BOFH: I Talked to Claude and He Says You're an Idiot
The Register, Friday, October 23rd, 2026
BOFH: the Bastard Operator and the PFY burn decades of accrued sick leave, with an AI chatbot cited as their HR adviser.
In the latest BOFH episode, the Bastard Operator From Hell discovers that decades of carried-over contract benefits include a mountain of accumulated sick leave.
He and the PFY start taking suspiciously convenient sick days, from hacking coughs to campylobacter, and the Boss notices they seem to be falling ill in alphabetical order.
When challenged about the lack of medical certificates, the BOFH explains that he checked with Claude, which told him his contract only requires one for illnesses of three or more consecutive days.
The exchange escalates in typical BOFH fashion.