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"If it didn’t work, I would either lay someone off or file for unemployment myself."" If I hadn’t already been stressed out, the prospect of choosing a minion t
by GFK_of_xmaspast 12y ago
"If it didn’t work, I would either lay someone off or file for unemployment myself."" If I hadn’t already been stressed out, the prospect of choosing a minion to lay off would have done the trick. (Before any of those minions start to think I care about them personally: I work hard training minions, and swinging the Club of Correction makes my arms sore. Eventually. I don’t like to replace them.)"
This dude must be a joy to work for.
- olefoo 12y agoEvidently you are not familiar with the sort of humor common to alt.sysadmin.recovery And next you'll be telling us that http://bofh.ntk.net/BOFH/index.php http://bofh.ntk.net/BOFH/index.php isn't fiction/satire/parody.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 12y agoI used to post on the Scary Devil Monastery, actually. I wouldn't have wanted to work for a lot of those people either.
- olefoo 12y agoYou have a point. I used to work with/for a few of them, and sometimes the online persona was perhaps more aligned with their IRL personality than was good for them. But for the most part it was a way to vent frustration.
- chronid 12y agoIn my current workplace the joke is for the newcomers to be called "undervisors" (in contrast to shift supervisors). I found it common to get called a "minion", "drone" or "padawan" while working in IT. No one usually gets offended (if someone does usually the nickname gets dropped immediately in his/her presence).
- gaius 12y agoIt's no worse than being called a "resource". Of course, it means you also get to call your boss "overhead" ;-)