Programmers are really out there in the trenches when it comes to the kinds of frustrating nonsense that they end up having to deal with. This particular batch of programmer memes might speak to the soul of a programmer on a level so deep that it both hurts, yet also feels reassuring to know that there are plenty of other folks out there also muddling through the struggle.
Listen, none of us want to do our jobs. And when we're forced to do them, you can bet your sweet bippy that we're gonna try not to do our jobs well. This line of thinking has led to some great moments in the field of design, particularly these design failures that could have used some effort. Not sure why people seem to have a problem with these, they look perfectly crappy to us.
Dealing with a bureaucracy is a pain. But dealing with a lazy incompetent bureaucracy that doesn't care about doing their job? That's just a living nightmare. It comes down to power plays about who can inconvenience who more. And when the only control you might have is someone's fax machine, you get stories like this guy who incapacitated a divorce lawyer's fax machine.
Life can be as depressing as we want to make it. So depending on how compelling you find not fun facts, you might be artificially making reality worse for yourself than say, your coworker who spends their whole break looking at cat adoption photos. You could remind them about some choice statistics on cat adoption, but then you would be the bad guy. So sorry, you're between a disappointing rock and an even more disappointing hard place. If you want to be less of a bummer, here are some happy facts.
Since the internet's been around with its social media feeds and comments section we've always had people that are more than ready to go to verbal blows over a whole bunch of nothing. Or, you might say that every now and again there's that one loudmouth in particular who basically seems to bring the heat on themselves. These rare insults certainly didn't disappoint. They're inspired, ruthless, and you almost might not feel bad about laughing at them.
When trying to secure a discount exercise bike, one has two options. The first is to politely offer a reasonable amount of money, or just the outright amount that the seller is asking for. The other way is doing whatever these people did. Demanding free things, bullying people, and just being hugely entitled people who decided to make the world a more miserable place.
The individuals in this world that are caught up in the work grind of tech support really get put through the ringer. With technological advancements continuing to kick along at the rate they are it's unfortunately pretty much inevitable that there are going to be people that fall through the cracks, when it comes to knowing how to navigate all the cutting edge machinery. Sometimes though, it's not even a matter of the technology being too impressively advanced. If you got a kick out of this tech support tale check out a couple others. We've got a solid story where a coworker demanded a mathematically impossible computer, and then got proven incompetent. Or you can sink your teeth into a tale about an angry lady demanding one billion GB of email storage.
The whole premise of receiving a lifetime contract offer from a company that you sunk your heart and soul into seems like a pretty exciting situation that's well worth celebrating, and probably taking. Especially in this day and age with things being as chaotic as they are. So, when this guy hit the AITA community to ask whether or not he was in the wrong for rejecting a competing offer from his BIL, you can imagine what folks had to say in the comments section. Really, the family should've just been supportive of the offer coming through in the first place. But hey, you be the judge.
It sounds like this person's coworker is out there crossing all kinds of lines. The best course of action does indeed sound like it'd be to go ahead and report them to HR, or run it back to the supervisor. Otherwise, someone like Irma might just carry on with the inappropriate antics. The thing about people that take time off is that they're well within their right to not be summoned to come to work --- especially by someone who isn't even their supervisor in the first place.
Many of us have ended up gaining that wizened life experience through suffering our own moments of emotional pain where things just seemed to kind of cave in on themselves. Then, eventually, you go about putting yourself back together and take another crack at the whole thing. Sometimes, this falls within the dating realm. This AskReddit thread has people sharing various red flags that they missed in their past relationships. At the very least this thread might be able to help other folks steer clear of impending disasters.
This story might be brief, but oh boy does it pack a nice comedic punch. While we feel for the woman who had to deal with this guy's complete bullish nonsense, we also can't help but get a kick out of how quickly things became undone for the lying jerk. The fact that this whole rodeo went down in a Wendy's parking lot makes it that much better too. Then, you additionally factor in how he was trying to blame her for his own moment of reckless failure? Just ridiculous all around.
This guy was on a painful journey toward becoming a Creatine-infused human being. His wife's heart was definitely in the right place. However, it's a TIFU tale like the one we have here that should serve as a reminder that there's a value in checking the ingredients on those smoothies. Especially if you find yourself consistently battling nasty stomach pains. Basically, if something feels a bit off after you eat a certain food or drink down a certain smoothie, it never hurts to investigate further.
The issue with the everyone's total technological illiteracy is that sometimes people ask for, nay demand a technological feature that doesn't exist, shouldn't exist or would cost millions of dollars to make exist. It's as if a customer was screaming down your throat demanding you put a recliner in a paper bag. It just doesn't reflect reality. For another one, here's a coworker who demanded a mathematically impossible computer and got proven incompetent.
We shouldn't want to seek out creepy images like furry skeletons and clown statues that look like they just moved, but there's just something so compelling about all those cursed, creepy and weird images from the abyss. Is it something wrong with us? Perverse curiosity? A need to link the creepers to the jeepers? Welp, can't go back now.
Let's face it, being alone with one's thoughts is at best boring and at worst terrifying, so sometimes it's down to some Tweets and Tumblr gems to make the day more tolerable. While we can't stand the garbage banging around in our own heads, it's sometimes nice to see what's making it out of other people's minds. So use the power of Twitter and Tumblr to kick boredom in the groin.
