IT pilot fish starts work as a federal government contractor — and it’s not quite as smooth as he was expecting.

“Upon arrival, I had no PC, yet I was given a printed email with sign-on instructions,” says fish. “I spent the first day learning some of the procedures in this IT shop and meeting the people I’ll be working with.

“On the second day, I asked about a PC and was told it was scheduled for the end of the week.”

That’s fine, fish says, but is there a loaner I can use in the meantime? None are available. OK, then, how about a nearby hotel with a business center where I can rent the use of a PC? he asks.

No one seems to know what the hotel options might be, but fish keeps asking around. Eventually he finds one, makes the necessary arrangements and — with his sign-on instructions in hand — sits down to log in.

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