RE: What CCIE would forget his number?

From: Howard C. Berkowitz (hcb@gettcomm.com)
Date: Thu Sep 23 2004 - 02:10:36 GMT-3


At 8:07 PM -0400 9/22/04, Scott Morris wrote:
>Personally, I'd contact ccie@cisco.com (or look at the web site for other
>links) and report the person as one who is misrepresenting himself as a
>CCIE. I'm sure there are some legal ramifications in that as well as the
>whole "duh" factor of the guy opening his mouth like that in a relatively
>small industry. ;)
>
>Enjoy the talk with his supervisor!
>
>

It is an axiom of Navy SEALs that the fastest way to find an impostor
is ask "What was your class number (in BUD/S, the infamous "Hell
Week")." NOBODY ever forgets that.

If proctors get to detonate explosives around you and spray you with
ice water during the lab, this has, so far, been protected by NDA.
Nevertheless, there are parallels.

>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
>joshua lauer
>Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 7:03 PM
>To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: OT: What CCIE would forget his number?
>
>I know this is off topic but I'm kind of seared about this......
>
>Was in the elevator at work, a technician from the server farm maintenece
>guys
>(contractor) saw my ccie study material in hand on the way out the door. He
>mentioned that he was a CCIE (Bull) and that he was planning on getting
>recertified (This is a server maintence guy).
>
>I asked him his number and lo and behold.......he forgot it! I also asked
>him where he took his lab, he mentioned washington D.C. (If there is one
>there that I havent heard about please correct me, I would save big on
>travel to the lab and hotel rooms).
>
>He then went on to mention how he had every cisco certification there
>was......I was pretty speechless after that.
>
>Is there anyway to verify by name that this guy doesnt have one? Since he
>doesnt have a number (he forgot) I cant do it that way. Cause I want some
>ammo when I talk to this lyin' fools supervisor tomorrow.



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