We're in the midst of a big conversion from one reporting system to another, and this weekend is the big cut-over for all our stuff, so it's a bit stressful at work, but not too bad - if you've planned ahead. Well, I work with a guy, let's call him 'Joe', and Joe isn't happy that things aren't working out they way he wanted them to.
He's got to work out how to authenticate his stuff with the new system, and he's not having an easy time of it. Sure, it's not really all that hard, and it's not trivial, but if you stop and read what the reporting system group put out, it's easy enough - just a few details.
Well, Joe asked me what the password is for his app. I told him, and since he couldn't get it to work, he came back to my desk and asked me what the real password was. I told him it was what I had originally told him, and proceeded to plug that into my app and show him that it worked just fine.
He goes away and then later comes back and accuses me of doing something tricky.
Yeah, like thinking, you nimrod.
Anyway, he and another guy try to get his stuff working for about 3 hours, and then I finally overhear that they got it working and someone else asked him what it was.
"Uh... we had the wrong server for authentication."
Yeah... my fault. I felt like walking over and saying "I accept your apology" - even though they didn't offer one. It's the point that blaming someone for your mistakes is bad... and then not apologizing for it afterward is just plain bad manners.
But hey... that's the kind of guys I work with.