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NEWS: Apparently, Newark Liberty International Airport still uses floppy discs. The Top 10 Signs Your Business's Technology Is Woefully Out of Date | Your fire extinguisher company's sole product is a pamphlet on how to perform a rain dance. Your striking carrier pigeons are refusing to deliver texts. After Aaron Rodgers declined your offer, the scouting department's computer suggests you give Dan Marino a call. Consultants identified 10 hours of productivity lost every week in the time it takes employees to untangle the cords on their rotary phones. Your Travel Departments GPS system consists of two employees yelling "Marco" and "Polo." Your teenage cashiers wear matching friendship bracelets made out of beads filched from the checkout abacus. Sanctions on Russia make it impossible to replace the tubes in your mainframe. Half the office is in a state of euphoria from the mimeograph chemicals. Your "cloud backup" is a guy named Steve with an SD card and an office on the top floor. Miller, Smith and Cartwright isn't your legal team, it's your list of job openings.

The Top 10 Signs Your Business's Technology Is Woefully Out of Date | Selected from 73 submissions sent in by 26 contributors. Your fire extinguisher company's sole product is a pamphlet on how to perform a rain dance. (Dave Wesley, Sacramento, CA) Your striking carrier pigeons are refusing to deliver texts. (Carl Knorr, Schaumburg, IL | Glenn Marcus, Washington, DC) After Aaron Rodgers declined your offer, the scouting department's computer suggests you give Dan Marino a call. (Carl Knorr, Schaumburg, IL) Consultants identified 10 hours of productivity lost every week in the time it takes employees to untangle the cords on their rotary phones. (Mike Whitmire, Houston, TX) Your Travel Departments GPS system consists of two employees yelling "Marco" and "Polo." (Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH) Your teenage cashiers wear matching friendship bracelets made out of beads filched from the checkout abacus. (Sandra Hull, Arlington, VA) Sanctions on Russia make it impossible to replace the tubes in your mainframe. (Paul Schindler, Orinda, CA) Half the office is in a state of euphoria from the mimeograph chemicals. (Chuck Salerno, Merrimack, NH | Bill Muse, Seattle, WA) Your "cloud backup" is a guy named Steve with an SD card and an office on the top floor. (Matt Kall, Solon, OH | Brandon Eldridge, Marine, IL) Miller, Smith and Cartwright isn't your legal team, it's your list of job openings. (Nathan C. Sherman, Bellevue, WA)

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May 15, 2025

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