End of the Week Blues

Although I was only in the office for two days this week, it wasn't hard not notice the equipment mishaps that we were painfully experiencing. Before I started my internship, one of the 3 office printers had broken down; last week, while I was in the office, number 2 went out of order; and yesterday, the 3rd and final printer found a sporting time to act up. Mind you, this means the printer kept us on edge with constant paperjams just as the 80 odd page first draft of the Democratic Health Plan was being published. Luckily, the printer was functioning just well enough to get a copy printed as well as a few other required items.

Not only did the printer struggle throughout the day, but so did the server. For a period of time the server was completely down, leaving those of us who were working with the mailing system completely offline. The office staff were unable to open, update or save any information on the server for nearly an hour. At this point it was all that we could do but look at each other and wonder, what next?

I guess even government is affected by tech mishaps!

The day had a highly unusual feel because there were only 3 interns at the office today, including myself. 2 staffers were also out. This led one of my fellow interns to be able to sit at one of the staffers desk for the day which allowed the rest of us to have a bit more elbow room. Unfortunately, that meant there were only two of us to handle the phones for periods when the 3rd intern was not at the desk (he was sent on several errands throughout the day causing him to be out of the office). Let's just say that I had the good fortune to get to know Congressman Moore's constituents slightly better =D.

All in all it was an exciting week, albeit short and rather busy.