Scheduled Down Time

[SimonMac]

Sent out various notifications over the past two weeks that I am taking down all the Dev/Test/Pro Prod environments for essential maintenance from 14:00 today, what are the bets for the time of the first person to ask why is it down?

[EternalOptimist]

MD asks me to put a 'quick n dirty' fix in to see what was causing a serious performance issue

Chief BA is right behind it 'its crucial' so I warns them that it will not be dynamic and only hold a subset. Put the fix in


five minutes later, chief BA is emailing everyone 'this is no good, its only got half the data'

[SimonMac]

13 minutes before I get the first email asking if theres anything wrong with the environment

I reply no, its as it should be at the moment.

5 mins later, OCS message from code monkey "Are you sure the environment is OK?"

Again I reply "its as it should be at the moment"

I wonder how long I can draw this out?

[speling bee]

Sent out various notifications over the past two weeks that I am taking down all the Dev/Test/Pro Prod environments for essential maintenance from 14:00 today, what are the bets for the time of the first person to ask why is it down?

Why is it down?

[SimonMac]

Why is it down?

Because I am on a mad power trip designed to remind code monkeys they are my playthings for me to torment and anger at my whim

[blacjac]

Friday afternoon? No one but the highest order of arse lickers will even notice....

[vetran]

Because I am on a mad power trip designed to remind code monkeys they are my playthings for me to torment and anger at my whim

Hat's off to that man.

make the code trolls pay!

[NickFitz]

Because I am on a mad power trip designed to remind code monkeys they are my playthings for me to torment and anger at my whim

You are the Visual Studio 2012 user interface designer and I claim my £5.

[fullyautomatix]

Sent out various notifications over the past two weeks that I am taking down all the Dev/Test/Pro Prod environments for essential maintenance from 14:00 today, what are the bets for the time of the first person to ask why is it down?

I always send out a reminder five minutes before in case a numpty has ignored all the emails previously.

[Platypus]

I reply no, its as it should be at the moment.

I hope you said that with a twinkle in your eye. I didn't have you down as an aspergers case!