VirileMail/Audio version

This page is for development of an audio version of VirileMail. The goal is to tell a relatively short version of the story in half hour blocks.

Block One
cast:
 * 1) Joe Daonet- Network administrator for Antler Network Services.
 * 2) Erin Jecklestein- Administrative supervisor for the Network Services division of Antler Network Services.
 * 3) Dave- Erin’s office assistant.
 * 4) Brian Kaplan- Website developer for Antler Network Services.
 * 5) Fred Sikes- Network administrator for Antler Network Services.

Dave (on phone): Network Services, can I help you?

Joe: Hi, Dave. This is Joe.

Dave: Hey, bro, what's up?

Joe: I need to talk to Erin about a service interruption we just had on the website.

Dave: She's out of the office. Is this an emergency?

Joe: No. I hope not. We just had cable disconnection that knocked us off the internet until I found the problem.

Dave: (silent for about five seconds) That's pretty weird. What do you expect Erin to do about it?

Joe: Nothing. I was wondering if someone was playing a joke on me.

Dave: (laughs) I wish I had thought of it, but if I had done it I would have been there with a camera to get a shot of you having a heart attack.

Joe: (forced laughter) Well, I'm really just trying to cover my ass. I'll send Erin an email.

Dave: Erin just came into the office. Hold on, I'll connect you.

Erin: Hi, Joe.

Joe: Hi, Erin, I'm glad I caught you.

Erin: Dave says we had a server problem.

Joe: Physical disconnect. Someone must have pulled the cable connection then ran. It only took me 20 seconds to get in there.

Erin: Shit. Who would do such a thing?

Joe: (long silence) Well, I was wondering if you or Dave was playing a trick on me. (chuckles lamely)

Erin: Sorry, but you don't get of the hook that easy. Nobody would compromise our net services for clients just for a joke. Who has access to the server room?

Joe: I think you, the three net admins and the custodial staff are the only ones with keys to the server room.

Erin: Could one of the custodians have accidentally knocked the cable off?

Joe: This isn't the sort of connection that can just get knocked off by accident. And custodians only go in there once a week, Friday evenings, I believe.

Erin: (long silence) "Well, I'm grasping at straws.

Joe: Maybe I should call the police.

Erin: What do you expect them to do?

Joe: Nothing. I doubt they would come out. But we would be on record as having reported the event. If a client lost a file or something during the service disruption, we could be facing a demand for damages. For insurance purposes, we should have a police report on record.

Erin: No, I don't want to do that unless we have to. It would be damaging if word leaked out about this. Call the service center in India and have them report any complaints about the service failure. If and only if we get a serious complaint, then you can call the police and tell them about the cable. Anything else?

Joe: I could put a camera in the server room to record who enters.

Erin: You think this is going to happen again?

Joe: I don't know what happened this time, but you know the saying: fool me once....

Erin: Ya, ya. You might be right. Use your judgment. I'll be in the office on Friday. Let's meet and you can give me a full report." (phone connection cuts off)