Backstabbers

By R. Richard

I then did a pre-test of the good customer acceptance test program, for my upper management, and they were pleased with the apparently error free test. I told them, “What you see is the efforts of five hard working programmers. None of us could have done it alone, each and every one of us contributed. Also, the hardware support guys and the documentation people contributed necessary efforts. It was a team effort, with a successful completion that will reflect well on the company.”
The upper management people seemed pleased that I recognized that the product was a team effort, although they said nothing to me.
I then set up a full customer acceptance test, with customer representatives to be in attendance.
The big day arrives and we get everyone in the computer lab for the big test, I load the corrected load tape into the computer and start to run the customer acceptance test. Things go reasonably well, although there are the government observers who, as usual, profess to see problems that no one else sees.
I point out that the entire test is being video taped and that we can replay any critical scenes. (That shuts up the worst of the complainers.)
I run the full customer acceptance test and things go reasonably well. There are no obvious errors and we should get the customer's people to sign off on successful completion of their acceptance test.
Then Alvin prances in and announces, “I want to show you an error in the program.” He then grins at me, to show how clever his betrayal of me (and the company) is.
One of the Vice Presidents is also smirking at me.
The President of the company is there and he's not at all happy.
I carefully state, “As far as I'm aware there are no errors in the program. In any case, none have been reported. I have no idea what it is that Alvin thinks is wrong.”
Alvin smirks at me and announces, “Jason, I'll show you an error in the program, an error that you already know about.”
I turn and ask the customer representatives, “Do you want to see Alvin's little show?”
The customer representatives have no real choice and they say that they do indeed want to see Alvin's show.
Alvin then sits at the console and runs the test that I showed him, when I was using a patched program tape with a wrong units call.
Of course, the test then runs as it's supposed to run, since I have fixed the problem in the customer acceptance test version of the program.
I ask, “Alvin, where is the error that you told us about?”
Alvin snarls, “You tricked me! I saw an error in the test, yesterday.” Alvin then stalks out of the area, before I can call the guards to throw him out.
Then Dana sort of slinks in and announces, “I think that I have found an error in the program.” She then grins at me, to show how cleverly she's handling her betrayal of me.
The same Vice President, who was smirking along with Alvin is now looking everywhere but in my eyes or in customer eyes.
The President of the company is still observing the scene and he's not at all happy.
I carefully state, “As far as I'm aware there are no errors in the program. In any case, none have been reported. I have no idea what it is that Dana thinks is wrong.”
Dana announces, “I'll show you an error that I found in the program, an error that you should know about.”
I sigh, turn and ask the customer representatives, “Do you want to see Dana's little show?”

• Language: English
• Publisher: R. Richard
• Release date: Sep 20, 2015
• ISBN: 9781311153609

R. Richard

I'm the co-author, with Sunset Thomas, of Anatomy of An Adult Film.I have 48 novels and over 299 short stories currently published.I spent my early years in the part of Los Angeles known as the South Central. I was known as Whi' Boy, which was sufficient to identify me in that place. I'm a skilled Kung Fu player, using a system that I learned from a Korean I knew only as 'Pak.' It would be easier to tell you the places that Pak wasn't wanted by the police, rather than the places where he was wanted by the police. Pak's Kung Fu system, augmented by some bits and pieces from some Chinese practitioners is quick and effective, or I wouldn't be alive today.My early education was mostly obtained by stealing books from the public library (I always returned them and the Librarian even began to provide me with reading lists.) I did go to high schools, but I never really learned anything there. I eventually graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles, UCLA, with a degree in mathematics.I work as a Systems Analyst and also make a part of my living as a professional gambler (legal in Nevada.) I write science fiction and erotica. My published novels are:Anatomy of An Adult Film (With Sunset Thomas)1. Second Chance: God Killer2. Second Chance: Sky Pirate3. Second Chance: Scroll Seeker4. Second Chance: King of The Islands5. Second Chance: King of Zaya6. Second Chance: Duke of Averon7. Second Chance: King of Golomon8. Second Chance: King Of The Sky9. Second Chance: Warlord of Ifrequeh10. Second Chance: King of Ariby11. Second Chance: King of Mesodania12. Second Chance: King of Avuls13. Second Chance: King of Kemet14. Second Chance: King of Zorran15. Second Chance: King of Two Worlds16. Second Chance: King of Averon17. Second Chance: King's Duties18. Second Chance: King of The New WorldAdventurer: Simulation ProblemAdventurer: Pannar ProblemA Programmer's GambitAmateur StripperBeach MurdersBondage HouseCorporate Sex SlavesFriday NightGo Naked In The SoftwareGrasshopper WinterInvoluntary NudeLayoffNot A HeroPirates of The KeysSummer of SexThe LakeThe Last Moon DanceThe Nude Adventures of Plain JaneThe Secret Life of Wanda WilsonTails of the Pussycat LoungeTo Keep A JobTopless RestaurantToy WhoresVix: The MarineWayward BoyShort Stories:A Christmas Visit

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