Characters
The following characters appear regularly :
- The BOFH, actual name of Simon. Faked his death in order to take an extended holiday, twice, with great success.
- The PFY (Pimply-Faced Youth) (BOFH's assistant, 1996—), actual name of Steven or Stephen.
- The Boss (changes throughout the stories as successive bosses are sacked, leave, are committed, or have nasty "accidents")
- "Beancounters" aka accountants (disposable, interchangeable, faceless, used on occasion as balls in a game of "blackout fire-alarm beancounter pinball")
- The CEO - The PFY's uncle Brian from 1996 until 2000, when the BOFH and PFY moved on to a new company
- The Head of IT
- "Helldesk Operators" (disposable, interchangeable, faceless)
- The Boss's Secretary, Sharon
- Security (who will tape Emmerdale over CCTV video tapes; useless with computers)
- George, the cleaner (invaluable source of information)
- Sam, the janitor (scapegoat)
- Ron, the electrician (Mad Ron the Sparky)
- Engineers, from various suppliers
- The 'Coloured Crayon' Department - the users of Apple Macs for graphic design
- Code Hacks - Programmers
- Steve - Mentally deficient co-worker, gives a crayoned "X" as a seal of approval, used as a scapegoat for projects doomed to failure
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