Ever since Red Riding Hood took a shortcut to Grandma’s house, we have learned that maybe shortcuts are not the best solution to a problem. Still shortcuts are very alluring. They will save us time, money, etc. But shortcuts can also backfire – leading to spending more time and money to fix a quick solution.
A recent shortcut fix at work did fix one problem but created many more. It was a quick fix but the ramifications of solving a problem in that manner were not taken into account. Therefore, we will now have an on-going issue to fix this shortcut. Oh the joy.
While shortcuts are tempting especially in our situation where doing the fix manually would have taken a few hours. The good news would have been that once it was done the right way, it is done – no more dealing with the issue. As it stands now, we will have to call support when this issue arises in the future. Having this problem will hopefully make us think twice before taking a shortcut to fix a software problem.
