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EDIT: Bah, wrong topic.
This FP story is OK, though it's a shame it didn't start with "Bear with me on this one".
Also, no instructions for said shotgun:
Then again, this story is supposed to be set in Arkansas...
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So why was Chris called in?
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TRWTF was not muting his phone before going to bed.
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Manager looks at a bear related problem and thinks "I can solve that with a shotgun". Now you've got two problems.
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So the WTF here is that Jake, thinks its a good idea to wake an employee in the middle of the night while on vacation so that he can come into the office to snap a few insurance photos? Which Jake could probably do himself with the very same cell phone used to call Chris in about the same amount of time?
Seriously I'd be kind a pissed if my boss dragged me out of bed to "assist" with a situation he knows or should know I can't make any useful contribution to solving. Jake is an ass.
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5SOF, you heard about them here first.
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Yeah, though maybe it's loaded with slugs. That might work.
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Where's the WTF? It's Arkansas or is that TRWTF?
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And staying home for vacation. He still could have just lied: "I'm out of town. Can't get there."
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Let's see:
Yeah, a shotgun in an office seems like a good idea.
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Double duty!
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Yeah, can be used by either the crazy ex-employee or the people trying to stop him!
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Eh, it's almost certain that the crazy ex-employ will be bringing his own from home.
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Now, with that loaded gun, let's do a serious bug hunting session.
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Meh. Probably several employees already packing heat.
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Because Arkansas? or because 'Murica?
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I an disappointed in our front page editors. this was the perfect opportunity to use a pun and have the title be: "Bearly Broken In"
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Indeed. Overkill would be an apt description.
I'd have looked at putting stronger glass and maybe security grilles in the windows. An ounce of prevention...
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http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/9575798/images/1272862641622.jpg
Filed under: Obligatory HL joke
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Both
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Help Wanted: Security Administrator:
Job description: Configures firewalls, monitors network traffic, etc...
...Other Duties As Required.
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Both.
Let's put it this way: if the Batman shooter had tried that in Detroit, I can guarantee there would have been return fire.
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If the office didn't want a bear to break in, they should have but up a 'No Bears' sign.
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... is worth a pound of buckshot?
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wait, we're upgrading from shotgun to puntgun?
[image]Paging @Yamikuronue for relevance to offline discussion
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I'm surprised nobody has pointed out that the threat of bears has been very well-publicized (see below), and Jeff was a poor manager to have utterly failed to anticipate and take appropriate precautions to mitigate the threat.
http://www.bubbleblabber.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bears.jpg
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What would access to a shotgun do to my tax code?
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http://www.bubbleblabber.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/bears.jpgPrints:
Requested Range Not SatisfiableRequested range? What range? Of what? :wtf:
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http://www.checkupdown.com/status/E416.html
what browser are you using?
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Opera 27.0.1689.69 on Linux.
It's not even the browser error page. It's just text. No, not HTML, source contains nothing else.
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odd.... image loads just fine for me
Rehosting here: [image]
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Chrome does the same thing. Firefox is fine.
wgetdoesn't complain.Chalk it down to WebKit I guess.
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i guess... but if so it's a linux specific thing as i'm on Chrome on W7 here.
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Now that should be effective against a bear.
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Yes, I get the same as @Onyx with Chrome on Linux.
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Several problems with that approach:
Unless you're using slugs, which requires good aim, you're just going to piss the bear off.
This assumes the bear isn't between the person and the shotgun.
The shotgun will sit on that peg for years, and IF the day comes when it's needed, your shells will be stale and you will likely have a misfire.
Not everyone can keep cool enough to operate a weapon effectively when their life is threatened. That's what military and police training is about. I've seen "hunters" miss shots at 100 yards with a 9x scope because they get too excited by "Buck fever."
You'd be better off with a big plastic bowl of hard rock candy that you could throw at the bear to keep them interested while you GTFO.
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Leave the taffy in the bowl for a year, and you'll have hard rock candy. :)
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But that would have given away the punchline, such as it was.
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Spoiler that shit. Some people have a slug phobia!
filed under you insensitive clod!
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Warning: language may be NSFW.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjoP5qCxwJQ
First thing that came to mind after reading this article.
Filed under: Bear Thieves.
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Sorry, I have no idea how to properly spoil an image, it just didn't work at all. :sadface: Wait, why do we have a Sweetie Bell emoticon here? :wtf:
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You answered your own question:
Here on TDWTF, we have made Doing It Wrong™ into an artform.
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I think I have been to that place in Arkansas before. Maybe.
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That's the only part I'll let either of my kids watch, too. ;-)
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So they don't grow into attention-begging douchebags? I approve.
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Hopefully it was at least a double-barreled shotgun. Or even better, a chainsaw.
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http://doomwiki.org/w/images/0/03/BFG9000inaction-HellRevelead-map32.png