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Bingo of crappy IT processes (lemmy.ml)
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[–] 11 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

It's actually not a crime to mercy kill and dispose of the body of anyone who says "Well, it's a simple task. Are you having difficulty?".

It's an obscure and weirdly specific law.

(This is a joke, of course.)

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have spent the past 20 years cultivating a variety of tones in which to utter my standard reply to such nonsense:

    "Cool. You do it then."

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    That's a great way to handle it.

    I like to pass them the ticket and schedule the next open hour on their calendar for them to teach me how to do it, if they're a developer. Sometimes they do, because I was genuinely missing something easy. Usually they get to awkwardly discuss why they don't have it done yet, either.

    When the person isn't even a developer, I'll explain the usual process between developers, and give them a chance to beg their way out of it.

    If they don't beg off, I schedule them anyway and see if they can actually at least "rubber duck" me through the problem. (Sometimes it even works.)

    I've had a couple peers discover (or rekindle) their love for development this way. Most just make up a reason not to make the meeting, though.

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