Flux Larson, Dave Starling’s boss, arrived in the office later than usual at 9:30am. Penelope Crank looked up from her desk where she had once again been saving the…Read More
Christmas Special
Dave Starling, IT Manager, was sitting at his desk nursing the worst hangover of his life. He had the odd flashback pop up which made him feel even sicker. Had…Read More
Episode 17 – The Bechdel Test
“Must feed the cattle.” Brenda de la Rue, Dave Starling’s boss’s boss was mumbling to herself in the lift. “I’m sorry?” Justina Goose thought the comment might be important and…Read More
Episode 16 – Leadership Dinner
Brenda de la Rue was in the office of the CIO, Rupert Onion, discussing strategy. Only, since he was trendy and didn’t have an office, they were actually sitting at…Read More
Episode 15 – Hiring a One
Dave Starling, IT Manager, realised that he was in a hole. Despite the presence of Barry McGuigan, moron developer, who’s only contribution to the team was to ask questions that…Read More
Episode 14 – Appraisals Part 1
David Starling, IT Manager and unlikely hero of this story, felt that the monthly Operations Meeting seemed to be coming around quicker and quicker, while his development as an IT…Read More
Episode 13 – The Consultants
David Starling, IT Manager, was at his desk working on a PowerPoint presentation. He looked enviously at Chris Tackle who was sat next to him writing code with his headphones…Read More
Episode 12 – Virtual Machines
Barry McGuigan, possibly the worst developer ever, was more excited than usual. “The Google Cloud team are here! They are giving stuff away, does anyone want anything?” “The fucking what?”…Read More
Episode 11 – Bring a Kid to Work Day
Brenda de la Rue was having her monthly meeting with Fiona Foil, Head of HR. To avoid the awkward silence of meeting alone, they had both brought a group of…Read More
Episode 10 – Start-Up Returns
Brenda de la Rue was sitting in a meeting room with fifteen people discussing a critical project. Apart from occasionally interrupting someone to correct their grammar, or to make statements…Read More