Cow. Chicken. Bell.

Today I received this gem in my mailbox:

From: XXXXXX XXXXXX
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 4:04 PM
To: FTK
Subject: RE: Scuzzi Ready

Felix, I don't have access to create a use on Scuzzi Sql.

You would think that this might be some database permissions problem, but it turns out the user kept making the same typo in the instance name when trying to connect to the server. Couldn't have guessed from the excellent error description...

Sales people are a special breed indeed.

(10:18:36 am) XXXX - Show Me the Money: dude its freakin cold down here, can we get someone to look at the temp in the conference room?
(10:19:09 am) FTK: It's winter
(10:19:42 am) XXXX - Show Me the Money: oh