History Characters / TheWebsiteIsDown

Sales Associate at Plastrolteech. Appears during the first couple minutes of Excel Hell when he calls Chip to inform him about an email attachment he sent him that is actually a virus.

-> Anyway, you don't wanna run that, dude, it's a total fucking virus.

Data Center Manager at Plastroltech. Rivals Derek in terms of laziness and disinterest in his job, Lazlo works out of the server room at Plastroltech and is called by Derek whenever there's a question concerning what's happening with the servers. Has what appears to be a vitriolic, but somewhat friendly, relationship with Derek, and is at least somewhat competent at his job.

* MeaningfulName: The obvious joke one can make with his last name says a lot about his level of maturity.

* OnlySaneMan: His co-workers include a pair of idiotic sales associates, a bitchy sales director, a director of IT who seems to know nothing about IT, a data center manager who cares about work even less than he does, and a stoner who works the nightshift. Of the characters we've seen, only Daryl seems to have a level head and enough knowledge to do his job effectively. Derek may not be a good worker, but he's got more competence and does more good than most of the rest of the characters we see combined.

Sales Director of Marketing at Plastroltech. A background voice in episode one, Nancy made a major appearance in episode four, where it was her sales pitch that needed to be presented. Got married prior to the events of episode four, and is pregnant as of episode 4.5. Developed a very antagonistic relationship with Chip.

Director of Information Technology at Plastroltech. Some sort of authority figure in the company, Irving mainly serves to tell people what should be done and berate them for making mistakes. Also exhibits a lack of knowledge at things computer related, though not quite as bad as Chip.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In episode one, is having a conversation with Chip that indicates the two are at least on good terms, if not friendly. In episode two, she sends Chip an email threatening to have him fired for poor sales numbers in the recent quarter. In episode three, Chip throws broken computer pieces at her and she gets a security officer to tackle him. By episode four, she clearly has distaste for him, not helped when he attempts to peek up her skirt while plugging a projector in underneath a table. In episode four and a half, Chip attempts to get an upskirt photo of her at a coffee shop, and Derek mentions that he knows that Nancy hates Chip's guts.

Unknown position at Plastroltech. Some sort of authority figure in the company, Irving mainly serves to tell people what should be done and berate them for making mistakes. Also exhibits a lack of knowledge at things computer related, though not quite as bad as Chip.

* GenreSavvy: Knows full well that the Plastroltech product he's buying is worthless, but his idiot boss, 'who knows nothing about IT', read an article about it in Byte magazine and is now forcing him to buy it.

!!Aaron Shatzworth

Information Technology Support at [=BoDog=]. Is being forced to purchase and install a product from Plastroltech by his boss, but knows full well that the product is useless.

* PointyHairedBoss: Probably. Keeps leaning up close to the webcam whenever he says something to Derek like he needs to have his mouth right up to the microphone, has difficulty setting a projector up to work with a laptop, and is completely clueless when Derek admits that he reset everyone's password by accident.

!!Chip Moorehead, AKA Sales Guy

Sales Representative at Plastroltech. Similarly lazy (though more excited about his job), Chip proves to not only be completely inept at all things computer-related, but also a complete imbecile in virtually every way he has been shown in the web series so far. Was fired after episode four after releasing a computer virus on the Plastroltech network that shut down everything at the company for a day (the virus was a cover story for Derek's mistake), and is currently working as a comically overwhelmed System Administrator at another company.

* GenreSavvy: Knows full well that the Plastroltech product he's buying is worthless, but his idiot boss, 'who knows nothing about IT', read an article about it in Byte magazine and is now forcing him to buy it.

Unknown position (probably Sales Representative) at Plastroltech. A background voice in episode one, Nancy made a major appearance in episode four, where it was her sales pitch that needed to be presented. Got married prior to the events of episode four, and is pregnant as of episode 4.5. Developed a very antagonistic relationship with Chip.

Information Technology Support at BoDog. Is being forced to purchase and install a product from Plastroltech by his boss, but knows full well that the product is useless.

* NewAgeRetroHippie: Takes up less than a minute of total screentime in the series, and yet there's a reference to him attending Burning Man, owning a bong, being zoned out during a conversation, having a friend named Candle, and dropping power caps to conserve energy at Plastroltech to help 'save the planet'.

System Administrator of Plastroltech. Quite competent with computers and has a full grasp of the concepts and skills needed to execute his job, Derek is unfortunately very lazy and avoids taking responsibility for anything if at all possible. Frequently plays video games during work hours, sometimes even as he claims to co-workers that he's working.

* Jerkass: Mostly. He ignores work until pressured by someone demanding that something get done, avoids responsibility or deflects it to someone else whenever possible, and clearly no longer cares about his job beyond the minimum it takes to not get fired. Frames Chip for a virus attack to cover up accidentally resetting every password in the enterprise, which results in Chip getting fired.

VivaLasVegas: She went to Vegas for her honeymoon, referenced in her conversation with Irving at the start of Sales Demolition.

Nightshift watchman of Plastroltech's office. A stereotypical hippie, complete with a reference to attending Burning Man and possessing a Graphix Bong, Corey dropped the power caps at Plastroltech during his watch one night in an attempt to conserve power and caused some difficulties for Derek the next day.

Data Center Manager at Plastroltech. Rivals Derek in terms of laziness and disinterest in his job, Lazlow works out of the server room at Plastroltech and is called by Derek whenever there's a question concerning what's happening with the servers. Has what appears to be a vitriolic, but somewhat friendly, relationship with Derek, and is at least somewhat competent at his job.

!!Corey, AKA The Nightshift Hippie

!!Derek, AKA Web Dude

Derek Hostburner, AKA Web Dude — System Administrator of Plastroltech. Quite competent with computers and has a full grasp of the concepts and skills needed to execute his job, Derek is unfortunately very lazy and avoids taking responsibility for anything if at all possible. Frequently plays video games during work hours, sometimes even as he claims to co-workers that he's working.

—> Burning Man was soooo great this year!

—> How many people do I have to fire to get my website back up?