{"id":3661,"date":"2015-02-28T19:22:26","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T03:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3661"},"modified":"2015-02-28T19:22:26","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T03:22:26","slug":"little-lady-at-sea-02242015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=3661","title":{"rendered":"Little Lady – At Sea \u2013 [02\/24\/2015]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"virtual-personal-assistant\"<\/a>Every so often you get one of this instances that makes you somewhat preen, even though it\u2019s really such a small thing and not particularly preen-worthy.<\/p>\n

You would think that in this day and age, the \u201clittle lady\u201d attitude (as in \u201cdon\u2019t you worry your pretty li\u2019l head about it little lady, this is men\u2019s business\u201d), would have fallen by the wayside. We all know, however, that it hasn\u2019t. And it\u2019s just as prominent in my field as anywhere else. I never used to notice it much, after all, librarian is a field one somewhat expects girls to be in (to be fair, the few guys on the librarian team probably notice the same attitude only reversed) \u2013 but tech? Tech is all too often considered not to be a \u201cgirlie\u201d field. And since I\u2019ve taken over the internet position, I\u2019ve noticed a sharp upswing in people who simply refuse to believe that yes I not only can<\/em> resolve a great many of their technical problems, but it is in fact my job<\/em> to do so.<\/p>\n

Now, I\u2019m very lucky, the ITO on board (who is awesome) has desk hours once a day in the afternoons to help take the pressure off the worst of my peak times. If there is a problem I am unable to fix I can redirect it to him, but that doesn\u2019t stop the fact that I\u2019m able<\/em> to handle most of it myself.<\/p>\n

Anyway, this morning, a gentleman comes up to me and asks \u2013 as many people do \u2013 if the \u201cinternet guy\u201d is going to be in any time soon.<\/p>\n

Now, this is a question I get a lot \u2013 some people have really complicated computer problems and have been working with the ITO the whole cruise, and some aren\u2019t even aware that there isn\u2019t<\/em> an internet manager anymore. But sometimes, it\u2019s the tone\u2026the tone that totally dismisses me as the secretary and goes looking for the \u201cman in charge\u201d. So I quirk my head to one side and explain that the ITO won\u2019t be in till later today, but the internet is basically my job so perhaps I can assist him.<\/p>\n

And he looks at me blankly.<\/p>\n

Either one of us can help you sir, what seems to be the trouble<\/em>?<\/p>\n

And he looks at me, and I swear it feels like he looks me up and down, and again, dismisses me.<\/p>\n

Well. It\u2019s a technical<\/span> issue.<\/em><\/p>\n

And I can\u2019t help it, I feel my eyes go flat in reaction to that \u201cyou couldn\u2019t possibly help little lady\u201d tone, just for a second. And when I respond it\u2019s in that slightly overly chipper voice.<\/p>\n

Try me.<\/em><\/p>\n

And he hands over his tablet and explains what\u2019s wrong, and I can immediately see the issue is way simple. So I flip into his settings, adjust one slider and one switch (which takes about five seconds) and turn the screen around to face him;<\/p>\n

That better sir? Looks like your brightness settings just needed to be adjusted, you can turn off auto-adjust to prevent it happening again, if the device thinks its battery is dying or it\u2019s getting low on memory the first thing it does is dim the screen because the display is a massive battery drain<\/em><\/p>\n

He looked suitably shocked\u2026and even apologized for doubting my competence.<\/p>\n

Little lady indeed\u2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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