How to start a riot.

There's a really simple way to cause an uproar among a group of twenty-somethings:

Take away their wifi. 

Last night, we got an email from our network engineer. He scolded us for using wireless all the time instead of using Ethernet cables, and he also encouraged us to "stop being selfish and consider [our] colleagues" (whatever that means). His tone was more than a little patronizing, and most people weren't too happy with him afterward. 

Then today, our connection mysteriously disappeared, and all hell broke loose.

(Via Facebook, of course. Because, come on, it's 2011.)

 Two hours and 47 comments later, we're still without wireless Internet. Let's just hope nothing like this happens any time soon. In the meantime, I'll be making friends with my Ethernet cable. If only it worked with my phone...