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Why You Never Ask the Designers For a Favor

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-reward dept.

Usually there is nothing funny about a missing pet, but the tale of Missy the lost cat is hilarious. It serves as an example of just how clueless your fellow employees can be, and why you should never ask the designers to drop what they're doing, and help with a personal matter.

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  1. tech support by Johnny+Mnemonic · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I read this when http://www.27bslash6.com/ was linked to in a comment.

    The dude has some funny stuff up at his site, but only because he's an unregenerate asshole. I suspect he's quick to ask for free tech support 'cause he's too important and too busy to have the time to figure it out himself--but regardless of how busy he is, he's still to cheap to want to pay for it.

    I actually had an anesthesiologist ask me for tech support on his XP install while he was sedating my wife as she was delivering my second child. I asked him if I would get free anesthesiology if I gave him free tech support, and he got the hint.

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  2. Re:Link to the original by jslater25 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    As soon as I read the article summary, I knew this would be a stupid David Thorne clip. How is it that I'm the only one who can't stand the dude? And why is /. now partaking in this?