Our office Wi-Fi password has been the same for six years: "Jessica2019."
Every new hire asks who Jessica is.
Nobody knows. Except Tom, the IT guy. Tom set it up. Tom refuses to change it.
We found out from the receptionist. Jessica is Tom's ex-girlfriend. They broke up in 2019. He set the password the same week.
For six years, 80 of us have typed his ex's name about 20 times a day.
Last month, Tom handed out wedding invitations to the whole office.
We opened them in the kitchen.
Then everyone went very quiet.
The bride's name was...
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Our company has a rule: any purchase over $500 needs a director's signature. Directors take about six weeks.
Our coffee machine broke in January. A new one costs $996.
We asked. "Six weeks."
By week three, someone was drinking instant coffee out of a soup bowl.
So my manager had an idea.
She placed two orders. Same day. Same supplier.
"Coffee machine: top half. $498."
"Coffee machine: bottom half. $498."
Both approved automatically.
It arrived on Thursday. We were drinking real coffee by 10am.
On Friday, the finance director walked into our kitchen holding two invoices...
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Our office Wi-Fi password has been the same for six years: "Jessica2019."
Every new hire asks who Jessica is.
Nobody knows. Except Tom, the IT guy. Tom set it up. Tom refuses to change it.
We found out from the receptionist. Jessica is Tom's ex-girlfriend. They broke up in 2019. He set the password the same week.
For six years, 80 of us have typed his ex's name about 20 times a day.
Last month, Tom handed out wedding invitations to the whole office.
We opened them in the kitchen.
Then everyone went very quiet.
The bride's name was...
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