By SparkOfJade - 13/08/2013 04:07 - United States - Silver Spring

Today, my superior gave me a box of ethernet cables which were previously attached to mainframes storing classified data. He requested I cut them in half so that the residual data would leak out. Not only does this guy make twice my salary, there was no convincing him otherwise. We cut them up. FML
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SparkOfJade 18

First thing first: I'm a girl. I have an engineering degree from one of the top universities in my field, and hold all the necessary certifications and then some. I do have a military background, but I am not in the military any longer, and I now have a full-time job at one of the top IT firms in the country. I'm a consultant, meaning I contract out to our company's clients. The "superior" in question was a higher up on the client side which is why he makes so much more than I do. He's been there at least 10 years. I'm on year 2 with my company. As anyone who's been a contractor will tell you, you can only explain to a client that they are being insane for so long until you do what they ask because they are paying the bills and "the customer is always right" *sigh* I obviously can not tell you which client it was. I'm really enjoying the witty responses, and even the not so witty ones (I did use the proper form of "there," you imbecile.)

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Top comments

kwyk 23

Maybe he had a blood nose once and his intelligence leaked out

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Bostern 29

Are tinfoil hats part of your work uniform?

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Omniprism 14

I don't even work with computers and I know that that is asinine. I would log the incident in a book and possibly use it to get him removed.

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graceinsheepwear 33

In a book? What book, exactly? The Great Book of Smart and Dumb? I always meant to read that...

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theyreafteryou 5

Maybe he's overly cautious because he's had a lot of experiences with intelligence leaks? Pun intended.

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TogeBara 12

If you work in the military he needs to be demoted for destroying military property. If you work in the government or anywhere else, get him fired for this. There is no way anyone that stupid should be running a company in a supervisory position.

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awkward_gothlady 32

Does he have a superior you can report him to?

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Xotoolyxo 16

Sometimes I can't believe the things that come out of some people's mouths.

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imyy 20

Perhaps it's just company policy to destroy ALL old tech equipment, cable or otherwise?

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SparkOfJade 18

First thing first: I'm a girl. I have an engineering degree from one of the top universities in my field, and hold all the necessary certifications and then some. I do have a military background, but I am not in the military any longer, and I now have a full-time job at one of the top IT firms in the country. I'm a consultant, meaning I contract out to our company's clients. The "superior" in question was a higher up on the client side which is why he makes so much more than I do. He's been there at least 10 years. I'm on year 2 with my company. As anyone who's been a contractor will tell you, you can only explain to a client that they are being insane for so long until you do what they ask because they are paying the bills and "the customer is always right" *sigh* I obviously can not tell you which client it was. I'm really enjoying the witty responses, and even the not so witty ones (I did use the proper form of "there," you imbecile.)

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ligerzero459 24

If it was someone in the Air Force, I'd be depressed for my branch

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southernbelle_rn 16

Yea, I can agree. If someone feels they are superior to you, they often won't listen to reason and like you said "customer is always right." Go girl, show them how intelligent you are! I've amaze people all that time that didn't realize that I am an RN and I can perform advanced operations on a computer.

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Rosstapher 12

Did you feel some of your intelligence sapping away as you sat there cutting up the cables?!

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lennelleong 33

I'm not generalising about nationalities. But we have many of such imbecilic "superiors" here in Singapore. I don't mind my government importing genuine Foreign "Talent", but I'm not surprised that you've also encountered one of these American ignoramuses plaguing the world and suffered some anguish due to their lamentable unmerited beliefs.

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Bludmagnus 13

That man needs to thank whatever deity he worships that he even has a job. That man is a future Darwin Award Winner.

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Wiz_Of_Oz 17

Looks like Homer Simpson finally got fired from the nuclear power plant.

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RA91 26

-___- goodness gracious that has got to be the dumbest thing I've EVER heard, lol.

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serendipity72 3

I would document this and any other incidents like it and send the info to his superior so they know what kind of idiot they hired and are paying that salary to.

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