The Twelve Bugs of Christmas

"The Twelve Bugs of Christmas"*

*For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
 See if they can do it again.

For the second bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
 Ask them how they did it and
 See if they can do it again.

For the third bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
 Try to reproduce it
 Ask them how they did it and
 See if they can do it again.

For the fourth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
 Run with the debugger
 Try to reproduce it
 Ask them how they did it and
 See if they can do it again.

For the fifth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
 Ask for a dump
 Run with the debugger
 Try to reproduce it
 Ask them how they did it and
 See if they can do it again.

For the sixth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
 Reinstall the software
 Ask for a dump
 Run with the debugger
 Try to reproduce it
 Ask them how they did it and
 See if they can do it again.

For the seventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
 Say they need an upgrade
 Reinstall the software
 Ask for a dump
 Run with the debugger
 Try to reproduce it
 Ask them how they did it and
 See if they can do it again.

For the eighth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
 Find a way around it
 Say they need an upgrade
 Reinstall the software
 Ask for a dump
 Run with the debugger
 Try to reproduce it
 Ask them how they did it and
 See if they can do it again.

For the ninth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
 Blame it on the hardware
 Find a way around it
 Say they need an upgrade
 Reinstall the software
 Ask for a dump
 Run with the debugger
 Try to reproduce it
 Ask them how they did it and
 See if they can do it again.

For the tenth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
 Change the documentation
 Blame it on the hardware
 Find a way around it
 Say they need an upgrade
 Reinstall the software
 Ask for a dump
 Run with the debugger
 Try to reproduce it
 Ask them how they did it and
 See if they can do it again.

For the eleventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
 Say it's not supported
 Change the documentation
 Blame it on the hardware
 Find a way around it
 Say they need an upgrade
 Reinstall the software
 Ask for a dump
 Run with the debugger
 Try to reproduce it
 Ask them how they did it and
 See if they can do it again.

For the twelfth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me
 Tell them it's a feature
 Say it's not supported
 Change the documentation
 Blame it on the hardware
 Find a way around it
 Say they need an upgrade
 Reinstall the software
 Ask for a dump
 Run with the debugger
 Try to reproduce it
 Ask them how they did it and
 See if they can do it again.
Received on Thu Dec 31 11:56:30 2009