Monday, April 8, 2013

Jenny -- Access denied


Jenny leaned sideways out of her chair to eavesdrop on her co-worker Miranda's conversation with their boss, Celeste.  Jenny was pretty sure Miranda was some sort of superhero, there was very little Miranda couldn't do well.  Although she had been out sick the last few days.  Well, even heroes had at least one tiny flaw.
"Celeste, I can't seem to access the secure disk," Miranda was saying.  "Did you happen to change my access?"
"Well no," replied Celeste.  "The IT guys have been here working on my computer but they weren't supposed to change any of the settings."
"Hugo doesn't have access either," Miranda reported.
"That is so odd." 
The secure disk contained all the office's sensitive and confidential files.  Jenny had access for a while.  She'd had to retrieve several files for Celeste while Hugo was on vacation and Miranda had been at lunch.  Jenny had been somewhat smug because Celeste had not turned off her access.  Maybe she was finally going to be a full-fledged member of the team.  Of course, Jenny knew it was really only because Celeste had forgotten to change her restricted status.  The other day, Jenny had eagerly offered to get a file for Celeste while Miranda was sick and suddenly her access was restricted again.  Jenny had just vented last night to her roommate about how petty Celeste could be, it hurt a little to still feel like an outsider.  Jenny shrunk a little in her chair feeling guilty.  Maybe it wasn't Celeste being petty.  Jenny shouldn't have been so quick to jump to conclusions.  
Miranda called out from her desk, "Never mind, Celeste I can see the disk now."
Jenny quickly typed out the access information for the drive.  Would it be there for her too?