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Featured era: 1997
Bad Day
“Twenty-seven seconds of pure office rage.”
- Featured era
- 1997
- Peak era
- 1997-1998
- Company
- Loronix Information Systems
- Category
- Viral Videos
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The "Bad Day" office rage clip
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About This Video
- From:
- Xereon
- Added:
- October 12, 2006
- Length:
- 0:26
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What Was It?
Bad Day is a 27-second clip, shot like surveillance footage, in which an office worker loses patience with his computer. He slaps the monitor, pounds the keyboard, then swings the keyboard like a bat to knock the monitor off the desk and finally kicks it out of his cubicle, while a neighbour peers over the partition.
It was staged. Loronix Information Systems of Durango, Colorado, made it in 1996 to show off its digital video surveillance system on a promotional CD, with the company's shipping manager, Vinny Licciardi, as the angry worker.
The clip was circulating online by 1997, mostly by email, where its small size made it easy to pass on. Many people took it for real. CNN revealed its origin in 1998, and it became the embodiment of computer rage.
Things You Probably Forgot
- Receiving it as an email attachment
- The keyboard swung like a baseball bat
- The neighbour peeking over the cubicle wall
- Believing it was real security camera footage
The Story
- 1996 Loronix Information Systems staged the clip for a promotional CD.
- 1997 Bad Day began circulating online, mostly by email.
- 1998 CNN revealed that the video was a staged promotion.
Its Legacy
Copies of the clip live on across YouTube, like this 2006 upload. Its origin as a promotional video is long known, but it is still the picture people reach for when a computer pushes someone too far.
Memories
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