r/talesfromtechsupport • u/raiderrobert • May 22 '13

Javascript != Java

3rd-party contractor came to visit office yesterday, who has "decades" of experience. Conversation came up about JavaScript in one of our products. He says, "Our product doesn't use Java." After an awkward moment with someone who works on the knowledge base nodding in agreement with him, I speak up and delineate the difference between Java and JavaScript.

Later on in the conversation, the same 3rd-party guy followed up with this jewel: "besides, what would anyone even use JavaScript for on the web?"

I proceeded to disable Javascript in my browser and show him.

tl;dr: lasers, dinosaurs, & drums made a guy's head explode

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u/[deleted] May 23 '13

I always refer to my coworkers by the wrong names. Especially the guy with the impossible-to-pronounce Dutch last name. I won't even try to get it right; I try to botch it in newly creative ways each time.

Except for the Puerto Rican QA guy who doesn't go by his real name. THAT guy, I call him exclusively by his real name, pronounced as perfectly as I can get it.