Why Ostrich's get angry and bury their heads

Setting the stage. 
Monday - first day of 'on call' for work.  Being 'on call' means that when a user has a problem with the software - they call computer support and the ticket gets routed to the 'on call' person.    Otherwise known as the OCP (on call person)

Yearly the major healthcare company requires all employees to change their master IT account passwords.  This change does not waterfall to OCP's particular software, the user must go in and change it manually.

In addition, OCP's software also requires the users to change their passwords yearly.  Users are prompted for 14 days to make the change.

November.   Time for the password changes to begin.  Somehow with all the cold, winter, rain/snow and - oh I don't know - BREATHING, brain cells have begun to disappear.

Beginning at 8:00am Monday morning, a steady stream of tickets have come to the OCP:

"I forgot my password"
"Password reset please"
"Locked out of the system due to too many attempts - requires password reset"

Over, and over, and OVER again.  All.Day.Long.

OCP also has regular work to do.  A big part of which requires annual user security reviews.  Many spreadsheets, much clean up, a lot of work.

Everyone get the picture?

Scene 25 - 6:10pm Monday evening.  OCP person finally leaving the office.  Walks all the way to back door before realizing her umbrella is back upstairs.  Back up the stairs to desk, get umbrella, venture out to the car parked 33 miles away (maybe an exaggeration - maybe not).  Freezing cold, rain, wet roads.
Driving home, gets to major highway and turns south.
Beep-Buzzz
Pager has gone off.  OCP doesn't look since she is driving.  Waits for red light to look.
Beep-Buzz
Warning from pager that it hasn't been acknowledged, but OCP catches the green light.  Roads are wet and slick and doesn't dare take eyes off road to read pager.
Beep-Buzz.
GOSH!!!!  OCP fumbles for pager, reads quickly.  "High Priority.  *Lolly Beatmewithastick @ 8015551234 needs password reset ASAP"
OCP drops pager in her lap in tired disgust and hopes for continued green lights to make commute faster.
Beep-Buzz
OMGOSH!!!!  OCP sneaks look at pager. "High Priority.  Lolly needs call back ASAP!  Pts are waiting!"
COP continues to hit green lights, but commute still slow with wet roads and stupid drivers who don't know how to drive in the rain.
Finally hits a red light.  Finds phone in purse, calls Lolly.  Lolly answers......call dropped.
ARRGGHHHH!!!
OCP calls again.  Gets Lolly.  Lolly is frantic.  Please reset my password!!  OCP explains she is on the road and can do nothing about it until she can get home and get her laptop booted up. Might be another 20 minutes.  Lolly freaks out.  "Isn't there ANY OTHER (insert software name here) person??"
OCP responds, "Nope. Not on call.  Sorry.  I will get you reset as soon as I possibly can"
Lolly is clearly displeased, but realizes there is nothing to be done.

OCP arrives home - almost chokes the dog from barking in her face, gets laptop out and booting up whilst husband and son look at her like she is a mad woman (which she is, but that is beside the point).
OCP's spouse: "Are you hungry?"
OCP: "No, but this has to get to the post office TONIGHT and I need my medication from the pharmacy and I was going to do it all on the way home but instead I got a stupid high priority page!"
OCP's spouse quietly takes the envelop addressed to Marine recruit and quickly slips out the back door.

OCP calls Lolly.  Lolly ecstatic that someone can finally help her.  OCP resets her password and then instructs Lolly to LOG IN WHILE I HOLD!  Lolly attempts.  Can't get  a password.  Tries.  Tries again.  She doesn't have enough letters.  OCP explains AGAIN, the requirements.  Lolly finally gets one.  Confirms it and gets in.  OCP suggests that Lolly right down her password so that she doesn't forget again.

OCP goes into program to close the ticket and reads the complete note taken from computer support.
"User changed password this morning and has now forgotten.  Needs password reset.  Please call ASAP.  Work is stopped"

OCP's jaw drops in unbelief.  Gets out of work clothes and into pajamas.  Spouse calls from pharmacy stating that there is only one rx ready to pick up the other hasn't been approved yet.  The most important one - the one that makes OCP's chest stop hurting and sends her to la-la land for the night cannot be refilled.

OCP cries.  Takes alternate drug.  Climbs in bed, pulls covers up and buries her head.  Goes to bed, knowing that it will be a loooooong week.

And now you know.

*Names have been changed to protect the idiot innocent.