Archive for June, 2007

Josef and the Amazing Technicolor Font

Friday, June 22nd, 2007

He’s doing it again.

El Jefe: “To ease the sting of delivering the product [six months late], I was thinking…”

Captain Sarcastic: “Please, stop.”

El Jefe: “… let’s add a new font or two.”

Captain Sarcastic: “It always comes down to colored fonts with you, doesn’t it?”

El Jefe: “Wouldn’t that be valuable to customers?”

Captain Sarcastic: “You just told me we’re going to need twelve sigma staffing to deliver the product.”  [I really want to say: you are fucking insane.] “With what resource?”

El Jefe: “I’m thinking of using off-shore labor to do the work.

Captain Sarcastic: [Of course.  He wants me to justify this for him.]  “So no matter what I say, you’re going to do this anyway, right?”

El Jefe: [blank stare, Waiting... for... selective... input...]

Captain Sarcastic: “Wingdings.”