The reported annual savings for taxpayers from the government’s stopping production of the penny: $56 million. The annual cost to […]
Tag Archive for ‘Folly’
The CVE/MITRE thing
Here’s what CVE is, via The Register: The 25-year-old CVE program plays a huge role in vulnerability management. It is […]
19. Upsales suck, and this company keeps the stupidest secrets
This morning, shortly after opening and after the usual exchange of is-everyone-actually-ready and are-we-out-of-anything, and after the first large order, […]
Gary the phone scammer, and other idiots
Sometimes it isn’t customers or coworkers making my job harder or damaging my calm. Sometimes it’s phone scammers. The one […]
It’s the little things: a ream of BS
I’ve mentioned the register counter as a paperwork and memo display point before, but one day recently it saw slightly […]
It’s the little things: policy changes
Here’s how a company run by sensible people could have reacted to the recent change in the federal smoking age: […]
How many anti-stealing policies does it take to annoy people?
Here’s what a reasonable rule for employee purchases would look like: Stealing from the company is grounds for termination. It’s […]
It’s the little things: the slice buttons
My employer sells pizza, and one of its more successful and long-running twofer sales has been on two slices. It’s […]
An idiot at NBC claimed to own Beat Saber’s soundtrack
There’s a video game called Beat Saber, in which you wear a VR headset and basically play drums with lightsabers. […]
Holden Matthews, the third face of evil
The subject of this post is Holden Matthews, age 21, of Louisiana. He was a “frustrated musician” whose parents didn’t […]
Ray of Infamy 