An insight into the universe: the IT tech.

So I was at the hospital today, following the wound care nurse around as she cleaned and bandaged people’s pressure ulcers and stuff, when I saw something that really got me thinking.  When I walked into one of the nurses station’s, there sitting at a computer was a tech guy, an IT tech to be exact.  And as I looked at him, I swore that I knew him, but luckily before I blurted out a name of someone I used to work with a few years ago, it hit me; all IT techs look the same.  There he was, sitting at a computer and cussing at it under his breath, and it was at this point that it dawned on me; “The IT Tech” (in a plural, ”they are there own race of people” sense), more than almost any other type of person I know, spans the entire space/time continuum to fill an entire niche job.  Included in this post is the following IT tech educational diagram which, one should keep in mind, applies to all IT techs:

Note- Also missing is the neck lanyard with both an ID badge and a thumb drive hanging from it. Obviously the pictured tech is outside of work, so undoubtedly these items have been left hanging from his rearview mirror in his car. Also notice the depressed woman sitting at the bar behind him- I don't have anything to say about her, I just wanted to point her out.

If there are any IT techs reading this right now, please don’t think that this is an attempt to have fun at your expense- in reality, it’s just the opposite.  In fact I marvel at your ability to, with no memos, no clubs that I know of, without even seeming to try, propagate your people, dressed in your clothes, with your sense of style and your supreme gaming ability into every job that is techie.  And it’s not even like having a dour expression and a pony tail is an uncool thing either- check out this pony-tailed “MOVIE-tech”, an amazing guy who is so nuanced he can make an action movie into a comedy.

So next time you have to call an IT tech, and he shows up with a chip on his shoulder because you just interrupted, with your petty computer problem, the quality time he was spending on his break or outside having a smoke or both, look him in the eye, and gently remind him that he could be gone tomorrow, with a replacement already on staff, and no-one would know the difference.

Anyways, I don’t know if this is something that anyone else has noticed, but I just felt like it needed to be said, if only to raise awareness.