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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Comments

reflexion213 11

I work in an IT. This does not surprise me.

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devans00 14

This is one of the most amazing WTF. Does he also think the interwebs is made of tubes?

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rdenkewicz 11

You better keep some glue in case too much data leaks out!

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cheshireau 26

This is my favourite FML ever.

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missd420 16

Oh the glory of IT.

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mccrightp 29

Did you ask him turn the keyboard over and press down on the "any" key? This will eliminate any remaining data in the wires.

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polluxdc 10

He went "full retard, man. You never go full retard."

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R3TrO_ViipEr 6

How do u become that dumm like oh just cut these wires so I don't lose my job, Client is always right

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maty172 14

Probably the same way you did. *dumb

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SatinsNightmares 17

Did he cut the wires in his brain and let all the data leak out of there too?

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amisenho 11

Didn't you know? The bright minds of our generation are not the ones that make a decent salary. It never has been that way. Your boss was good at being a talking head and probably played politics on his way to the top. I feel your pain, OP.

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