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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MymB612 14
Ugh. I feel for you, OP. These situations enrage me, you know, when some incompetent idiot is deemed your "superior". How are hierarchical positions not assigned by merit? My old boss (from the olden days when I was employed) was such a moron, confident in his ignorance. He once made the company lose over $32,000 because he insisted on doing things his way (the wrong way) instead of how the developers wanted (the right way), just because (and I'm quoting here) "I'm the manager, so I know better by definition" . He ended up firing the whole team because "they didn't explain clearly enough" why his way was wrong, although one dev had already quit because he wouldn't listen. I'm so happy I'm out of there.
mthucs 7
This moron also reads fml. You're still doing it.
bmonarchy 4
Jim Halpert?
BeeJaaBee 7
At least you'll speed up your workplaces internet speed (Ethernet is roughly 25% faster than Wifi and less prone to dropping out) also technicality it is Ethernet is more secure, the submarine base my dad used to work at would only use Ethernet cables for security reason, but it's unnecessary for a standard workplace environment
DarthHypno 10
You told your boss he was right. There's the problem.
Glitterbaby2613 20
dumb responses deserve dumb reactions 😂😂😂
IHaveThePower 18
Convince him to wear a tinfoil hat and see how long it takes for you to get fired.