The 12 Bugs of Christmas

(Thanks to Michael Kehir)


  For the first bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

       See if they can do it again.

  For the second bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

       Ask them how they did it and then
       See if they can do it again.

  For the third bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

       Try to reproduce it
       Ask them how they did it and then
       See if they can do it again.

  For the fourth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

       Run with the debugger
       Try to reproduce it
       Ask them how they did it and then
       See if they can do it again.

  For the fifth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

       Ask for a dump...
       Run with the debugger
       Try to reproduce it
       Ask them how they did it and then
       See if they can do it again.

  For the sixth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

       Reinstall the software
       Ask for a dump...
       Run with the debugger
       Try to reproduce it
       Ask them how they did it and then
       See if they can do it again.

  For the seventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

       Say they need an upgrade
       Reinstall the software
       Ask for a dump...
       Run with the debugger
       Try to reproduce it
       Ask them how they did it and then
       See if they can do it again.

  For the eighth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

       Find a way around it
       Say they need an upgrade
       Reinstall the software
       Ask for a dump...
       Run with the debugger
       Try to reproduce it
       Ask them how they did it and then
       See if they can do it again.

  For the ninth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

       Blame it on the hardware
       Find a way around it
       Say they need an upgrade
       Reinstall the software
       Ask for a dump...
       Run with the debugger
       Try to reproduce it
       Ask them how they did it and then
       See if they can do it again.

  For the tenth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

       Change the documentation
       Blame it on the hardware
       Find a way around it
       Say they need an upgrade
       Reinstall the software
       Ask for a dump...
       Run with the debugger
       Try to reproduce it
       Ask them how they did it and then
       See if they can do it again.

  For the eleventh bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

       Say it's not supported
       Change the documentation
       Blame it on the hardware
       Find a way around it
       Say they need an upgrade
       Reinstall the software
       Ask for a dump...
       Run with the debugger
       Try to reproduce it
       Ask them how they did it and then
       See if they can do it again.

  For the twelfth bug of Christmas, my manager said to me

       Tell them it's an undocumented feature
       Say it's not supported
       Change the documentation
       Blame it on the hardware
       Find a way around it
       Say they need an upgrade
       Reinstall the software
       Ask for a dump...
       Run with the debugger
       Try to reproduce it
       Ask them how they did it and then
       See if they can do it again.