Corporate Idiocy
Comedian Al Murray recounts a run-in with industrial-scale stupidity: "Car insurance company rang, without having sent me a renewal letter, asking for money. Made them answer security questions." In the same vein, tell us your stories about pointless paperwork and corporate quarter-wits
( , Thu 23 Feb 2012, 12:13)
Comedian Al Murray recounts a run-in with industrial-scale stupidity: "Car insurance company rang, without having sent me a renewal letter, asking for money. Made them answer security questions." In the same vein, tell us your stories about pointless paperwork and corporate quarter-wits
( , Thu 23 Feb 2012, 12:13)
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This is apparently a REAL web usage policy:
I'm paraphrasing, because the original was shown me about 10 years ago, and I can't find it anywhere on the Interwebs. Why will become very quickly obvious.
"Hi guys. Now that we've got the wonder of the world wide web, there's a few dos and don'ts.
Web:
No cocks, tits, arse or fanny. No swearing, including cocks, tits, arse or fanny. You're selling our products, not the contents of your garden shed.
Emails: Love in the subject line means DANGER. Nigerians have no money.
FTP: I have no idea what this is. IT says it's a bad thing. So don't."
Apparently written by a bearded media entrepreneur, noted for starting the career of a man who played a lot of instruments at once.
( , Sun 26 Feb 2012, 18:52, 1 reply)
I'm paraphrasing, because the original was shown me about 10 years ago, and I can't find it anywhere on the Interwebs. Why will become very quickly obvious.
"Hi guys. Now that we've got the wonder of the world wide web, there's a few dos and don'ts.
Web:
No cocks, tits, arse or fanny. No swearing, including cocks, tits, arse or fanny. You're selling our products, not the contents of your garden shed.
Emails: Love in the subject line means DANGER. Nigerians have no money.
FTP: I have no idea what this is. IT says it's a bad thing. So don't."
Apparently written by a bearded media entrepreneur, noted for starting the career of a man who played a lot of instruments at once.
( , Sun 26 Feb 2012, 18:52, 1 reply)
I'm no fan of the bearded one
but the possibility of this being true makes me want to like him, a little bit.
( , Mon 27 Feb 2012, 13:26, closed)
but the possibility of this being true makes me want to like him, a little bit.
( , Mon 27 Feb 2012, 13:26, closed)
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