Missed it by THAT much

It's just about Y2k time, and this pilot fish is assigned to a college's accounting department, where he has lots of duties -- and one very taxing responsibility.

"Aside from keeping their software running, one of my tasks was to transmit our annual 1099 data file to the IRS," says fish.

"At that time the IRS used a BBS-style dial-up system to collect 1099 data files. Unfortunately the college had just converted its phones to VoIP. Dial-up modems didn't work over the college's VoIP, so I put in a request for access to an old-fashioned twisted-pair phone line."

And soon he gets a call from a telephone tech, who tells fish, "You already have a phone in your office."

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