arbitrary

so i was called into a meeting this morning where i was told that on a specific day next week i was to make sure that certain hardware was functioning correctly because certain locations were to be used by external speakers at a training/conference day in our building

i bit my tongue to stop from saying that since my job is to ensure the continued operation of all hardware in the building every day of the week i could be almost certain that the specific sites requested would be functional not only on the date mentioned but also every date before and after it

i paid little attention to the talk of flipcharts and pens after my suggestion to use the interactive whiteboard software present in every room in the building to collate virtual flipcharts was shot down for being 'too risky' in the face of non-IT people

these things cost a minimum of £1500 each only to be used as very expensive projector screens - if they are lucky enough to be used for even that