Would firing an RPG into QA department considered a good deed? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: capt bullshot
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2018, 01:27:35 pm
content: Got an internal form sheet returned because it wasn't the latest version.Difference between latest and the one I used:None in content / substance, but the fields to fill in were in different orderNow accounting 4 billable hours onto the project just because this pissed me off.

author: Ice-Tea
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2018, 01:33:21 pm
content: *shrugs*Having to use the latest version of documents makes a lot of sense. And letting someone of because, in your case, it doesn't really matter sends out a bad signal. With my kids I sometimes also stick to certain rules even if at that time they are less applicable. Because, if not, mayhem and chaos soon enter.

author: GerryBags
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2018, 01:38:07 pm
content: Maybe not an RPG, slight overkill, but it sounds like a box of stink bombs in the air-conditioning inlet is definitely justified. Or, a banana up the tail pipe? Haddock in the drawer? Chilli on the coffee cups? There are many ways to exact office revenge which should be explored before 'going postal'.

author: NivagSwerdna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2018, 01:48:11 pm
content: Quote from: capt bullshot on June 12, 2018, 01:27:35 pmSounds like you are due for being dragged and taken away to a dark place for 'training'.

author: Rick Law
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2018, 10:32:20 pm
content: Quote from: capt bullshot on June 12, 2018, 01:27:35 pmMay be they are scanning it in and OCR it? If so, the position of the fields may be important.(Why don't they use web forms?)

author: metrologist
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 12, 2018, 11:16:57 pm
content: Quote from: NivagSwerdna on June 12, 2018, 01:48:11 pmHaha, make a big enough stink and the whole division may get assigned corporate training, and you'll be the bad guy.

author: Hypernova
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 13, 2018, 01:25:25 am
content: Quote from: Rick Law on June 12, 2018, 10:32:20 pmSuch OCR system should also scan for version/type field at a know location and adjust accordingly. If that's the one that got changed tho...

author: gildasd
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2018, 07:00:34 am
content: RPG, yes, but what model? Oh the choices one faces when going postal is more than a vague temptation...http://www.armyrecognition.com/russia_russian_army_light_heavy_weapons_uk/rpg-7_anti-tank_grenade_rocket_launcher_technical_data_sheet_specifications_information_description.htmlThe frag option seems the most obvious for internal correspondence.But if their email was in ComicSans, then thermobaric is the way to go.Howether, I must remind you of the back blast, and that taking out QA might also knock out accounts behind you, and that’s where the morning doughnuts are.Lastly, removing the ink pads from their “stamps of power” might be a cheaper, more satisfying option that will not land you in a box with manslaughter charges.

author: Ice-Tea
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2018, 07:13:41 am
content: You know, next you ask permission to access the lab, I think I'm going to say "no".

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2018, 07:19:58 am
content: They’re probably right on this one. However they aren’t always.The best retaliation to QA when they block something fit for purpose is finding something they missed and then sending it to the entire QA mail alias. I had one a week ago where they closed a ticket I raised as fixed and clearly didn’t even test it so tore them a new one. Joys of being a contractor and outrank them at the same time. I don’t have to get on with themThe only reliable QA is fully automated and reproducible QA so its pretty easy finding holes.

author: g.lewarne
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2018, 02:37:28 pm
content: 1) Buy a big bag of Sugar Free haribo gummy bears from eBay2) Place a large quantity in bowl3) Place bowl in targeted work area4) Remove all but 1 roll of toilet paper from each bathroom stall5) Wait an hour or so(for reference, check our LA Beasts video on the sugar free haribo bears)

author: bd139
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2018, 02:50:30 pm
content: I’m liking that idea

author: MT
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2018, 03:11:47 pm
content: Quote from: g.lewarne on June 13, 2018, 02:37:28 pm3.5: Sprinkle the Harribo gummi bears with a laxative.

author: g.lewarne
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2018, 03:23:22 pm
content: Quote from: MT on June 13, 2018, 03:11:47 pmusually no need with the sugar free ones. Hence the evilness of my plan.

author: MT
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2018, 04:05:46 pm
content: I see the evilness of your plan i just wanted to add laxative as to give the plan a more immediately and desperately chaotic character..

author: dmills
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2018, 04:09:09 pm
content: Smoke alarm with a OLD battery, stick it to the back of a filing cabinet or under a desk or such, the beeping will drive 'em wild and the thing will be a bugger to find.Regards, Dan.

author: g.lewarne
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2018, 04:18:14 pm
content: Quote from: MT on June 13, 2018, 04:05:46 pmextra evil. love it!

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2018, 04:40:11 pm
content: Put fish, broccoli, and brussel sprouts in the coffee machine, run it for awhile, then remove it.Next time they go to use it...

author: CopperCone
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2018, 04:40:42 pm
content: All these ideas are amature hour. If you want to wreck havok and herold a new reign of terror then convince one of their managers that they should use time sheets.Be careful this is basically biological warfare and it may spread to your department.

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2018, 04:52:26 pm
content: 1. Render their PCs unusable somehow (nick all power cords or something)2. hide a typewriter somewhere in a large drawer they frequent (like a file cabinet), label it "macrohard office"3. place a stack of dusty paper on their desks with a sticky that says "find the solution" (maybe a clue hunt to the typewriter)4. watch a typewriter get thrown out a window

author: dmills
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 13, 2018, 06:10:06 pm
content: Quote from: CopperCone on June 13, 2018, 04:40:42 pmOuch, that is low, I like it!Requiring them to 10 minute granularity (and making sure there is no task code for silly administrivia) would just make it cruel and unusual.Creating a whole pile of official looking forms with names like "weekly accounting process compliance status audit report (To be completed weekly)", dumping them on a shared drive and then letting the ISO 9000 auditor find them is fun as well, actually calling them TPS reports would be funny but would probably give the game away.A variant is to make sure a new departmental manager in the victim department finds them. When writing these, channel your inner CEO and let the pointless corporate drivel flow.Regards, Dan.

author: Mr. Scram
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 14, 2018, 06:21:07 am
content: Quote from: MT on June 13, 2018, 04:05:46 pmLaxative gets you caught. Nobody can complain about someone handing out free candy. Candy everyone can eat lots of, because it's sugar free. How thoughtful.

author: rdl
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 14, 2018, 12:01:30 pm
content: I'm guessing these are sweetened with sorbital? Sorbital is used in many brands of sugar-free chewing gum. I once went through a pack and a half of gum in one morning. I had to google what went wrong with me that afternoon. I found out a major use for sorbital is laxative.

author: jsi
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 14, 2018, 08:19:59 pm
content: Quote from: rdl on June 14, 2018, 12:01:30 pmThose gummy bears are sweetened with Lycasin (sugar alcohols) And I can tell you, from personal experience, that the amazon reviews are 100% correct.They may even understate the "rewards" of eating Lycasin. In my case I bought some sugar free chocolate while on a road trip across the American southwest desert. I was literally squatting by the side of the road, because there were NO restrooms for 50+ miles. I can totally laugh about it now, but it wasn't so funny at the time.As for what to give overly anal QA people, this is perfect!

author: MT
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 15, 2018, 12:55:33 am
content: Quote from: Mr. Scram on June 14, 2018, 06:21:07 amMr g.lewarne whole plan i guessed was based on that the bowl of gummy bears had a sticker on it saying;From management for the company's achievement of latest mega sale.Did you miss that? Sometimes called "fast inverted false flag operation". Sorbitol have a side effect it takes some hours before things start to take place and some of the managment might have gone home by then or taking a surprise dump in the front seat of thier posh BMW or perhaps in their learjet at 10 000m which would be kinda entertaining!