Time Mansour - Chapter 8



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Episode 8 Differences in Thought

obstacle.

Youngjun’s older sister is disabled.

I’m disabled.

When I was a child, I was often pointed at by neighborhood kids.

Naturally, when I heard the word disability, I felt resistance.

But as we got older, the kids stopped playing childish games.

I thought that naturally, I would gradually move away from the word disability.

That’s what I thought.

**

“What happened? What about the problem? Is it fixed?”

“Yes. I solved it, but no. It solved itself. I couldn’t find the cause.”

After receiving a call from Manager Cho, I rushed into the office.

I throw my bag under the desk, pull up a folding chair, and sit down next to the manager.

“The log is··· normal.

I tilted my head while looking at the screen.

If you just look at the records, there doesn’t seem to be any problem.

I checked with the manager again just in case I was mistaken about something.

“You said you replicated 7 containers and deployed them, but only one of them failed?”

“Yes. I wasn’t assigned for about 40 minutes… and then suddenly… I was assigned alone.”

“I’m really going crazy.”

He squats down on the folding chair, clutching his head.

Supernatural phenomenon.

Only one of the duplicate containers was causing trouble.

What’s worse is that the container that was causing the trouble has been reactivated.

It started working normally on its own, as if nothing had happened.

“Director… Do you know the cause?”

“It could be a server issue. It could be a communication issue. Or it could be the app itself… No. Honestly, I don’t know.”

“Oh my gosh… I’m going crazy. I copied and distributed the exact same version. Why is only one having a problem?”

“It could be a problem with our software network. I’ll check all the logs again.”

Manager Cho’s complexion darkens suddenly.

I cautiously ask the question, watching Manager Cho’s expression as he looks uncomfortable.

“What did the development team say? Are they blaming our environment again?”

“Yeah. Well.”

“The server and communication side. The infrastructure team···”

“You know, they didn’t know there was a problem this time either.”

There was a problem in the customer environment.

But why are we the only ones in an emergency situation?

He looked around the office in annoyance, then shook his head.

Well, I’m not in a position to talk about other people.

This team is a mess too.

Two section chiefs and one other manager from the operations team of Joongang Bank.

They were looking at the monitor calmly as if nothing had happened.

Only Manager Jo Jin-woong is busy doing something without being able to sit still.

Vice President Kim and Manager Cho.

Those two are the only people in the team who work like humans.

Vice President Kim would have been taken to the director to report the accident.

Naturally, Manager Cho had no choice but to stay in the office alone and fuss around.

“Assistant Chae… Oh. Right… He’s on vacation, right?”

“yes.”

Besides, there was no representative Chae today.

When you have time, you should at least give Chae a vacation.

I was on vacation thinking that way, but then something happened.

“Then even the newbies… Ah. No.”

“I think the same. There’s no deputy manager either. It’s just annoying when you call them. Honestly, if I don’t know anything, how would they know anything?”

New employees are in the building next door. Partner companies rent separate offices.

An emergency situation where even I, a vendor, was called out of my home.

However, they didn’t even contact the new employees at the partner company in the building next door.

It means that even customers do not treat them with power.

While I was sorting out the situation in my head.

The manager looked at me with a frustrated expression.

“What should I report to the people above?”

“I don’t know. There’s nothing in the logs. I’ll have to look into it some more.”

“Isn’t there anything you can relate to?”

“There are a lot. There are too many, and that’s the problem. Is it because the development was done poorly that there were bugs? Is there a problem with the server? Or is there a temporary disconnection? I don’t know.”

Manager Cho just sighs deeply at my words.

It’s a financial business.

In order to prevent recurrence, the cause must be clearly identified.

“That’s right. There are more than one or two problems.”

It was difficult to pinpoint anything.

Because there were too many areas where problems could arise.

In the end.

It keeps getting dragged on like this.

There was a high possibility that we would go into a search for the culprit without finding the cause.

All that’s left is for the team to go into a meeting and point fingers at each other.

Manager Cho’s face, who has to report, becomes increasingly darker.

“For now, I’ll just prepare some evidence to prove that it wasn’t our fault. I don’t feel like doing it because it seems like I’m evading responsibility.”

“No. We have to do that. Otherwise, we’ll turn it around.”

Manager Cho answers my question with a deadpan voice.

Not to find out the cause of the problem.

I have to find over 4GB of text material to assign responsibility.

It may seem like a meaningless act.

But this was the most efficient way to do things.

**

On the way home from work.

Should I just stop?

No matter what you do, you’ll have to eat to survive.

All the way home, I keep thinking the same thing over and over again.

It’s all because of you, sister. No. It’s thanks to you, sister.

The day I first visited the facility where my older sister was after graduating from high school.

Thinking of it as the first and last.

I went to a facility for the disabled with the intention of never seeing my sister again.

The moment I met my older sister who was screaming in a bed that smelled strongly of urine.

“You have to protect Youngjun. Okay? You can do it, right?”

My mother’s voice, which I had been ignoring, rang in my ears again.

And from that day on.

Everything in my life has changed.

**

It’s a day when I feel like smoking a cigarette even though I’ve never smoked one before.

Foreigners smoking in front of a convenience store.

Cigarette smoke tickles the tip of my nose.

I passed them and opened the convenience store door to buy a lunch box as usual.

As I open the door and go inside, the event display case with spicy ramen on display catches my eye.

‘Director Jeong, how do you relieve stress?’

Suddenly, I remembered the question the newbie asked.

I have never smoked a cigarette.

Unless it was a company dinner, I didn’t even touch alcohol.

Food was more like fuel for your mouth.

I never even thought about relieving stress by eating.

What fun have I had in my life?

Was it like this originally?

What was I like before?

I try to recall memories from my childhood for no reason.

I didn’t like the game originally.

I don’t remember watching any dramas or movies that I found particularly interesting.

By eliminating them one by one through the method of elimination, in the end only one thing remained.

music.

A gloomy day. The teenage boy put on earphones.

Only then did the memories I had forgotten begin to come back to me little by little.

**

Otube algorithm.

The first screen shows a video of an Indian-American cloud lecture.

Even if you scroll down, only similar lecture videos appear on the recommendation screen.

A screen without any of those common entertainment videos. The algorithm showed me a fragment of what my life was like.

When you press the search bar with your finger like that, the latest search terms pop up and cover the screen.

Kubernetes. IngridMemory. Parse. Spring. Runtime. Etc.

Traces of my life filled with countless IT-related terms.

A slightly heterogeneous word is pushed in between those traces.

-Red Blue Mina.

A famous celebrity I met by chance.

She may not even remember me, but to an ordinary person like me, it’s a story that will last a lifetime.

A smile came to my face without me realizing it, and I clicked on Red Blue’s music video.

like that.

With the earphones in your ears.

For the first time.

While doing something other than work.

I spent the night in my sister’s room.

**

Last night.

For the first time in a long time, I listened to music without even realizing how time passed.

I lay in bed with my phone open and stared at the screen for a long time.

Is that why?

“Squeak. Squeak. Chin.”

There was a noise from the hinge since morning.

“···”

A foldable phone that doesn’t unfold completely.

Every time I opened it, the hinge made an unpleasant noise.

“That’s why I said domestic products are not allowed.”

I find myself talking like an old person without realizing it.

Working in the IT field, I developed a vague distrust of domestic products.

The distrust of domestic software has spread to other products without us knowing.

‘If it weren’t for my personality… I would never have bought a cell phone in my life.’

The financial sector is sensitive to security.

The company did not allow direct access to the bank’s internal network.

no.

Not only was the internal network unusable, but even the Internet could not be used on the PC.

To access the Internet inside the IT center, you had to use a mobile phone.

So, I kept struggling while looking at the small screen.

I was fooled by the plausible advertisement that said it would become a tablet when unfolded.

I ended up buying a Samsung foldable phone at the end of last year.

“But honestly, I didn’t know it would break in less than half a year.”

Yeah, the phone is a pineapple after all.

“I guess I’ll never use domestic products again.”

I fiddle with my broken cell phone, making promises I can’t keep.

“Where is the A/S center?”

I’ve lived in Ansan for several years, but since I don’t go out much, I’m not familiar with the surrounding area.

So, I searched for the center on the Internet and found that there was an A/S center near Handae Station.

It’s not a long distance, about 20 to 30 minutes on foot.

however.

The distance is not far.

It just so happens to be in the opposite direction from my commute to work.

It’s quite a distance to go back.

In addition, the A/S center opening hours must also be adjusted.

It’s a bit annoying.

I’ll stop by once I’m on my way. It’s too expensive.

He keeps fiddling with his phone while thinking about something.

“Squeak.”

“Squeak.”

Repeat opening and closing like that.

“Anyway, the screen looks good.”

Because it’s still usable.

I closed my phone, rationalizing it to myself.

It’s a difference in perspective.

The world looks different depending on your mindset.

So positive? I open my phone again with that mindset.

Every time I open and close my phone.

“Squeak.”

It was as if beautiful music was coming from the hinge.