The Daily WTF

Adrian worked for a document services company. Among other things, they provided high-speed printing services to clients in the financial services industry. This means providing on site service, which is how Adrian ended up with an office in the sub-sub-basement of a finance company. Adrian’s boss, Lester, was too busy “developing high-end printing solutions on a Unix system” to spend any time in that sub-sub-basement, and instead embedded himself with the client’s IT team.

“It’s important that I’m working closely with them,” Lester explained, “because it’s the only way we can guarantee true inter-system compatibility.” With disgust, he added, “They’re mostly a Windows shop, and don’t understand Unix systems, which is what drives our high-speed printing solution.”

It was unclear to Adrian whether Lester was more interested in “working closely” or “getting access to the executive breakroom with free espressos”, but that’s what Lester got, while Adrian made do with

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