WTF Stories of the Week

[Kevy Baby]

I come in here looking for something amusing to make me smile and you post this painful reminder of the human condition

[SzczerbiakManiac]

I just had this call. In preparation for a computer replacement later this afternoon, this user attempted to copy the contents of her My Documents folder to a USB drive. What she actually did was make shortcuts to all of her files instead of actually copying them. Unfortunately, she didn't become aware of this until after she deleted all of her My Documents on her hard drive and emptied the Recycle Bin.

What the fück were you thinking lady? Why would you delete the source files in the first place, let alone before you verified they copied okay?!?

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

I just had this call. In preparation for a computer replacement later this afternoon, this user attempted to copy the contents of her My Documents folder to a USB drive. What she actually did was make shortcuts to all of her files instead of actually copying them. Unfortunately, she didn't become aware of this until after she deleted all of her My Documents on her hard drive and emptied the Recycle Bin.

What the fück were you thinking lady? Why would you delete the source files in the first place, let alone before you verified they copied okay?!?

As a tech why would you trust a user to backup their own files? I always make that my job when doing a computer replacement.

[Ghoulish Delight]

To me, the WTF part of this story is probably not what was intended.

The story in a nutshell - High school girl dies suddenly of unknown causes. 2 weeks late, school's computer system spits out an automated latter warning that if the girl doesn't improve attendance, she will be ineligible to attend prom. Parents are understandably miffed.

So, then, what's the obvious reaction to being painfully reminded of your daughters tragic death? Why, contacting news outlets and having the story on the evening news and in print, of course! "I'm so offended by having to see my daughter's name brought up, that I'm going to make sure it's brought up to everybody within earshot!"

I will never understand the "call the news!!!" mentality some people have in these situations.

And wtf is with the ridiculous, "I refuse to accept the apology" attitude over a simple computer mistake? Something ain't right about these parents.

[SzczerbiakManiac]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

As a tech why would you trust a user to backup their own files?

I wouldn't trust a luser to turn the damn computer on, they're all so frelling incompetent. But I suspect the policy is due to timing/budget. We just don't have the staffing to sit at the workstation while gigabytes worth of useless crap gets copied.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Parents are understandably miffed.

I don't know that I even buy into "understandably miffed."

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Alex

I don't know that I even buy into "understandably miffed."

I can understand that much. I wouldn't go so far as to say "justifiably" miffed, but understandably. I certainly won't fault someone who just lost a daughter for having a knee-jerk irrational emotional reaction. It's the follow through of pointless continued public indignation that baffles me.

[Snowflake]

Um, I think this policeman needs some therapy and to be relieved of his job. Obviously the motto there is not "To Protect and to Serve"

Officer drew gun during traffic stop of NFL player outside hospital

The Dallas Police Department confirmed Thursday that an officer drew a gun on NFL running back Ryan Moats and his wife after he stopped them to give them a ticket even as they begged to hurry to the bedside of their dying mother.

As he rushed his family to the hospital, Ryan Moats, 26, rolled through a red light. A Dallas police officer pulled their SUV over outside the emergency room at the Baylor Regional Medical Center at Plano.

“He was pointing a gun at me as soon as I got out of the car,” said his wife, Tamishia Moats. “It was the weirdest feeling because I’ve never had a gun pointed at me before under those circumstances.”

Seconds later, Ryan Moats and his wife explained that her mother was dying inside the hospital.

“You really want to go through this right now?” Moats pleaded. “My mother-in-law is dying. Right now!”

A Dallas police spokesman said that Officer Robert Powell told his commanders that he drew his gun, but did not point it. Lt. Andy Harvey said it is not unusual for officers to draw a gun without pointing it. Drawing a gun is not unusual in traffic stops where officers feel threatened.

Powell, 25, spent long minutes writing Moats a ticket and threatened him with arrest during the incident.

“I can screw you over,” the officer told Moats. “I’d rather not do that.”

Another hospital staffer came out and spoke with a Plano police officer who had arrived.

“Hey, that’s the nurse,” the Plano officer told Powell. “She said that the mom’s dying right now, and she’s wanting to know if they can get him up there before she dies.”

“All right,” Powell replied. “I’m almost done.”

As Moats signed the ticket, Powell continued his lecture.

“Attitude’s everything,” he said. “All you had to do is stop, tell me what was going on. More than likely, I would have let you go.”

It had been about 13 minutes.

Moats and Collinsworth’s father went into the hospital, where they found Collinsworth had died, with her daughter at her side.

Full article here

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

As a tech why would you trust a user to backup their own files? I always make that my job when doing a computer replacement.

And why are users storing documents locally anyway? If these were business files they should have been stored on the servers and backed up.
What happens in the case of a drive failure, virus, deliberate deletion? It sounds like you are running quite a bit of risk.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

Um, I think this policeman needs some therapy and to be relieved of his job. Obviously the motto there is not "To Protect and to Serve"

I hope he's repaid the same courtesy when he loses a loved one.