Facepalm moment today

Posted by scubajay2001@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 40 comments

I am currently in a contract position where me and five or six other contractors are going through some documentation discovery, curation, and sanitizing - we have a daily standup with the company liaison, and one of the team members wanted to prep questions for them. So - person asked:

"Any questions for Rumpelstiltskin today?"

My reply: What is the airspeed of an unladen swallow?

Him: Uh...

Me: It's a joke - Monty Python...

Him: You're writing some python and need help?

Me: No, never mind...

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NoTime4YourBullshit@reddit

I’m the king of dropping outdated cultural references. I told a person recently in a mumbly voice “I believe you have my stapler”, and just gave me blank stares.

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Otto-Korrect@reddit

I've gotten the same reaction to "I was told I could listen to my music"

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NoTime4YourBullshit@reddit

I told Lundberg that if Jenny can listen to her music while she’s collating, I don’t see why I shouldn’t be able to listen to the radio at a reasonable volume while I’m working and………

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Carribean-Diver@reddit

Between 9 and 11...

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BadSausageFactory@reddit

I made a best friend for life at a job by asking 'what's another word for pirate treasure?'

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VariousProfit3230@reddit

They are NOT outdated. If they were outdated, why I’d have to be closer to 40 than 30………………….

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BBO1007@reddit

I held back mentioning a red stapler the other day. Now I know why old people sometimes cry for no apparent reason.

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aes_gcm@reddit

He put my stapler in jello again!

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scubajay2001@reddit (OP)

The red stapler?

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NoTime4YourBullshit@reddit

Yarp.

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scubajay2001@reddit (OP)

🤣🤣🤣

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illknowitwhenireddit@reddit

It's even worse when you threaten to burn the place down and they don't understand the reference.

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NoTime4YourBullshit@reddit

Or put strychnine in the guacamole. I told them no salt on my margarita, NO SALT, but there were big grains of salt…..

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rwdorman@reddit

As long as you burn it down at a resonable volume....

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PhroznGaming@reddit

Milton is the og

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Carribean-Diver@reddit

Uncultured people like that should not be permitted to work in the IT field.

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TheGreatNizzo42@reddit

We were having a conversation with one of our SaaS vendors yesterday. They are going through a transition internally and our support contact apologized in advance that his response time (to questions/requests) may be impacted and slower than normal. Our manager then chimes in with 'Is there a bulletin out? What part of the application is experiencing slowness?' /sigh

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scubajay2001@reddit (OP)

It's the coffee injector sir

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sdrawkcabineter@reddit

I pull the "I just want to tell you both, good luck. We're all counting on you." from Airplane, regardless of the number of people or if there's a current incident, etc.

No one knows what any of that is, sadly... but that won't stop me.

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scubajay2001@reddit (OP)

Roger Roger, what's your vector Victor? Cleared for clearance Clarence...

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Bazstad@reddit

It's not a matter of airspeed velocity, it's a matter of weight ratios...

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HerfDog58@reddit

His people are completely literal. Metaphors are gonna go over his head.

"Nothing goes over my head. My reflexes are too fast. I would catch it."

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xendr0me@reddit

Is it bad I can picture that scene in my head.

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illknowitwhenireddit@reddit

African or European?

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F0X-BaNKai@reddit

Beat me to it ..

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illknowitwhenireddit@reddit

My wife says the same thing....

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No_Refrigerator2969@reddit

that’s what she said …

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gregarious119@reddit

Me when some system goes down: The fog is getting thicker!

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Elevated_Misanthropy@reddit

It is very dark. You might get eaten by a grue.

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scubajay2001@reddit (OP)

Ahhh the power of Zork lives on 👍

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unccvince@reddit

You targeted the wrong person for the joke. Keep doing it , it will resonate with someone some day and you'll have both a good laugh.

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scubajay2001@reddit (OP)

Valid lol

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unccvince@reddit

Only a holy grenade witll kill the Rabbit of Caerbannog :)

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DynoLa@reddit

I was working on a new headset with a young lady. She discovered after making out the volume that it would get louder if the the used the button on the headset. I said, yes it can go to 11. She wanted to know what I meant. I asked if she ever saw Spinal Tap. It's no fun when you have to explain the reference. I had to sit down after that cause my back hurt and I felt old.

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