Today, I had to explain to my boss that DVI ports are not the same as HDMI ports. When I showed him the HDMI cable, he said, "Oh! You mean USB!" He's an engineering manager. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I had to explain to my boss that using a wired connection instead of wifi won't stop his computer from getting viruses. He looked at me, open-mouthed and wide-eyed, like he was a 13-year-old boy and I was a pair of tits. Then he called me clueless and told me to get back to work. FML
Today, my idiot of a boss yelled at me because it's physically impossible for me to be in two places at the same time, and that I'm not a magician. He didn't understand that. FML
Today, at work, I had to explain to a customer that she can't connect her tablet to her home WiFi while she's at work. I went to MIT for this. FML
Today, I learned my boss, the CEO of a multinational nonprofit, is so computer illiterate that he hadn't realized he could resize the File Explorer window on his computer, leading to days of delay of him getting work to my team, and a lot of unhappy notes. FML
Today, my boss - whose intelligence level hovers a hair above "Herpity derpity derp" - got up my ass and accused me of lying to him. All because I said that just because I'm a network admin, I can't make his 7 year old piece of crap Blackberry magically be able to use 4G networks. FML
Today, at work, I had to explain to a 50-year-old engineer that Comic Sans is not an acceptable font for a government contractor to use in a structural report. FML
Today, I bought my third replacement cable for my new laptop after the last two didn't fit. I was about to go and buy another one when I realized that the charging port was actually on the other side and the hole I had been trying to fit the cable in was the headphone port. FML
Today, I had an argument with my dad about Venice being in Italy, not Spain. He wouldn't believe me, and had to Google it. He's an engineer for an aerospace company. FML
Today, when I asked my boss why my bonus was cut in half, he replied, "I have no idea what you really do." I'm the IT Manager. FML
Today, my boss said he's worried about our network, because, "Wi-Fi’s all in the air. People could spy on us from anywhere!" I sarcastically said, "My god, you're right!" and suggested switching to tin-foil Ethernet cables to stop the signal escaping. He told me to do it ASAP. This moron makes five times my salary. FML
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MDoremis 38
I'm technologically inept and I still know that an HDMI port is not synonymous with a USB port.
Nahpets 22
Oh wow. And some good engineers cant find jobs and have to work at walmart for minimum wage.
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IronMan_Mk43 20
Oh my god I would've cried in that situation there's nothing worse than an incompetent engineer. I know because I worked with a bunch of them for a year.
candicorn 23
Everyone's quick to assume the manager is dumb and/or a terrible engineer. If the boss is quite a bit older and doesn't work in an engineering discipline that requires a lot of computer use or knowledge, that would sufficiently explain things without him necessarily being a horrible engineer. That being said, he may indeed be a horrible engineer - I don't think we can say for sure without a follow-up.
alexisisabel17 10
And story's like these are why I worry about our future! *facepalm
nitrog100 21
So what? His field is engineering, not computer science. Most engineers don't need to know jack s*** about HDMI or DVI ports. You might as well be complaining about his poetry,
sjsjwbso 8
some people never get it :/
jackieboy5150 12
So, surely you guys know that that guy is a ENGINEER! Not and ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, Or some other computer person.So he DOESN'T have to know that stuff.