Everyone loves game developers

[WearySky]

@SpunkyTWS

But when I say, “The ‘Reply’ function won’t allow me to reply” and I get, “Why would you need it to do that?” it’s frustrating. Especially when I take the time to explain, as politely and articulately as possible, why it’s needed, and what I get back is, “Okay, but why would you need it to do that?” Or, worse, “No one else has reported this problem”, which is especially frustrating when the person sitting next to me has also reported it.

Yeah, those guys are just lazy assholes. And in my 20-ish years doing software development, I have luckily never worked with a developer who would actually do something that blatant (although I hope your example is simplified for the sake of making your point, if it’s not I am absolutely HORRIFIED on behalf of all developers, everywhere). Those are the times when you really hope your company has a structure where you can escalate something like that to your manager.