I thought it was an intentional joke but he didn’t seem to think it was funny, even when I explained the “404: Office Not Found”.

I still think it’s objectively funny.

  • twice_twotimes
    61·
    1 year ago

    Holy shit finally. I’m a professor and my office is Room 404 of a building that’s a completely impossible maze. Students routinely show up 15 minutes late unable to locate my office, and I have tried so desperately to get literally anyone to laugh at my “Error 404 Room Not Found” jokes with no success.

    • alignedchaos
      12·
      1 year ago

      If he felt that way he could’ve changed the listing on the intranet. It’s not like he’d lack access

      • bus_factor@lemmy.world
        51·
        1 year ago

        So you’re saying it probably was just some random coworkers who changed it to 404 in the first place? Then IT is probably getting sick of it, too.

  • xkforce@lemmy.world
    161·
    1 year ago

    IT has probably heard that joke enough times that they wish the next person that tells it steps on lego blocks barefoot in the dark.

    • theragu40@lemmy.world
      11·
      1 year ago

      I work in IT. This is the kind of stupid joke we live for. I’m pretty darn jaded but this is absolutely something I would lean into. I’m disappointed in the IT manager who is the subject of this post.

        • theragu40@lemmy.world
          5·
          1 year ago

          Maybe I’m just a stupid asshole lol.

          I’ve been in IT for almost 20 years. There probably was a time in the middle of that run where I’d have felt like you do. There comes a time where things go full circle and you get so jaded that you decide to accept or even embrace the stupidity. I have up laugh at objectively dumb shit or I go insane. Helps me save my “angry energy” for things that really need it.

    • grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world
      51·
      1 year ago

      I have a kid and a dog. A chewed dog toy of the “incredibly hard for aggressive chewers” is like stepping on Lego sharpened by Japanese swordsmiths who then used it to make new teeth for a piranha that’s biting your foot.

    • Bizarroland@kbin.social
      62·
      1 year ago

      I work in IT and if I had the option of having an office 404 I would take it and then use societal pressure to dare people to actually make that joke.

      And if they did I would take the security cam photo of them walking up to my office and post it on the wall outside of my office on the Wall of shame.

      The Wall of shame board currently is empty, but I have thought about putting up a sign from Wikipedia that says you can help by expanding it

    • moistclump@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      1 year ago

      He didn’t get it. Blank stare. “Oh I was looking for you at 404. Thought that was funny.” “My office isn’t there.” “Yeh, but it’s 404. And you weren’t found.” “My office is here.” “Okay. Well anyway…”