The Highlights Of A Day In The Highlights Of Murphy Laws

In the office:
We’ve finally fixed the thing that didn’t work. The thing worked for a while then gone down again. But at least there was this moment of overjoy…The Murphy Law: Undetectable errors are infinite in variety, in contrast to detectable errors, which by definition are limited.

In the helpline inbox:
User sent complain that she cannot understand, what “the IT person” asks of her. She attached a copy of e-mails, where having received an automatic response message, she…replied to it starting with the words: “Dear Colleague”. Murphy Law here: The only thing worse than an end-user without a clue is an end-user who has a clue – usually the wrong one.

At home:
My third attempt to buy something to decorate the wall has been a success. I’ve bought two ready-made collages in wooden frames, took them to pieces, replaced the ready-made collages with self-made ones and assembled them again. That was the last piece of decoration for my refurbished room that took only three attempts to get right: two shop returns and one complete re-build. The Murphy Law: Everything takes longer than it takes

In my mind:
Not much, just a few little insignificances. I think of Time. And his ways. How fast he runs when we run with him. And how slow he’s moving when we wait…Eventually it transpires to me: time stays. It is us, who go…I think of byes. We say them then we return anyway. Never say good bye and you’ll never be back. I think of chaos too. Although I prefer my world to be in order, sometimes it does appeal to go crazy and create a small-scale chaos. There is always a temptation. And there is always a common sense against it. But chaos often wins because its better organized. Murphy Law: Everything in life is important, important things are simple, simple things are never easy. Think about it, complete the circle.