The Daily WTF: Curious Perversions in Information Technology

Floor -1

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2008-10-30

“A popular job interview question goes something like, ‘program me an elevator control system,’” Stephen writes, "apparently, the elevator company never thought to ask their programmers that question."

271 comments - Last comment @ 2008-11-21

No Peas for Me, Thanks

by Jake Vinson in Error'd on 2008-10-28

Matt K., I really hope you didn't eat these.

126 comments - Last comment @ 2008-12-15

What is <3?

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2008-10-23

"I thought I'd be a little geeky-romantic with my girlfriend and write a sweet note to her," Jonathan writes, "however, it seems Amazon.com did not really like the idea and suspected '<3' as being malicious."

124 comments - Last comment @ 2013-12-17

Almost All-Electronic

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2008-10-21

"I've signed up for online, 'All-Electronic' billing," Dave H writes, "and no matter what I do, they continue to send me monthly notifications in the mail telling me that my bill is now available online. "

69 comments - Last comment @ 2013-07-21

CAN'T READ

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2008-10-16

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"My boss showed me his new AARP card," R Handorf wrote, "I guess I wasn't the only one who noticed that he started wearing bifocals."

109 comments - Last comment @ 2013-02-25

A Low-(null) Diet

by Jake Vinson in Error'd on 2008-10-14

Eric Lizotte's wife bought some granola from Wild Oats because it fits in to their low-null diet.

88 comments - Last comment @ 2025-07-02

Sensitive Computers

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2008-10-09

"I took this picture at the local post office," George writes, "I guess they must have installed the same computers they use in airplanes and hospitals."

144 comments - Last comment @ 2009-08-12

A Bit More Involved

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2008-10-07

"Looking back," Nathan Redding wrote, "I really should have taken advantage of this offer. I'm not quite sure we'll see 0% interst rates with $0.00/month payments again any time soon..."

71 comments - Last comment @ 2025-04-11

Unprepared For Divide_By_Zero

by Alex Papadimoulis in Error'd on 2008-10-02

"All I want to do was take out some cash at the Huntsville, Alabama airport," Monty wrote, "unfortunately, I wasn't quite prepared and my brain threw a Divide_By_Zero error."

144 comments - Last comment @ 2012-03-23

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