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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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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 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, my computer stopped connecting to the corporate network. I know what the problem is, but our tech support is so clueless that the only thing they do is utter the dreaded words, "Did you try turning it off and back on?" Meanwhile my boss is yelling at me for not getting any work done. FML
Today, my dad got a warning from our ISP for going well over their fair usage limit. I barely use our wifi, and I keep telling him he should password-protect our router to stop people leeching our Internet. He's blaming me anyway, and says I'm grounded until January. FML
Today, it’s my second week at work. I received a phone call from corporate HQ that they wanted to make our monitors wireless, so they wanted me to cut the red wire from the main monitors. I did so, and my boss walks in, furious. Turns out it was a set up to see if I’m “that gullible.” Yes, I was fired. FML
Today, I was in a video call with my boss when my Wi-Fi decided to take a vacation. I thought I could salvage the situation by using my iPhone’s hotspot. But then my phone ran out of data mid-sentence, and my boss got a glimpse of me cursing at my phone while frantically waving it in the air. FML
Today, our boss replaced all our computers with new Apple iMacs, which have fewer USB ports and none of our software or saved files. He insists it’s all “in the Cloud thing somewhere, figure it out and show some damn gratitude.” We are now incapable of doing our jobs but he insists he’s blameless. FML
Today, my neighbor finally password-protected his wifi. Right in the middle of my timed, online exam. FML
Today, our computer system has irretrievably broken down due to viruses. My boss is the one who refused to get new antivirus software, but he’s still blaming me because I’m the computer guy and should be able to protect us from stupidly complicated viruses, "like the hackers in the movies." FML
Today, I was doing a job interview on Skype when my roommate decided to reboot the wireless router because "the internet was too slow". The interviewer didn't bother calling again. FML
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Top comments
Joshery 14
Maybe you should ask for a raise, he might be stupid enough to give it to you
coldwar252 13
Did you do it?
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Comments (47)
blubje 17
Haha loved your answer though :-)
timmeeeee 10
Ever heard of Magneto. Guess where im heading with this.
pks2014 10
Knowing technology doesn't prove u are intelligent, he is increasing the profits of the company tell me how much to the profit making are u contributing ??
anonimeeeee_fml 18
Why do you automatically assume the boss is increasing company profits? For all we know, he doesn't do anything and only occasionally rouses himself to say a couple of things. Some of the managers that I had were incredibly useless, so just because he's in that position doesn't signify much. And all OP has to do to "contribute to company profits" is do his job. There's no need for him to be a manager to keep profits up
Levvy 22
"he is increasing the profits of the company" He is? Really? In what capacity? Do you have access to the company's books or something? I assume you must, since you know whether or not something as specific as an individual employee is directly affecting revenue. Please, run the numbers by us.
KingOfTheLosers 7
this moron of yours actually has a point without even knowing it. but "spying" and "tin-foil"? seriously.
Sakuraashita 15
Is your name Dilbert?
Calfml2 8
Prepare a cost study of replacing all the cables $$$$ to paying you as a consultant to install network security $$$. Promotion and raise fo you
Makaze 12
You have broken a cardinal rule of the navy. Never say something stupid in front of someone who can make policy.
Boggs77 2
actually it's not that hard to remote in to wifi, that's why organizations like the military don't use it.....
oJoy 11
I found this to be the case in a few of my jobs previously. I then wonder why the **** I'm on an above average wage and they're on double and they can barely spell. I feel your pain.
Levvy 22
He's... not COMPLETELY wrong, actually. WiFi signals can be intercepted or augmented via techniques like "man-in-the-middle" (MITM) attacks. HOWEVER, this is really only a concern on unsecured connections. If the connection is secure, the only risk is from people who already have access to the system anyway (and since they will most likely have an individualized login, it would not be hard to trace any disruption back to its source).
miss_amphetamine 24
I don't know why this was downvoted. You're right. Information sent over wifi can be intercepted, although it can't easily be unencrypted if the network is secure. This is actually a reason it's important to put a password and encrypt your WiFi with WPA/WPA2.