Month: February 2025

  • If You Want Something Done

    If You Want Something Done

    At least it is better than the classic: “Oh shoot, we don’t have any logs for that, so we can’t do anything! Bye! :)”

  • It Meets Our SLA

    It Meets Our SLA

    After all the dust settles, let’s see how long it takes to make our problem also your problem.

  • Forget The Alarm

    Forget The Alarm

    To clarify: that’s not “me” in the comic – that’s not how I (outwardly) wake up. I got to hear this happen one day when one of my kids woke up to the usual school day alarm and decided to try this approach for dealing with it.

  • Eye Don’t Get It

    Eye Don’t Get It

    Honestly, I’m not even sure if reading in the dark is actually bad for you, but people sure brought it up a bunch growing up. I don’t recall reading in the dark often, but I also didn’t like carrots as a kid, so I’m sure that didn’t help with my terrible eyesight.

  • Mentally Challenged

    Mentally Challenged

    I clearly demonstrated my excellent language skills on that day…

  • One For All

    One For All

    Imagine how disappointing it is to find your team is responsible for an issue that’s not just affecting another internal team but also real customers.

  • Parental Leave

    Parental Leave

    Yeah, that’s right: I’m taking a day off for each time I went through labor. Every year. Forever.

  • Un-emergency

    Un-emergency

    I understand that there are legal cover-your-ass reasons that they have to consider the worst case scenario when you call for medical advice, but it’s not always the worst case, you know?