maybe ask IT to be less intimidating)
