Coworkers, bosses, and hardware mishaps make for memorable IT experiences in InfoWorld's Off the Record blog As a tech professional, what job-related memorable experiences have you had? On the InfoWorld Off the Record blog, we publish anonymous stories from tech pros about on-the-job challenges or humorous happenings.Stories include encounters with tech-challenged end-users, finding a way to cope with a demanding boss, surviving office politics, and even humbling mistakes and lessons learned.[ Do you have a noteworthy IT experience to share? Send it to offtherecord@infoworld.com. If we publish it, we’ll send you a $50 American Express gift cheque — and keep you anonymous. ] And if you need a short reading escape, here are recently published Off the Record stories:Ignoring business needs is a bad IT move for any techie. In this story, IT managers who emphasized bureaucracy made life difficult for the rest of the employees.A techie is asked to create inventory tracking software at a manufacturing company where the managers emphasize the need to be “flexible.” What could go wrong?There’s a fine line between helping a coworker and doing all the work. In this story, a new help desk employee who lacks attention to detail makes for a frustrating training experience.Hardware gone missing and basic tech oversights make for good storytelling, such as this handful of hardware-related stories from the Off the Record archives.This story, “True tech stories from tech professionals,” was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Follow the continuing craziness of the life in tech in InfoWorld’s Off the Record blog. Data Management