haunted attics and other stories

Okay, so apparently I have a poltergeist in my office today, one with a penchant for technology

The background is this: in work, we have just had a swish new phone system installed, digital phones linked to the email system. Ten weeks ago, my colleague S was moved to a different office, on the ground floor, because she was having trouble with the stairs as her pregnancy progressed, so then when she went off on maternity leave I brought all her stuff back here to the attic, including the phone. I haven’t been able to log her phone in ever since, however, even though she gave me the pin number. It just won’t work. So I should have logged a call with the service desk then, but I’ve been busy so I just left it, and now…

This morning, I was going about my business when S’s phone rang, which it should not be able to do, because it isn’t logged in and hasn’t been for weeks

It rang off before I could get there. I hurried over to look, and found that it was logged in as a completely different person.

That’s weird, I thought. But maybe he’s come up here and used her desk for some reason, although I don’t know when because I’ve been here the whole time...

I logged the phone out. Tried to log S back in with her pin, but again it didn't work, so I left it logged out. Dead.

I got on with my morning. Then the phone rang again - the phone that I just logged out an hour earlier, so I knew for sure it wasn’t logged in, it shouldn’t be able to ring

It rang off again. I hurried to look, and...the wretched thing is now logged in as a completely different person again.

So apparently I have a poltergeist up here, one that likes to play with phones!