New cookie-cutter movie script
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Hi all, this is based on my last 16 hours (straight) at work. I figured rom-com writers get away with it and make squillions, so why not (it's more than the $0 overtime I'll be getting!). As with most rom-coms, it's all about the cliche... Scene 1: [Manager]: [Task] needs to be done yesterday or we lose money! [Developer]: When did we find out about this? [Manager]: [exorbitant length of time]. [Developer]: So why were we not working on it before now? [Manager]: [Priorities! | Demands of the business! | Synergy! | That is not the attitude we promote here.] Scene 2: [Developer]: :doh: ... :omg: ... :wtf: ... :mad: ... :(( ... :sigh: ... :zzz: Scene 3: [Developer delivers] [Manager]: [About time! | Finally! | I would have preferred it yesterday.] [The End] What do you think? I reckon it's a Twilight-killer...
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Hi all, this is based on my last 16 hours (straight) at work. I figured rom-com writers get away with it and make squillions, so why not (it's more than the $0 overtime I'll be getting!). As with most rom-coms, it's all about the cliche... Scene 1: [Manager]: [Task] needs to be done yesterday or we lose money! [Developer]: When did we find out about this? [Manager]: [exorbitant length of time]. [Developer]: So why were we not working on it before now? [Manager]: [Priorities! | Demands of the business! | Synergy! | That is not the attitude we promote here.] Scene 2: [Developer]: :doh: ... :omg: ... :wtf: ... :mad: ... :(( ... :sigh: ... :zzz: Scene 3: [Developer delivers] [Manager]: [About time! | Finally! | I would have preferred it yesterday.] [The End] What do you think? I reckon it's a Twilight-killer...
Episode 2 Scene 1: [Manager] Marketing has told customers we can do [Task]. [Developer] Sure. It'll take three days. [Manager] OK. I'll tell them it will be in the next release. Scene 2 (three releases later): [Manager] We've now got a prio 1 ticket, escalated to the chairman, the House of lords, and the Queen, asking why [Task] wasn't done! You said it would take three days! [Developer] Well, you should have asked me which three days!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!