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I have a couple of coworkers that use this term with pride, e.g. part of their nickname, email signatures, etc... Why would they do that? To me it reads as unwe
by norpisss 5y ago
I have a couple of coworkers that use this term with pride, e.g. part of their nickname, email signatures, etc...
Why would they do that? To me it reads as unwelcoming or passive aggressive, doesn't it?
- dsr_ 5y agoIt's neither. BOFH represents an angry, cathartic, antiheroic response to the social problems of the IT world. Anyone acting that way in the real world deserves the prison sentence that would immediately follow... just as anyone who behaved like an action movie star in the real world would go to prison for assault and murder. The primary desired response is quiet sympathy and camaraderie, if appropriate.
- bartvk 5y agoI guess it differs for each person. I think it's funny, it's a way of saying that you don't take yourself too seriously. Of course you could ask the coworkers in question, but do you want to bring your account to the attention of a BOFH?...
- op00to 5y agoUnwelcoming for sure.
- ndlary 5y agoWhy does everyone feel entitled to be welcomed in all situations since around 2015? The people demanding to be welcomed have more power now than the people who actually created something. This is deeply wrong. Also, the question of welcoming/unwelcoming is entirely orthogonal to what the BOFH is about.
- vbezhenar 5y agoWhy would I want to be welcoming or positive? While I'm not exactly aggressive person, I'm more like neutral person and I would never want to fake welcomeness or something like that. If someone will approach me with question from documentation, I'll never hesitate to answer RTFM and move on. May be that's US thing that everyone must smile and be kind. I was not taught like that, I don't expect that from others and I'll not fake good mood being in a bad mood myself.