Well... Since I'm the youngest on staff and not quite the average coffee go-er.. I usually drink a Pibb Xtra but caffeine usually is what counts. I call my phone at work to test the phone line. Shoot a fax from my computer to the external fax line for the president. Check the internet by going to 3rd party email account or getting on the firewall to see connections. Shoot an email from 3rd party email to my account and watch Outlook. Check logs on spam filter to ensure the email is logged and made it through firewall and spam. Check scripting logs to make sure people are logging on. Use a batch to ping the servers and check server map folders open. For the most part it's just part of my daily check list because normally someone beats me to work, find the fire(s), and call me while I'm stuck in exciting morning traffic. Usually takes about 30 minutes though to finish up the morning ritual and then I'm knocking out projects and probably stopping fires both office politics and IT related...
I agree though, put out as many fires upon walking in and your day will work out better than waiting for your boss or VP/CEO/CFO to come mention that it's been out all morning and no one's done anything yet.
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I agree though, put out as many fires upon walking in and your day will work out better than waiting for your boss or VP/CEO/CFO to come mention that it's been out all morning and no one's done anything yet.