Episode 3 Incident vs Service Request – The Great Confusion

Episode 3: Corporate Freshers Survival Guide – “Incident vs Service Request – The Great Confusion”

🎭 Genre: Tech Office Comedy
πŸ“– Reading Time: 4–5 minutes
πŸ”§ Theme: Understanding ITIL Terminologies with Humor & Context


πŸŽ₯ Scene 1: “Help! My Laptop Just Died”

Location: Silicon Heights HQ, Austin, Texas
Character: Emily, Day 4 at her dream tech job

Emily walks into the office, grabs her cold brew, and opens her laptop.

⚰️ Black screen. No lights. No fan noise.
😱 Emily: β€œUhh… is this part of onboarding or did my MacBook just… die?”

She calls over to her cubicle buddy Jake:

πŸ’¬ Emily: β€œMy laptop isn’t turning on. Should I raise a service request?”
πŸ€” Jake: β€œHmm… nah, that’s an incident, not a service request.”

Emily squints. β€œAren’t they the same?”

Jake chuckles like a wise IT monk.


πŸŽ₯ Scene 2: “Welcome to the Matrix (a.k.a. ITIL World)”

πŸ‘“ Jake (dramatic tone): β€œService request is when you want something. Incident is when something goes wrong.”

🀯 Emily: β€œSo ordering a second monitor = service request.
Laptop won’t turn on = incident?”

πŸ™Œ Jake: β€œExactly. Think of incident as β€˜Houston, we have a problem.’”

He points to a flowchart on his screen labeled β€œIncident vs Request: What The Freshers Need to Know” (yes, it’s laminated).


πŸŽ₯ Scene 3: “Ticketing Tango”

Emily opens the internal support portal:

🧾 New Incident:
Category: Hardware
Issue: β€œLaptop completely dead. SOS.”

She hits submit. Within 10 minutes, IT support Tony walks in like Batman, holding a screwdriver instead of a Batarang.

πŸ› οΈ Tony: β€œLet’s revive your laptop, shall we?”
⚑ Emily (internal monologue): β€œIT guys are real-life wizards.”


πŸŽ₯ Scene 4: “Knowledge Level: Leveled Up”

By next day, Emily’s system is back, and her knowledge is upgraded too.

🎯 She now knows:

  • Incident = fix something broken
  • Service Request = ask for something new
  • Change Request = when a dragon has to be awakened and processes are involved πŸ‰

She even creates a meme for her team:

πŸ–ΌοΈ Top text: β€œIs it an incident or a service request?”
Bottom text: β€œIf it’s broken – PANIC! If you want it – BEG!”

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