When I’m helping build a webform, there’s always a testing period. For at least the first test, I put in real information so that if it ends up not going were expected, it will be easier to track down. I always use a made up name – the more ridiculous the better – and the word Test if there’s a comment area.
Well, apparently the test data didn’t get cleared out of the database. I got a call on the answering machine at home yesterday asking for confirmation of attendance at a luncheon. The message was directed toward…. Link Hogthrob.
For those of you that don’t know – and apparently the person making the call is one of those – Link Hogthrob is the pig captain of the SS SwineTrek along with First Mate Piggy and Dr. Julius Strangepork. On the Muppet show.
My room-mate suggested I tell them he can’t come because of the swine flu – but if they didn’t get the Muppet pig reference – the won’t get this joke either.
So, I have to make a call today that I’m dreading. Do I play it cool and actually pretend to be Link and cancel? Or do I try to explain and not embarrass them?
In other news… I went to a wine tasting event last night that my room-mate’s rotary club puts on every year. The only reason I go to these is to make sure he gets home okay and to bid on the silent auction items for a Mother’s day gift. The pickings were slim at the auction table, though I did get something that will work – I think. Fortunately, I brought plenty of paper and just stood quietly off to the side. Kind of a strange and boring evening for the designated driver, but I knew what to expect and got through it.
That’s it for now… later
