Tag: servicing

  • Happy Customers

    Happy Customers

    We should be glad when our customers get really mad at us – because it means we’re doing something important for them (when it’s working)!

  • What Went Well

    What Went Well

    Ouch if you can’t come up with something meaningful for the softball “what went well” question.

  • Forest Or Trees

    Forest Or Trees

    As long as that dashboard is green, everything must be fine.

  • Exceeding Expectations

    Exceeding Expectations

    If you’ve ever asked yourself, “What’s the worst that could happen?” about a simple API call, you probably weren’t creative enough in your response.

  • Tempting Fate

    Tempting Fate

    I’m not superstitious. You’re superstitious.

  • Too Secure

    Too Secure

    I’m really looking forward to using my secure access device for everything during my upcoming servicing rotation.

  • How Did They Not Know?

    How Did They Not Know?

    I guess I can’t complain that they didn’t realize when we didn’t realize it either, but it feels like it should have been easier for the customer to have this epiphany.

  • How Did We Not Know?

    How Did We Not Know?

    The good and bad news is that it was an issue that would only happen for this specific customer’s uncommon configuration, and something only they could control and fix. There were people who were aware of this issue, but those specific people weren’t on the call during the night, and those of us that were…

  • Already Broken

    Already Broken

    I feel like this is good place to note that this wasn’t based on something that recently really happened …with my team’s service.

  • High-Impact Typo

    High-Impact Typo

    Typos in configuration might have been a common type of error 10 years ago, but it’s going to get a lot of scrutiny now.