• Ouch! (unregistered) in reply to Maurits
    Maurits:
    > Jane of all trades

    ITYM "Jill of all trades". The correspondence of generic first names is John <=> Jane, Jack <=> Jill.

    No, it's Jack & Diane.

  • Jacqueline (unregistered) in reply to Maurits
    Maurits:
    > Jane of all trades

    ITYM "Jill of all trades". The correspondence of generic first names is John <=> Jane, Jack <=> Jill.

    Maybe of you learnt from fairy tales. Jaqueline is the feminine version of Jack and Joan is the feminine version of John. Jack and Jill was a nursery rhyme, not a primary source.

  • Ajtacka (unregistered) in reply to Jacqueline
    Jacqueline:
    Maurits:
    > Jane of all trades

    ITYM "Jill of all trades". The correspondence of generic first names is John <=> Jane, Jack <=> Jill.

    Maybe of you learnt from fairy tales. Jaqueline is the feminine version of Jack and Joan is the feminine version of John. Jack and Jill was a nursery rhyme, not a primary source.
    Well, that depends. An unknown male victim is a 'John Doe', an unknown female victim is a 'Jane Doe'. At least according to TV. And the only female equivalent of 'Jack of all trades' I've heard is 'Jill of all trades'.

  • boog (unregistered)

    TRWTF is that my reaction to reading "Cougar Hardwood Classic" is exactly the same as Ron's.

  • Daniel (unregistered)

    Fudge this retarded site, I'm tired of these nonsensical fairytales that don't make sense, and aren't even interesting.

    The bitch here (in this fairytale of things that never happened) is the female heroine.

    So her boss holds meetings telling about current affairs. He has bad humor. She violates his privacy. And she's happy he's fired.

    Hmm... She's a bitch, is all I get from this story. And, please unregister your subscription to thedailywtf.com.

    Done.

  • (cs) in reply to boog
    boog (unregistered):
    TRWTF is that my reaction to reading "Cougar Hardwood Classic" is exactly the same as Ron's.
    Was Ron's reaction anything like Rod's?
  • boog (unregistered) in reply to boog
    boog:
    boog:
    TRWTF is that my reaction to reading "Cougar Hardwood Classic" is exactly the same as Ron's.
    Was Ron's reaction anything like Rod's?
    My rod, or yours?
  • christine (unregistered)

    Hilarious and horrifying WTF, imho.

    I wonder what the comments would be like here if Rod had an organized porn stash for all the male employees? Imagine finding your boss's computer burdened with a giant folder with your name on it, chock full of sweaty naked boy butts.

  • Edward von Emacs, VI (unregistered)

    This story benefits from

    s/Rod/The Rod/

    I bet that's what Rod called himself in his head, too.

    Oh yeah. All right.

  • Markus (unregistered) in reply to boog
    boog:
    This guy sounds like a walking talking WTF.

    ...which would be a WTWTF or even shorter a WT²F...

  • Frecklefoot (unregistered) in reply to Beltshumeltz

    "Maximum" + "Excedrin" = Maxcedrin. It took me a few double-takes to get it too.

  • imgx64 (unregistered) in reply to U+1F4A9
    U+1F4A9:
    vicious substance
    Rod is a creep, but calling his bodily secretions evil -- now that's exaggerated.
    I think the writer means viscous.
  • (cs) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    airdrik:
    If I may do some extrapolation, what probably happened is that there was an encounter between Jennifer and Rod that caused Jennifer to quit. On her way out she took note of the porn (I would be surprised, considering how much she had to work on Rod's computer, if she hadn't discovered them) - probably on a removable drive - and ratted to the police. The police took their time in investigating him (probably finding charges other than just having porn on his HD), and arrested him about the time that Katie discovered his collection.

    Your extrapolation makes no sense. Why would she go to the police? Owning porn isn't a crime (unless you live in Saudi Arabia or something), even if it's organized by resemblance to other people. The harassment is not a criminal matter, it's a civil matter. IANAL, but I'm pretty sure the police would just advise you to hire a lawyer and fill a lawsuit.

    His extrapolation does make sense; read it carefully. He suggested an encounter between Jennifer and Rod, not that the police were after him for his porn stash (though if she was accusing him, the stash would be enough to convince the police to investigate).

    Working with airdrik's theory, maybe Jennifer was working alone with Rod, Rod saw what he thought was an opportunity and acted, and Jennifer quit. The extent of such an encounter (sexual assault maybe?) could have resulted in Jennifer filing a police report against Rod.

  • (cs) in reply to Markus
    Markus:
    boog:
    This guy sounds like a walking talking WTF.

    ...which would be a WTWTF or even shorter a WT²F...

    Pure genius.

  • Frecklefoot (unregistered)

    In regards to the "dangling plot line", it seems evident that Rod possessed some kiddie porn along with his other porn. That's the only reason I can think of why "the authorities" would want to speak to him. I think that's what we're supposed to extrapolate from the lack of further details.

  • (cs) in reply to christine
    christine :
    I wonder what the comments would be like here if Rod had an organized porn stash for all the male employees? Imagine finding your boss's computer burdened with a giant folder with your name on it, chock full of sweaty naked boy butts.
    Apparently one guy seems to think that was the case, though even his reaction was surprisingly mild.
  • Chock (unregistered) in reply to christine
    christine :
    I wonder what the comments would be like here if Rod had an organized porn stash for all the male employees? Imagine finding your boss's computer burdened with a giant folder with your name on it, chock full of sweaty naked boy butts.
    Yeah, I am so not working another day in my life. Snag a copy of the folder, get it offsite ASAP (file transfer or sneakernet) then all you have to figure out is whether it's worth more in court or as extortion.
  • ÃÆâ€â„ (unregistered)

    Finally, a halfway decent story. This was much better than that story of that pedophile a short while ago.

  • But (unregistered)

    Why was his computer slow? I want to learn something from this site for future technical opportunities! Very unfulfilling. :(

  • ÃÆâ€â„ (unregistered) in reply to ÃÆâ€â„

    Oh, and this one doesn't have any gay unicorns in it.

  • wtf (unregistered) in reply to ÃÆâ€â„
    ÃÆâ€â„:
    Oh, and this one doesn't have any gay unicorns in it.

    Yeah, but you should see Rod's collection of gay unicorns...

  • joe blow (unregistered) in reply to But
    But:
    Why was his computer slow? I want to learn something from this site for future technical opportunities! Very unfulfilling. :(

    funny!

  • Anonymous (unregistered) in reply to christine
    christine :
    Hilarious and horrifying WTF, imho.

    I wonder what the comments would be like here if Rod had an organized porn stash for all the male employees? Imagine finding your boss's computer burdened with a giant folder with your name on it, chock full of sweaty naked boy butts.

    If he's paying my wage in full and on time I couldn't care less what he looks at in his spare time. It's only creepy if you know about it which is why I stay out of my boss' business and personal folders. I just don't want to know, plus it's always good to have some plausable deniability if the shit starts hitting the fan. Sit back, claim ignorance, cash paychecks. Rinse and repeat.

  • (cs)

    It was icing that was on the mouse wheel.

    Rod was really an Oompa Loopa that was in the country illegally. That's what the color was. The authorities that wanted him were immigration agents intending to send him back to Mexico.

    MArk B.

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to Markus
    Markus:
    boog:
    This guy sounds like a walking talking WTF.

    ...which would be a WTWTF or even shorter a (WT)²F...

    FTFY

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to Daniel
    Daniel:
    Fudge this retarded site, I'm tired of these nonsensical fairytales that don't make sense, and aren't even interesting.

    The bitch here (in this fairytale of things that never happened) is the female heroine.

    So her boss holds meetings telling about current affairs. He has bad humor. She violates his privacy. And she's happy he's fired.

    Hmm... She's a bitch, is all I get from this story. And, please unregister your subscription to thedailywtf.com.

    Done.

    Wow. Somebody's got women issues. Did mommy not love you enough?

  • Oblig (unregistered)

    Not a WTF. Sexual harassment is very common with embedded systems.

  • wtf (unregistered) in reply to Anon
    Anon:
    Daniel:
    Fudge this retarded site, I'm tired of these nonsensical fairytales that don't make sense, and aren't even interesting.

    The bitch here (in this fairytale of things that never happened) is the female heroine.

    So her boss holds meetings telling about current affairs. He has bad humor. She violates his privacy. And she's happy he's fired.

    Hmm... She's a bitch, is all I get from this story. And, please unregister your subscription to thedailywtf.com.

    Done.

    Wow. Somebody's got women issues. Did mommy not love you enough?

    Or too much, perhaps? (If you know what I mean...)

  • Darth Jennifer (unregistered)

    I have met your Rod...pray I don't meat anymore.

  • (cs)

    TRWTF is people saying "TRWTF is VB". It's getting kind of old, you guys should say the cake is a lie, it's much funnier.

    Also, when writing articles, please proofread.

  • Dan (unregistered) in reply to Edward von Emacs, VI
    Edward von Emacs:
    To me, the story wasn't particularly surprising -- can think of exactly the sort of CEO -- but I enjoyed reading it. Not every story has to have the same effect.

    But that's the point: If the story is not particularly surprising, it's not a WTF.

  • Rod (unregistered)

    To Whom it May Concern,

    I am currently incarcerated in the Ada County jail, where I was ordered to participate in the work release program until I have brought my sexual harassment settlements current. Before I can enter the program, however, I must first find a job. I saw your ad on thedailywtf.com for employee photo specialist and would like to ask that I be considered for a position. As you will see from my resume, I have extensive experience managing female employee photos. When it comes to fake tans, I am the master! I have experience with the following:

    Position Objective I am interested in a position as photo expert, or any other position for which my skills would be applicable.

  • Dan (unregistered) in reply to boog
    boog:
    Anon:
    airdrik:
    If I may do some extrapolation, what probably happened is that there was an encounter between Jennifer and Rod that caused Jennifer to quit. On her way out she took note of the porn (I would be surprised, considering how much she had to work on Rod's computer, if she hadn't discovered them) - probably on a removable drive - and ratted to the police. The police took their time in investigating him (probably finding charges other than just having porn on his HD), and arrested him about the time that Katie discovered his collection.

    Your extrapolation makes no sense. Why would she go to the police? Owning porn isn't a crime (unless you live in Saudi Arabia or something), even if it's organized by resemblance to other people. The harassment is not a criminal matter, it's a civil matter. IANAL, but I'm pretty sure the police would just advise you to hire a lawyer and fill a lawsuit.

    His extrapolation does make sense; read it carefully. He suggested an encounter between Jennifer and Rod, not that the police were after him for his porn stash (though if she was accusing him, the stash would be enough to convince the police to investigate).

    Working with airdrik's theory, maybe Jennifer was working alone with Rod, Rod saw what he thought was an opportunity and acted, and Jennifer quit. The extent of such an encounter (sexual assault maybe?) could have resulted in Jennifer filing a police report against Rod.

    I couldn't see Rod sticking around after Jennifer ran off and ratted to the police, long enough for Katie to be established as her replacement, before he turned fugitive. Most likely, as others have suggested, he either had a collection of kiddie porn or he was discovered to be embezzling. <embellishment>and was being blackmailed by his former accomplice, Jennifer.</embellishment>

  • boog (unregistered) in reply to Dan
    Dan:
    Edward von Emacs:
    To me, the story wasn't particularly surprising -- can think of exactly the sort of CEO -- but I enjoyed reading it. Not every story has to have the same effect.

    But that's the point: If the story is not particularly surprising, it's not a WTF.

    Wrong. A Worse Than Failure is a so-called "success" that is worse than if it had failed. In other words, she succeeded in getting fired (even though she was going to resign) even though the reason she was going to resign no longer existed.

    As a side note, was the staff downsized because Rod insisted on hiring attractive yet unintelligent women and now that he was gone, there was no need for any of them?

  • The Corrector (unregistered) in reply to Dan
    Dan:
    I couldn't see rod sticking out after Jennifer ran off and ratted to the police, long enough for Katie to be established as her replacement, before he turned fugitive. Most likely, as others have suggested, he either had a collection of kiddie porn or he was discovered to be embezzling. <embellishment>and was being black-maled by his former accomplice, Jennifer.</embellishment>
    FTFY
  • (cs) in reply to Dan
    Dan:
    Edward von Emacs:
    To me, the story wasn't particularly surprising -- can think of exactly the sort of CEO -- but I enjoyed reading it. Not every story has to have the same effect.

    But that's the point: If the story is not particularly surprising, it's not a WTF.

    So now the definition of "WTF" is indiscriminately restricted to stories that are surprising?

    Have you worked with others in IT before? Are any of the stories posted on this site really a surprise to you?

  • Pirate Booty (unregistered)

    I found the WTF:

    The Article:
    every month, (5:00pm on the last Friday of the month to be exact) the owner of Ace Software Solutions, Rod, would strut his way into the company’s large conference room and kick off the mandatory team meeting
    And she worked there after that?
  • Edward von Emacs, VI (unregistered) in reply to Dan
    Dan:
    Edward von Emacs:
    To me, the story wasn't particularly surprising -- can think of exactly the sort of CEO -- but I enjoyed reading it. Not every story has to have the same effect.

    But that's the point: If the story is not particularly surprising, it's not a WTF.

    A story can yield a WTF moment without being surprising. The reason why I said this one wasn't a surprise to me is because I've met the type -- tracksuit and all.

    There are many flavors of WTF. Sometimes it's a face palm WTF. Some fill you with a sense of dread. Others are funny.

    Could you really put yourself in "Katie's" position, go through all that, and not retrospectively think to yourself, "WTF"?

    I'm pretty sure I would have, so it fits the bill for me. Anyway, like I said, I enjoyed it. From the comments, there are at least some others who liked it too. I obviously can't do anything about it if you disliked it.

  • (cs) in reply to Dan
    Dan:
    I couldn't see Rod sticking around after Jennifer ran off and ratted to the police, long enough for Katie to be established as her replacement, before he turned fugitive. Most likely, as others have suggested, he either had a collection of kiddie porn or he was discovered to be embezzling. <embellishment>and was being blackmailed by his former accomplice, Jennifer.</embellishment>
    It's certainly possible that Rod stuck around because he didn't know that Jennifer ratted to the police, or even that there was an investigation going on. Who knows? Maybe the cops were investigating because Jennifer ratted, and they discovered kiddie porn or evidence of embezzlement as you suggested. Maybe he was returning home after a night of getting rejected at the local dance club to find the cops waiting for him, knew what they must have found, and went fugitive at that point.

    Anything's possible with the limited details we've been given, and airdrik's theory (with or without my contribution) doesn't necessarily contradict others' theories of why he went fugitive.

  • Sam (unregistered)

    Wow, you people need to stop being so hard on the guy.

  • Calli Arcale (unregistered) in reply to Dan
    Dan:
    I couldn't see Rod sticking around after Jennifer ran off and ratted to the police, long enough for Katie to be established as her replacement, before he turned fugitive. Most likely, as others have suggested, he either had a collection of kiddie porn or he was discovered to be embezzling. <embellishment>and was being blackmailed by his former accomplice, Jennifer.</embellishment>

    I also think embezzlement is a more likely explanation for why the police were interested -- but then again, guys with these sorts of problems are generally not aware that they have a problem. They know enough to avoid revealing their extensive offensively organized porn collection (and yes, this porn collection could result in criminal charges -- not sure if you could get a conviction, but if you alleged he was stalking you, it certainly wouldn't look good). But a guy like Rod might not believe he'd ever get in trouble for it. Real trouble, that is. He's arrogant and clueless; yeah, I can believe he'd stick around a little too long before finally doing a "take the money and run".

  • Anon (unregistered) in reply to Daniel
    Daniel:
    Fudge this retarded site, I'm tired of these nonsensical fairytales that don't make sense, and aren't even interesting.

    The bitch here (in this fairytale of things that never happened) is the female heroine.

    So her boss holds meetings telling about current affairs. He has bad humor. She violates his privacy. And she's happy he's fired.

    Hmm... She's a bitch, is all I get from this story. And, please unregister your subscription to thedailywtf.com.

    Done.

    You should ask for your money back too

  • ideo (unregistered) in reply to Jeff
    anon:
    Uh, why exactly was he fired? And why were the authorities looking for him? Nothing in the story indicates that they found his porn stash, and even if they did, that would answer the first question but not the second. This started decently enough, but really went nowhere.er
    Grinder:
    Yes, I agree with the first post. The story unfolded nicely, was waiting for some kind of confrontation between Katie and Rod, some kind of sweet vengeance, the actual ending felt a little like a cold shower.
    Andy P:
    Can we agree to not have any more unconvincing and probably fake "smarmy boss forced to go on the run leaving heroic employees in limbo" stories? They're rather boring, and have nothing to do with code/computers at all. This story was just a few thousand words to say "a woman's boss got fired for reasons unexplained. The End."

    TRWTF is why this was ever considered for TDWTF.

    Erik:
    So am I the only one who noticed the deplorable grammar in this post? The story itself had promise, although it relied a little too heavily on the cliche of the sleazy disgusting boss, but the grammar made it nigh unreadable in several places.
    Todd Lewis:
    [...]the editors [feel they] must massage the message so to speak, and doing this well consistently is beyond their time/talent constraints. So the grammar and re-writing suffer.
    Oh, Mark! You bowtyzed it! AGAIN!!!

    ಠ_ಠ

  • nasch (unregistered) in reply to Chock
    Chock:
    Yeah, I am so not working another day in my life. Snag a copy of the folder, get it offsite ASAP (file transfer or sneakernet) then all you have to figure out is whether it's worth more in court or as extortion.

    Nice ethics you have there.

  • Shill (unregistered)

    Finally, a sane way to organize my porn collection. Can we look forward to more tips like this in the future? Just don't turn the site into lifehack...

    /slips off to spend a couple hours making new folders and moving files....

  • (cs) in reply to Grinder
    Grinder:
    Yes, I agree with the first post. The story unfolded nicely, was waiting for some kind of confrontation between Katie and Rod, some kind of sweet vengeance, the actual ending felt a little like a cold shower.

    If Rod took a cold shower, Katie might still have a job

  • (cs)

    I wonder if he ended up being fired because they found his stash and thought they were in fact secret photos of the employees?

    Now, renaming your directory to "I QUIT - Katie" would be one hell of an epic resignation.

  • Dave (unregistered)

    When I worked in a deli I once had a manager who favored hiring busty women so that when he worked behind the counter it felt like "he was bouncing around a pinball machine". SPOILER ALERT: He was eventually fired for sexual harassment.

  • (cs) in reply to Erik
    Erik:
    So am I the only one who noticed the deplorable grammar in this post?
    No, you sure aren't. I could eat alphabetti spaghetti and crap less malformed paragraphs. I want to nominate this one for the "worst most mangled run-on sentence of the year" award:
    OP:
    Unfortunately though, like all good things, one day Katie arrived to work one day to discover that overnight, her manager had abruptly left the organization [ . . . ]
    What is this, some kind of attempt to emulate the literary style of Opus the Penguin? I wasn't aware that the traditional old saying could be expressed as "All Good Things Abruptly Leave Overnight". And the hideous "one day ... arrived to work one day" construction made my grammer gland bleed.
    OP:
    Rod, always dressed professionally and kept a very “boss” tone the whole time
    Yeah! Let's, insert random commas why don't we? It's a really awful place to put one too, because it makes the "always dressed professionally" ambiguous: is it a verbal or adjectival phrase? It makes your eyes completely trip up when you get to "kept" and were expecting something in the present tense. Yuck.
    OP:
    Moreover, now that she finally had a chance to get an up close and personal view of Rod, noticed something peculiar about his tan.
    That reads awfully even if you do re-insert the missing "she".
    OP:
    "Oooooo COUGAR! Now, is this a Washington State University thing?,” Rod quipped in reply
    Oh look, Mark has invented the interrocomma! How innovative!

    GAH! goes off to have a little lie down

  • (cs) in reply to Dave
    Dave:
    When I worked in a deli I once had a manager who favored hiring busty women so that when he worked behind the counter it felt like "he was bouncing around a pinball machine". SPOILER ALERT: He was eventually fired for sexual harassment.

    Elaine?

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