Porter Arrows

So, I used to run the helpdesk at work, and like most helpdesk people, I delt with mind-numbing stupidity on an hourly basis. One such memorable ticket, said "there are arrows in the porter" and nothing else. That was it! Just "there are arrows in the porter". I had visions of some poor dead bellhop, a mad archer dancing across the roof tops, merrily laughing at his latest kill.

So, we have an internal application that the reps use called "portal". After thinkking our our dear mad archer, I replied back, "Do you mean, 'Portal'?"

"Yes!" Came the indignant reply. The nerve, asking for some kind of confirmation, I guess.

So, this became short hand. Whenever I had to hand someone something really, obnoxiously stupid, I'd warn them first, "Dude - porter arrows." That way, they'd know...