Today, I started my new job as the only IT tech for my office. My first task: untangling the hundred mice the previous tech tied together for "fun". 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, at work, my mouse cursor kept randomly moving all over the screen, and messed up an entire day's attempted work. As I was leaving, I overheard one of my co-workers saying he'd plugged a wireless mouse adapter into my computer, and had been trolling me all day. FML
Today, I started a new job. I lost my work keys and had everyone running all over the building looking for them. We found them, hanging in the last lock I had used. They now all think I'm a nut. FML
Today, it was my first day at my new job. Not only does everyone hate me for replacing a guy they all liked, I managed to clog the only functional toilet there. The glares and threatening head-shaking they keep doing probably means I'm screwed. FML
Today, I started a new job. After being trained on several obscure computer programs I'm expected to use in just one day, my new boss informed me she's going on a week long vacation starting tomorrow. She's the only other person who knows how this program runs. FML
Today, at work, my computer started acting up. I told my boss I could fix it, but he told me to call the IT department instead. Neither the IT technician or his supervisor could figure it out, so I showed them what was wrong and how to fix it. I was promptly fired for wasting 2 hours of company time. FML
Today, at my new job, my coworkers pranked me by moving around the things on my desk. I was horribly upset by it and reported them all to HR. Now no one will talk to me and I'm the office pariah within my first week. FML
Today, while at work, I cringed as I noticed my caveman colleague frantically digging into his nose and then continuing the use of his computer. I work in IT support and will be rebuilding his computer and reinstalling all his applications in 30 minutes time. FML
Today, my boyfriend finally moved in with me, after being long distance for months. Our apartment just became infested with mice. FML
Today, my coworkers were bored. To solve this, they taped me to a chair and tried tickling me to death. My boss joined in. FML
Today, I began training my replacement at work. She's a senior citizen. She got excited when I taught her how to highlight text on the screen and double-click the mouse because she "never knew how to do those fancy tricks." The job is entirely computer-based. I have to train her for 6 weeks. FML
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LollipopDragon 4
I seriously thought you meant literal mice for a second there...
mpsteve137 15
Shit, at least you have a job
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mpsteve137 15
Shit, at least you have a job
denden_mushi 11
Your comment depresses me. :(
theHIGHroad2 5
His comment pisses me off.
skittlestrailmix 14
His comment is true.
unknown_user5566 27
38- It is true, but it gets annoying when people think that just because you have a job, you have NO reason to complain ever again. Yes, it's great having a job when some people can't find work- but shitty stuff still happens, and people should be allowed to get upset about it.
graffitied_love 20
I might take this as a warning sign. The job could have pushed this other guy to the point of tying the mouses together. People do some crazy things when they want to be fired
skittlestrailmix 14
I'm not saying that at all! I have a job and if I wanted to sit down and complain about it I could. I just could 23's comment unnecessary.
eggmarie 25
55: unemployment is at a high right now (counting the people accepting unemployment AND the people who have run out of unemployment checks and are still searching for jobs) so I have no idea what you're talking about? (note this is not to start some debate about politics, whoever wins the presidency tonight, the economy will still be in bad shape)
LollipopDragon 4
I seriously thought you meant literal mice for a second there...
queen_awks 16
Being able to tie a hundred living mice together would be quite a skill!
Ren_Uchiha 11
Who said they would be alive?
queen_awks 16
Very true. My bad...
mizuki123 8
Thought the same thing too. I had to re-read it.
Posthuman 26
8 its easy, just intoxicate all of them or put them all to sleep. THEN tie them together by their tails.
liv_graham 7
Me too, I was like, now how was that managed?
ShyAnn29 15
I'm still not understanding this..HELP?
ShyAnn29 15
Ok never mind, I got it! Computer mice, lol
speshlk37 13
I realized he was referring to the computer device and at first thought referring to the plural form as "mice" was incorrect grammar so I researched it and it's apparently acceptable. Huh.
Lorysa 11
#2 - I read it that way for a second, too! The thought of 100 dead rodents tied together and left there by a previous, sociopathic IT tech makes the FML more interesting, to say the least. After the FML where the OP found a human corpse while cleaning their yard, I wouldn't be surprised... *shudder*
chimocho 8
58- so what did you think was the right grammar? I've always heard them called mice...
quontag 15
I'm pretty sure on computers they are called mouses.
speshlk37 13
Actually, if you want to get technical 62, a computer mouse was originally an acronym for Manually-Operated User-Select Equipment, therefor referring to them plurally as "mice" is grammatically incorrect, but however it is considered socially acceptable.
speshlk37 13
Actually, if you want to get technical 62, mouse was originally an acronym for Manually-Operated User-Select Equipment, therefor referring to them plurally as "mice" is grammatically incorrect, however it is socially acceptable.
thatKidzmOm 10
Wow! Learn something new everyday!
ColdplaySucks 18
What I pictured here when I read this was a ratking (Google image it if you don't know what that is).
sonny234 0
So I'm not the only one......
AKGirlinSD 20
63, I used to work in IT and I would order mice, not mouses. Mice is the correct terminology when speaking of multiple computer mice. I didn't even think the OP was speaking about a lot of live mice for a moment.
safaeita 32
Same here
deBlobX 12
Whose idea of fun is that???
watermelon1 35
The guy that worked there before him.
evilplatypus 39
3 - I don't imagine tying them together is that amusing, but me and my OCD would have a hoot and a half untangling them!
kittytub 12
35, after seeing "a hoot and a half", my mind reread your entire comment in Sheldon Cooper's voice. c:
chickenflem 8
Atleast it's easier then having an actual project to do. :)
flutter4 7
That was his project thanks to the previous guy
Drigr 9
Hense why they are no longer employed there.
mario2012 18
Thank you Captain Obvious.
mfischer 17
You're welcome, Captain ********.
YouSoClear 6
No problem Sargent Sarcasm
DaftDude 11
I appreciate it, Ambassador Asshole.
Ren_Uchiha 11
Well, no wonder they hired a new employee if that's what the old one did instead of working...
TheDrifter 24
Ah, the wrath of a bored nerd. Our last one swapped all the wireless receivers between computers when he left.
crazytwinsmom 25
Creative geeks! Sometimes we need a little stress relief.
Pretty_Pink_Lady 10
Sounds like the 'job' we all have to do with our damn headphone cords. At least you're getting paid for it.
ebonyirony 29
eh it's how you start out. I had to rebuild a ton of computers when I did.
ICastillo 25
At least you didn't have to untangle 100 damn pairs of headphones those things take forever to untangle