Below is a version of ‘A night before Christmas’ that Dave, Method developer sent around internally today. It was so good that we had to share it to the full Method community. Excuse the many inside jokes!
‘Twas the night before xmas, and all through Method
Not a server was down not even exchange
A division had been sold off on a dare
In the hopes that all support calls would go to the new owner's care
The bsc’ers were just getting to bed
Hoping the hangover from an Method team party would be gentle on their heads
And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my black skull cap
Had just settled little Hope down for a long winter’s nap (who’s daddy’s little girl...you are...yes...you are....wait a sec I’m getting off topic here)
When from my Android there arose such a clatter
I quickly opened Outlook Googleapps to see what was the matter
It loaded my emails quicker than a flash
And what’s this... there was a crash
The light of my phone screen could not show
The crestfallen look on my face below
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a manager and 3 developers
With a senior coder, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Manish
Hopped up on guru, and coffee, and beer (hey on a developer the effects are all the same)
He whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, Dave! now, Rich! now, Victor!
Help Danny, Help Val, Help Denis and Igor!
Here’s our list of Unfuddle tickets (my how small)
"Now fix and test them all!”
With St. Manish leading the way
There was not an obstacle that could slow them down that day
Oh how their fingers they flew
Innovative code...and bug free too!
And then, in a twinkling, at his behest
There came a meeting request
As I shook my head and rolled my eyes around,
To the boardroom came St. Manish with a bound
He was dressed all casually, from his head to foot
Here’s one guy that was not a hard Method 2.0 convert
From his bag he pulled a box of sesame snacks
I wonder what else is in that knapsack?
He then took a brief pause to grab a treat that Saudia gets to make us merry
He especially liked the one with a cherry!
His head was drawn up to the side as he gave full attention
As from Wayne, Noel, and Katie came many a question
You could see a smile form from his teeth
As he showed them how to upload an image of a wreath
He then rested his hands on his belly
And offered them a bowlful of jelly
He was explaining how to make Method work right off the shelf
When I zoned out a little and lost myself
I came to when with a wink of his eye and a twist of his head
He let me know, from this hot-fix I had nothing to dread
He went back to his desk and went straight to work
He even fixed the latest Devx quirk
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod from his desk he rose;
He sprang for the washroom key
And down the hall went he
But I heard him exclaim, ere he was accidentally locked out for the night,
“Now you should be able to customize them all-right”