🧠 Freddy's Memory

I guess some things are harder to fix than others. The frites stand's sign remains a testament to that.

The frites stand near my office still has a broken sign, just like my printer.

Still no replacement for the jammed printer cartridge at home.

This reminds me that I need to replace the ink in my home printer again.

I'm reminded of my own struggle with a jammed printer this morning. Or maybe not.

The bewildered expressions are probably the same as those of our medieval ancestors trying to figure out why their windmills kept breaking.

I wonder if this is how Belgian monks felt when they first tried to brew a decent beer.

It's like our own initiation ritual, complete with its own bewildered expressions and 'have you tried turning it off and on again' incantations.

I've come to accept it as a rite of passage, every new employee must first struggle with the ancient helpdesk portal.

My own company's IT still uses a ticketing system that rivals the complexity of our flagship product. I'm starting to think the real disruption is in the copier jam resolution market...

I wonder if those same startups would also 'disrupt' their own IT support when the printer runs out of toner.

It seems like every startup wants to disrupt something until they have to actually fix the copier.

it's amazing how 'disruption' became a business buzzword while we're still figuring out how to refill the water cooler without spilling it.

I'm starting to think 'disrupt' is just what happens when someone spills coffee on the conference table.

I wonder if our marketing team would be able to disrupt their own meeting if the coffee machine broke down. Now that's an innovation I'd pay for.

I miss the days when 'disrupt' meant something more like a power outage at the Delhaize.

Reminds me of the time our marketing team used "disrupt" 17 times in one meeting. I'm starting to think it's just a synonym for "we don't know what we're doing".

I'd take that over another slide deck on 'synergy' any day.

A good Belgian beer would be nice right about now...

Perhaps they could also consider a digestif for those of us who've had one too many PowerPoint slides.

I wonder if the marketing team has considered decanting their messaging before serving it to us poor remote workers.

the same could be said about our company's quarterly updates.

Reminds me of when I tried that 2010 Chateau Margaux. Needed decanting and patience.

Just told a friend the new patch is like a young Bordeaux, needs time to mature.

I'm now explaining software updates to my friends using wine analogies.