I love good PC stories. Here is mine.

Three weeks ago my boss tells me to go to the Holiday Inn and fix someones laptop. This is all hush hush, no discussion about it at work, he tells me. I ask who do I contact when I get to the hotel and he says tell the front desk who you are and await instructions. Well, okay.

The front desk asks for my I.D., gives me a key, and tells me to have a nice day. Hey, this is not the norm for the company I work for, so I call my boss and ask what the hell is going on? He says hush hush, no discussion, get my ass to work. Okay.

I knock and no answer. Open the door, ask if anyone is there, hear nothing, peek inside and see a laptop sitting on a small desk. WTF. Laying on the keyboard is a note that reads "It won't connect to the internet!" That is all - nothing else. The laptop (IBM) is on with AOL (American Online) minimized in the task bar. I open AOL and look at the modem setup. It was wrong so I changed it. I eject a PCMCIA modem and find that it is the wrong type for what the hotel connection provides. I call my boss and tell him that the laptop's modem needs replaced. He tells me to buy one, replace it, and do it fast. Fine. Company credit card. Mall across the street. EURO 215 and 45 minutes later I log into AOL using my companies account. Shut it down, return the key, and back to the office.

Next morning the boss calls me into his office. Surprise, the Company CEO from the states is sitting there. The laptop from the hotel is sitting on my bosses desk. Turns out that it was the CEOs laptop at the hotel and he would like me to explain to him how to get on the internet. I show him. He says "Well, I'll be damned. No one has ever explained it to me like that. Thanks for all your help son." The boss walks me to the office door and quietly says hush hush, no discussion, get your ass back to work.

Three days later I check my office email and there is something from "My Company", "CEO", Subject: Laptop. I open it and it says "Thanks for a job well done. What do I owe you?"

I replied with a small note, "My bosses job. Hush Hush, no discussion, get your ass back to work."

Yesterday, I was promoted