Who, Me?: 'If I wasn't already taking blood pressure meds, I'm sure I would not have survived'

This is still considered bad form in the UK, apparently.

On Call: With only BASIC knowledge to fall back on, and a typing pool in tears, the OFF switch looked very attractive

Jenny had been perfectly happy working on a series of projects for her company, before someone said, "Hey, we need you to build a desktop GUI for an existing API."
The request wasn't the problem, per se. The API, on the other hand, absolutely was.

Barry rolled into work at 8:30AM to see the project manager waiting at the door, wringing her hands and sweating. She paced a bit while Barry badged in, and then immediately explained the issue:
Today was a major release of their new features. This wasn't just a mere software change; the new release was tied to major changes to a new product line- actual widgets rolling off an assembly line right now. And those changes didn't work.