Bastard Operator From Hell (Version 1.0)

by Simon Travaglia, Pete Abrams (Illustrator)

Lurking in the darkest recesses of an ancient computer center lies an eldritch evil who really hates to have his marathon Doom sessions interrupted.

A ringing phone brings his malign attention to bear upon some snivelling, whiny, computer user who doesn't have the intelligence God gave a box of cake mix.

These are the tales of anguish and woe that befell the clueless gits who were stupid enough to seek his help. They dared call:

The Bastard Operator from Hell

Genres: Humor, Technology

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Neil · Rating 5 out of 5]

What's your username? :-)

[Wetdryvac · Rating 4 out of 5]

Of all the things I never expected to see turn up... bring out the quicklime, it's the BOFH.

[Mansi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hahaha. What can I say about this book. Just try it and if the humour works for you then it's a delight to read a few pages from every so often.

The initial bits are definitely better than the latter ones but despite the repititiveness it's good fun.

[Björn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious, inappropriate, and brilliant

[Pedro · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've read most of those during the USENET days. Now compiled as a book it's delicious.

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Too much of my professional life is based on what I learned from reading BOFH in the 90's.

[Daniel Galassi · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you work in IT, and you need a good laugh... read this book. Its a collection of very short stories and each of those will find you smiling over 60 seconds.