I once had a QA engineer file a bug saying they couldn’t do negative testing since negative numbers were converted to positive.
The function took an unsigned integer. Took a lot of explaining to get them to understand that negative testing isn’t necessarily negative numbers.
Even more real scenario: The first real visitor isn’t even a customer but a bored teenager who says nothing at all and instead takes a piss on the floor. (Anyone who ever published anything on the internet knows this scenario.)
Clearly the QA should have ordered a &#%@*
With a side of ‘); DROP TABLE Orders; —
Ah, yes. Little Bobby Tables
I don’t think he’s little anymore.
I think the customer tried to pass the wrong type. Happens to us all.
Customer ate Taco Bell before going to the bar.