Best bad idea I've had all week

[digitaldiscipline]

User requests equipment upgrade.

"You may have this non-upgrade if you simply say 'Please.' However, if you would like the upgrade, you may attempt to best a member of the Help Desk in a battle of strength, wits, or cunning." ("Oh, you want a wireless keyboard? You have to run a mile faster than so-and-so.")

The expense of the upgrade determines the level of challenge presented. I foresee this into each department eventually becoming a fiefdom with their own champions, perhaps with skilled Ronin for hire across departments as a budgetable line item expense.

There might be a short story or YouTube movie in this concept.

Or maybe I simply need coffee and/or a nap.

Comments

[arcsine.livejournal.com]

You continue to be my hero, sir.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

I'm betting I could sell it to my management team pretty easily, because I'm fairly confident that I'm smarter and in better shape than most of the other folks in the company. I'd save us a ton of money in the IT budget for out-of-cycle upgrades...