BOFH: The Boss is right, the applications of AI are truly staggering BOFH logo telephone with devil's horns The Boss is on an AI high, having spoken to yet another well-fed and funded zealot about how much benefit AI will bring to the workplace. "We already have it," I say, after he regales us with a (no doubt plagiarized) monologue about the power of AI to solve unique business problems. " …
"And ours," I repeat. "We've both got the same settings. No one's going to suffocate.""Then you won't mind spending half an hour in my office while I spend half an hour in yours?" the Boss asks, "AFTER you disconnect the automatic control of the damper in this room??"
This boss was smarter than the rest, no wonder he “jumped” from a tall window….
When I was doing my training, we worked in a variety of different offices in order to gain experience of different departments.
The 'Contracts Office' was a half-floor with two cubicles, one for the 'Chief' and one for the 'Manager'. These two people despised each other and would not communicate except by passing notes through a sliding-hatchway, especially built for such purposes. They never visited each other's domain. The reason for the stand-off was lost in the sands of time.
For some reason, the Chief's office was always cold; the Manager's office was always hot and he had the window open, almost all year.
After the older of the two retired, the whole floor was refurbished and it was found that the room-thermostats, affixed to the adjoining wall, had been interchanged.
After the older of the two retired, the whole floor was refurbished and it was found that the room-thermostats, affixed to the adjoining wall, had been interchanged.
GENIUS!!!!
No doubt done by a pissed-off BOFH (or somebody who bribed the installers well)...
Or it was done purely by accident.
Bingo! Damn but that BOFH is spot on this time!
"Really?" I interject. "I know they SAY it will, but it won't. In some ways, it's a bit like being a builder. They ask you to build a slaughterhouse for sheep and cows, but then at the end of the project you notice that the 'sheep' entrance has a two-meter-high doorway and several coat hooks."
that office.
Or at least the designs so I can modify our beancounter's office to match.....
After all the comment from the PFY this morning when the words 'weekly production meeting' echoed across the office was rather unprintable. but I'll attempt to translate.
"You make me sit through that meeting again and I'll injure you in a vital place" *... yeah that seems about right.... although I'm surprised a lady would know the words she actually used.
So once again a morning was wasted..... I could see the intelligence melting out of peoples brains as the beancounter droned on and on.... my only hope... see icon
*The actual phrase was (please dont read if you are of a delicate disposition, or easily offended) "You ****ing hide under that ****ing machine again and I'll cut your ****ing balls off with a ****ing hammer"
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