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BOFH: Press 1. Press 2. Press whatever you damn well LIKE
On the helldesk, nobody can hear you scream
Round and round went the great big wheel...
>beep<
Gold bar taken.
"Press 8 again", I suggest.
>beep<
You are in the support room. A sign in front of you says "Mission Control: Entry Fee, 5 Gold Bars".
"Press 8 again," the PFY says.
>beep<
Your way is barred by a support troll who wants to be paid.
”Okay,” I say reassuringly. “Press 2 twice and that should get you back to where we started.”
>beep< >beep<
You are in a maze of twisty little support options all alike.
"Okay so it's non-grid which means that 2 Norths followed by 2 Souths doesn't get you back to where you were. I'd just stumble around a while and draw a map of where you are. And pick up gold bars when possible."
We leave the Boss to it.
About 10 minutes later there's a waterfall of "FUCK"s and some more crashes.
west you are outside an IT middle management office. Through the sight glass in the door you can see an angry IT middle management person and a very broken 7960.
"A THIEF CAME AND STOLE MY GOLD BARS!" rages the Boss. "Now I want you to either BYPASS this or GIVE ME BACK MY ACCESS TO THE HELPDESK ROOM! RIGHT FUCKING NOW!"
open door west You are in an IT middle management office in disarray. There is an angry boss here There is a broken 7960 here
examine pocket
There is a heavily customised cattleprod here. The lamp on the cattleprod is glowing very brightly...
KZERT
I don't understand that.
KZZERT
You are in an IT middle management office in disarray. There is an unconscious boss here...
Biting the hand that feeds IT
