Public service announcement regarding the word "nothing"

[Viper GTS]

Please refer to Exhibit A.

Note that the definition does not include flashing lights, error messages, dialog boxes, noises, turning gears, rearranging your office, adding or removing hardware, OS changes, collision with flooring materials, etc.

Specifically, "Nothing" is not an appropriate answer to the following questions:

"What happens...?"
"What do you see...?"
"What did you do...?"
"What has changed...?"
"What does it say...?"

Please adjust your vocabulary accordingly.

Thank you.

Viper GTS

 

[Geekbabe]

<< Please refer to Exhibit A.

Note that the definition does not include flashing lights, error messages, dialog boxes, noises, turning gears, rearranging your office, adding or removing hardware, OS changes, collision with flooring materials, etc.

Specifically, "Nothing" is not an appropriate answer to the following questions:

"What happens...?"
"What do you see...?"
"What did you do...?"
"What has changed...?"
"What does it say...?"

Please adjust your vocabulary accordingly.

Thank you.

Viper GTS >>



Have my clients been bothering you again?



Btw, the answer to "what did you do? " is ALWAYS nothing

 

[OutHouse]

you need a vacation

 

[Viper GTS]

<< Have my clients been bothering you again? >>



While I doubt they're the same people, they are likely related.

How else can I explain such a large group of people who ignore all sensory input when things don't work exactly as they expect them to?



<< you need a vacation >>



Nah, I'm good for now. I'll take a week off sometime this summer. I just need to complain every now & then.



Viper GTS

 

[amdskip]

Is that all you do is nef? j/k

 

[Cyberian]

<< How else can I explain such a large group of people who ignore all sensory input when things don't work exactly as they expect them to? >>

That is the problem right there. "Nothing" is considered to be anything other than the expected result.

"I sent a job to the Laser Printer and it isn't printing"

"What is the printer doing?"

"Nothing."

An agonizingly long time later, I find out that "nothing" means spitting out copious pages of ASCII characters because someone sent a Postscript file to a PCL configured printer.

 

[Mutilator]

lol what fun it is to be in the IT/IS field

"My computer won't work."
"What's it doing?"
"Nothing."
"Is the light on and is it making noises?"
"Yes."
"Then it's doing something isn't it? See that button on the front of your monitor?"
"Yes."
"Push that please."
"Wow it worked! Thanks! I feel like such an idiot!"
"You are."
"What was that?"
"You're welcome."
"Oh, Ok. Bye!"