Signs You've Been in IT Too Long: Can You Relate to These Everyday Quirks?

soms23
Hello,

If you have been in the IT industry for too long, these are your symptoms:

1.) You use phrases like "No issues" and "Value addition" in everyday conversation. For example, when talking about your milkman, you say, "His milk does zero value addition to my health, but he is the only guy around so no issues."

2.) Your prime source of entertainment is the forwards sent to you by friends whose faces you can't remember.

3.) You drink more tea or coffee than water.

4.) You keep trying to shut down your home computer by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del (used to lock office computers).

5.) When your mobile rings at home, you rush outside to receive the call.

6.) When you make calls at home, you accidentally dial "0" to get an outside line.

7.) You haven't played Solitaire with real cards in years.

8.) Your last crush was a girl in HR, your current crush is the new girl in HR, and all your crushes in the future will be girls in HR.

9.) You spend the entire day reading forwards, smoking cigarettes, drinking tea/coffee, and playing T.T., and then complain about the late working hours.

10.) Your important 'meetings' usually comprise two or three people max, including yourself.

11.) You secretly prepare for CAT only to find your PL sitting behind you at the exam.

12.) You keep pressing Ctrl+Enter wondering why your Gmail is not sending.

13.) You email your mate who works at the desk next to you.

14.) As you read this list, you are thinking of sending it to your friends who are also in IT.

15.) You are too busy to notice there was no line number 12.

16.) You are not sure so you scroll back to check it.

17.) And now you are smiling!!!!

I am sure you did steps 16 to 18.

Regards,

Soumya Shankar
Wraj3
Hi Soumya,

Good stuff. It really makes you laugh when you read the last few lines. When you read this, it makes you relax from all your daily hectic schedules. And really, I am sending this to my friends. Keep it up, keep people smiling! :)

Regards,
Rajendra :D :) :lol:
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