What is it about some people that makes them just plain stupid? Alison thought to herself as she slammed the file cabinet shut. I mean were they born that way or had some alien abducted them when they were younger and wiped all the knowledge out of their brains. "Arghh!" she screamed to the empty room. This day at work had been more frustrating than it was worth. It almost made her want to quit.
It started the moment she had walked in that morning. As always Alison was early, she hated to be late so she always ended up twenty minutes to a half an hour early. The moment she walked in the door her good for nothing boss called her into his office. She had not even had the chance to clock in and he was already going to make her life miserable Alison thought to herself as she marched into his office.
"Come in and close the door," Mr. Cuppa said. Alison did just that. What could he possibly want from already this morning, she had not even gotten to her desk and been able to read her e-mails so he hopefully did not have any questions about something any of them. "I bet you are wondering why I called you in here this morning."
"Yes truthfully I was wondering exactly that Mr. Cuppa," Alison asked with a quizzical look on her face. There was a slight feeling of dread that came over her. Had she messed something up and was he calling her in to fire her? Alison's head was spinning.
Mr. Cuppa must have seen the fear in her eyes because he then assured her. "There is nothing to fear Alison. I have no plans on firing you . You are doing a wonderful job here. On the other hand, I did discover some discrepancies that I would like your help investigating. They are not in any of the tasks that you have been completing for the company but they are in tasks that other members of your department have done. I need you to find out who it is that has been messing them up and report back to me as soon as you have any information."
"How will I know what I am looking for? Those files can be pretty complicated and I have been on the job a lot less time than many of the other people in my department sir."
"If you have questions about what you are looking at come to me and I will help you."
"One other thing sir."
"What is it Alison?"
"There is a section of the files that is password protected. I do not have a password for this section because I have never been authorized access to it before."
"Well we will have to fix that immediately. Come around the other side of my desk and I will set you up with a password." Alison went to the other side of Mr. Cuppa's desk. "Let me get you to the screen that we need to be on to set up a new account and password for you so that you have access to the more private part of this company's website and filing system." With a few clicks of the mouse, they were on the correct page. "Now you can set up your user name and password. I promise I won't look."
"Can I sit down in the chair for a moment it would make it easier to access the keyboard than if I was just leaning over and around you?"