October 22, 2009

Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful.

Posted by in Funny, Infrastructure, SoftLayer

People just can’t take a joke.

I’d like to start this tale of revenge by letting you know what a family affair Truck Day is around here. All month long, every month, SoftLayer’s lightning fast infrastructure team works to build our high density racks from the ground up. They put in some serious hours to meet our fast paced deadlines, and at the end of the month everyone pitches in to fill those racks up with servers. Early in the morning all of our team members will pile in, sleepy eyed and jonesing for coffee (with the exception of the overnight “SLombies,” who are jonesing for bed), to unload a semi truck full of servers.

Here’s some pics of the event from way back.

Truck Day 1
The Unload
Truck Day 2
The Stack and Sort

True, it’s not as fun as.. well, most things. But SoftLayer’s Truck Day is an institution. A bonafide tradition! And I’d hate for anyone to think that I forgot one.

After scrimping and saving (and accepting generous handouts from family members) I finally got to cut loose and fly to Hawaii for a few days in the sun. The Mrs. and I made the most of it and headed to the beach as often as we could. While I was there I took this harmless photo and uploaded it to Facebook, to let everyone know that I was thinking of them on truck day:

Beach Day
Happy Truck Day

Apparently, it wasn’t taken in the light hearted manner in which it was meant.

Desk 1
Desk 2
Desk 3

It’s dangerous to go on vacation.

-Jeaves

    2 Responses to “Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful.”

    1. Romeo R. Says:

      And look they picked your favorite color! Definitely a truck day that won’t soon be forgotten :)

    2. Work Hard, Prank Hard. – SoftLayer Blog Says:

      [...] finished unloading and installing the servers that were delivered, they turned their attention to his desk. As you’d probably guess, those two pranks are only the tip of the [...]

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