Yes, I think nowadays that matrix is less likely to exist 😉.
I have worked in a couple of teams where managers sent round a survey to create such a thing, but it wasn’t maintained and I suspect probably not really referred to much either.
I have worked in a couple of teams where managers sent round a survey to create such a thing, but it wasn’t maintained and I suspect probably not really referred to much either.
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Yes, I think nowadays that matrix is less likely to exist 😉.
I have worked in a couple of teams where managers sent round a survey to create such a thing, but it wasn’t maintained and I suspect probably not really referred to much either.
I have worked in a couple of teams where managers sent round a survey to create such a thing, but it wasn’t maintained and I suspect probably not really referred to much either.
So not ones involving managers assigning work to salaried employees at a large corporation, then? Like this story is about?
December 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
So not ones involving managers assigning work to salaried employees at a large corporation, then? Like this story is about?
If only INTERCAL had been on that approved language list, they could have used computed COME FROMs 😈
December 7, 2025 at 11:49 PM
If only INTERCAL had been on that approved language list, they could have used computed COME FROMs 😈
Possibly they have a nostalgic fondness for FORTRAN and enjoyed the exercise? Years ago I quite liked playing with zOS ISPF, as long as I wasn’t under any pressure to actually achieve anything useful with it 🙂
December 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Possibly they have a nostalgic fondness for FORTRAN and enjoyed the exercise? Years ago I quite liked playing with zOS ISPF, as long as I wasn’t under any pressure to actually achieve anything useful with it 🙂
In what universe do two-week management-whim rush projects come with comprehensive formal specifications and requirements?
December 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
In what universe do two-week management-whim rush projects come with comprehensive formal specifications and requirements?
Also water is wet and the Pope has a balcony.
December 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Also water is wet and the Pope has a balcony.
That’s just OCR, surely? My dad’s home scanner software did it badly in the late 90s, it’s got a lot better since.
December 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
That’s just OCR, surely? My dad’s home scanner software did it badly in the late 90s, it’s got a lot better since.
Is that much better than just pasting it into Google with quotes round it?
December 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Is that much better than just pasting it into Google with quotes round it?
I took a selection of cheese and charcuterie to Confuzzled this year, so I don’t see anything particularly odd about that. The briefcase, though, seems an unusual choice for transporting it.
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I took a selection of cheese and charcuterie to Confuzzled this year, so I don’t see anything particularly odd about that. The briefcase, though, seems an unusual choice for transporting it.
The solution that turned out to work best for me was to headbutt him in front of a whole crowd of people. He left me alone after that.
December 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The solution that turned out to work best for me was to headbutt him in front of a whole crowd of people. He left me alone after that.
Apparently there’s something of a gonorrhoea epidemic in care homes at the moment.
December 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Apparently there’s something of a gonorrhoea epidemic in care homes at the moment.
Same reason it’s embarrassing to be seen in your underwear even if it covers *more* than your swimming costume.
December 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Same reason it’s embarrassing to be seen in your underwear even if it covers *more* than your swimming costume.
Did I imagine it, or did Ozy once observe that going to school with no trousers ensured that at least Jeremy could never give him a wedgie before stuffing him into a bin?
December 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Did I imagine it, or did Ozy once observe that going to school with no trousers ensured that at least Jeremy could never give him a wedgie before stuffing him into a bin?
I bet the twats who are wearing them now were really pleased to find such distinctive clothing at the charity shop, so you still brought joy by donating it.
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I bet the twats who are wearing them now were really pleased to find such distinctive clothing at the charity shop, so you still brought joy by donating it.
As everyone else is saying, it’s a sort of bastardised Russian salad and I think it could be ok. Not as part of a turkey dinner though. Put it on the salad table at a summer barbecue and I think it would fit right in.
November 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
As everyone else is saying, it’s a sort of bastardised Russian salad and I think it could be ok. Not as part of a turkey dinner though. Put it on the salad table at a summer barbecue and I think it would fit right in.
Definitely run into my fair share of people who think that if you publish something to the internet, it’s not *really* published until you make the press release.
In one case even at a URL reused from last year which people still had in their bookmarks and browser histories.
In one case even at a URL reused from last year which people still had in their bookmarks and browser histories.
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Definitely run into my fair share of people who think that if you publish something to the internet, it’s not *really* published until you make the press release.
In one case even at a URL reused from last year which people still had in their bookmarks and browser histories.
In one case even at a URL reused from last year which people still had in their bookmarks and browser histories.
That man who’s scared of a woman being his equal is definitely not a “high value” one.
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 AM
That man who’s scared of a woman being his equal is definitely not a “high value” one.
Send hippos instead, those really make a mess 😁
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Send hippos instead, those really make a mess 😁
I don’t know what unicorn poop is like, but it feels like it’s probably fragrant and sparkly and not really all that much of a curse to wish on someone.
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I don’t know what unicorn poop is like, but it feels like it’s probably fragrant and sparkly and not really all that much of a curse to wish on someone.
Now I’m sort of curious what that “crazy moon language” looks like.
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Now I’m sort of curious what that “crazy moon language” looks like.
I cancelled in the earlyish stages of covid, so I could imagine that their processes were in a mess from trying to hastily switch everyone to working from home. But instead of admitting that they might have lost something, they ignored all evidence and stubbornly insisted I had not cancelled.
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I cancelled in the earlyish stages of covid, so I could imagine that their processes were in a mess from trying to hastily switch everyone to working from home. But instead of admitting that they might have lost something, they ignored all evidence and stubbornly insisted I had not cancelled.
They ended up passing it to a debt recovery company, who took one look at my case notes, acknowledged that Virgin had screwed up, and apologised for bothering me. Probably wasn’t the first such case for them.
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
They ended up passing it to a debt recovery company, who took one look at my case notes, acknowledged that Virgin had screwed up, and apologised for bothering me. Probably wasn’t the first such case for them.
Whereas I cancelled mine (with a record of doing so, for obvious reasons) and they claimed I hadn’t and tried to pursue me for payments from after the contract had ended.
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Whereas I cancelled mine (with a record of doing so, for obvious reasons) and they claimed I hadn’t and tried to pursue me for payments from after the contract had ended.