Star Wars - Geeks - Idiots

RestlessNatives · 16th August 2010, 11:32 AM

Where do you draw the line at what is acceptable 'geekdom' and what is basically just odd behaviour?
I work for a Software Company and accept that there are going to be a high percentage of geeks and nerds working for the company but some don't seem to have any grounding in reality.
Last week someone delivered something to a client that was both late and didn't work. I would normally authorise it before it went out of the door but they circumvented the process and I have to pick up the pieces today.
It appears that the reason it was late and didn't work is that the idiot who sent it spent all his time putting pictures of Star Wars characters on his Test Script instead of Testing it.

How do these people survive in the real world?

Daydream Believer · 16th August 2010, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by RestlessNatives

How do these people survive in the real world?

By using the force?

Spot · 16th August 2010, 11:41 AM

because daft twats give THEM jobs instead of employing a gifted professional such as myself.

The Raven · 16th August 2010, 11:41 AM

So you wouldn't wear a pair of star wars socks then?

mini-x2 · 16th August 2010, 11:42 AM

It's better than being a Star Trek geek I suppose.

Pell · 16th August 2010, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by mini-x2

It's better than being a Star Trek geek I suppose.

i conkirk

lmfao

mini-x2 · 16th August 2010, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Pell

i conkirk

lmfao

Very good.

RestlessNatives · 16th August 2010, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by The Raven

So you wouldn't wear a pair of star wars socks then?

Saving them for a rainy day, as I am with the other present.

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Originally Posted by Spot

because daft twats give THEM jobs instead of employing a gifted professional such as myself.

Believe me, I didn't employ him. He's lucky that he's in the Birmingham Office and not up here as I would be repeatedly kicking him in the plums right now.

Spenny · 16th August 2010, 11:55 AM

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It's better than being a Star Trek geek I suppose.

I worked with a lad who flew to LA solely to see part of the last episode filmed.

He was a right knob.

Nannou · 16th August 2010, 11:59 AM

I went down to our development department the other day to find one of our programmers playing World of Warcraft on his work PC, how the fuck he gets away with it in work time i have no idea.

He's also a part time magician.