"Most of the kit that crossed Tex's desk was mundane and uninteresting, but the job was a foot on the ladder and never more so than the day he was asked to inspect an incoming batch of motherboards. "That excited me because I would finally be working with something technical," he told On Call. Tex was one of a few staff asked to run an eye over the motherboards, and a manager made sure they were ready for the job by staging a quick training"
"The manager therefore demanded Tex explain his diagnosis. "I pointed out that some of the chips were incorrectly mounted," Tex wrote, an observation that provoked an incredulous response because the manager assumed Tex was entirely ignorant on the subject of motherboards. "It was then I pointed out that the chip was upside down," Tex wrote. The pins that were supposed to nestle into the motherboard were instead pointing skyward and it was utterly obvious that no electricity could flow through the part."
A receiving department inspector at a semiconductor company in a large US state processed incoming components and handled routine shipments. A batch of motherboards arrived and the inspector, eager for technical work, was asked to inspect them after a brief training. The inspector noticed chips mounted upside down, with their pins pointing skyward and soldered in place, preventing electrical connection. The manager, surprised by the observation, demanded an explanation. After the inspector explained that the chips were installed incorrectly and could not function, the inspector was immediately let go.
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