SodaCorp Stories – Selben's Tales

The Ritual

The office was dimly lit with flickering fluorescent lighting on their last legs as Selben entered the office and sat at his desk one morning. Putting on his headset he looked up to see four mysterious robed figures technicians all stand in unison and walk out the door drawing twisted…

Magic Software

Selben was working at this temporary location solo while Soda was off having a baby (well, his wife was, but anyway!). It was a simple phone and local IT support gig while the regular employee was on a long vacation. While the office was large, IT support only consisted of…

The Missing Laptops

Selben and Soda had gotten a two-month contract working on some IT projects at a company through an old contact of Soda’s. Soda was locked away slaving away as a code monkey. Selben could still chat with him during breaks, but otherwise was mostly on his own. He spent his…

Level 5 Critical Ticket

It was the holiday season, and the one of the supervisors of BiggerCo had approved time off for almost everyone, including himself. This left Sup2, the remaining supervisor, in a sticky situation. He was an old acquaintance of Soda, and quickly hired him and Selben on for some super short-term…

The Return of the Printer Mal Diablo

Reboot the Router: A SodaCorp Tale

Do you like to read in Chronological order? The index can be found here: timeline.selben.net This tale takes place while Selben and Soda were running rogue, switching from company to company as temps doing contract work. At this location, the company was decently sized, but only had two locations, about…

One Blank Report

A small, but booming, startup company needed IT temps, and Soda landed the contract for him and Selben. Expensive cars filled the parking lot of a large building, all so new that none had license plates yet. Selben tried to not feel intimidated by the shiny elevators, and glass doors…

Password Or I Quit

The previous contract had ended, but an extension had been offered for Soda to finish off the project he had taken over was assisting with. With the aid of Soda’s contacts, another month-long gig to assist on a helpdesk at a different company was found for Selben. It included filling…

The Greatest Tech Ever

After completing a month-long contract, Soda had landed them another short-term gig at a small startup. The company had run into a major data loss due to massive hardware failure and needed their backed-up data restored to their main system. Unfortunately, their “backup system” was in the form of paper…

I’m Wearing a Tie! (Mal Diablo)

We find Selben working with Whatif, showing her how to send calls to voicemail. Again. Selben: Then you hit transfer, enter the number, hit star, the number one, and then hang up. Whatif: But what if I just want to transfer the call? Selben: You hit the transfer button and…