I locked my project manager out of our office gaming server.
By @gabehm · Gaming
After my project manager blew up my four-hour decorative build because it wasn't 'resource efficient,' I changed the server credentials to revoke his admin privileges. Now the team is split on whether kicking your actual boss from a casual video game is insubordination.
The full story
Our department set up a private Discord server last quarter ostensibly for 'team bonding and off-topic banter.' Naturally, someone spun up a dedicated realm for a popular survival crafting game so five of us could mess around together after hours. The issue started when our senior project manager joined the server. He plays the game exactly how he manages product roadmaps: rigid Gantt-chart efficiency, mandatory supply quotas, and zero creative expression. Over the weekend, my coworker and I spent four hours gathering timber and stone to build a massive, architecturally absurd gothic clock tower right in the middle of our coastal settlement. On Monday morning at 8:45 AM, our manager logged onto the voice channel before standup and told us he spent his Sunday evening leveling the entire tower with explosives because it occupied 'prime staging real estate' for an automated iron refinery. I looked at our base map, and sure enough, where our ornamental tower stood was now a flat grid of concrete foundation blocks and standardized storage crates. When I pushed back and said it took us half our weekend to build, he casually replied that individual vanity projects run counter to the collective survival goals of the group, and that we really should have submitted an itemized site proposal in the chat before claiming a high-traffic zone. I immediately changed the realm administrative password and locked him out of the world files until we could establish some basic ground rules about unilateral destruction. Now half the office thinks it was an incredible power move, while two other coworkers are claiming I crossed a boundary by retaliating against leadership over a recreational block game.
How people voted
- Totally Cooked — 35% (27 votes)
- It’s Complicated — 37% (29 votes)
- You’re Fine — 28% (22 votes)
Readers are split: “It’s Complicated” leads with 37% — 78 votes and 5 comments so far.
What people are saying
@codyy — You don't play games with people who sign your paychecks.
@masonkinda — Did you bother telling him you guys were planning a massive build there before you spent four hours on it?
@marahm — Good for you standing your ground, creative hobbies are meant to be fun and relaxing after a hard day at work!
@umakk — My old shift supervisor used to do this in our group chat with fantasy football rosters until three people straight up quit the league over waivers.
@jaredyk — lmaooo
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