BOFH: Amnesty means never having to say you're sorry
It's a laptop that we expressly told him – several times – not to carry around with the cables still plugged in. So anyway, retribution would normally see him 'upgraded' to a 19-inch i3 series 3 laptop, retrofitted with lead-acid batteries, along with an OHP and some slides – for his presentations.""But not today," I say, entering the conversation and handing our user a new-ish replacement machine. "Today we'll take his laptop and replace it with a similar model from a location where it's not needed.""So... you're just replacing people's equipment?" the Boss asks, as our user wanders off happily."Sometimes.
- ▪It's a laptop that we expressly told him – several times – not to carry around with the cables still plugged in.
- ▪So anyway, retribution would normally see him 'upgraded' to a 19-inch i3 series 3 laptop, retrofitted with lead-acid batteries, along with an OHP and some slides – for his presentations.""But not today," I say, entering the conversation and
- ▪"Today we'll take his laptop and replace it with a similar model from a location where it's not needed.""So... you're just replacing people's equipment?" the Boss asks, as our user wanders off happily."Sometimes.
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| Publication time | Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:27:00 +0200 |
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(function() { let windowUrl = window.location.href; windowUrl = windowUrl.substring(windowUrl.indexOf('?') + 1); let messageElement = document.querySelector('.shareableMessage'); if (windowUrl && windowUrl.includes('code') && windowUrl.includes('expires')) { messageElement.style.display = 'block'; } })(); BOFH BOFH: Amnesty means never having to say you're sorry There's no I in team, but there is one in insurance fraud Simon Travaglia Simon Travaglia Published fri 26 Jun 2026 // 09:27 UTC Simon travaglia EPISODE 12 "What's everybody here for?" the Boss asks, peering worriedly at the long line of people extending out of the wedged-open door of Mission Control, continuing on down the corridor."It's the amnesty," the PFY replies."The amnesty?" REG AD googletag.cmd.push(function() {…
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