Your laptop’s on fire but who cares when you can laugh at these chaotic Microsoft outage memes

Right now, the world is in chaos after a huge global Microsoft outage has shut down banks, airlines, supermarkets and news organisations and left millions of people unable to work.

The crash, which was thought to be a result of a faulty update for cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike software, has cancelled 1,400 flights, shut down news channels, stopped GP surgeries and struck office workers with the infamous blue screen of death.

So naturally with people unable to work, everyone’s been in chaos and making 10/10 memes on Twitter. Friday early finish anyone? Major thoughts and prayers to anyone who uses Slack for work right now x

So, you might not be able to do any work but you can laugh at these 21 chaotic Microsoft outage memes:

I am UPSET

Microsoft outage but Teams and Outlook are both fine is the adult version of snow that doesn’t settle enough for a school closure.

— Max Pollard (@MaxPollard92) July 19, 2024

You can feel the stress in that office from here

Engineers at Microsoft right now pic.twitter.com/jcPSIzEjJD

— NO CONTEXT HUMANS (@HumansNoContext) July 19, 2024

Hehehe

Working from home and a global IT outage on the hottest day of the year pic.twitter.com/YqholcpC0q

— Will (@willr283) July 19, 2024

Good luck!

It’s my first morning as Head of Global IT for planet Earth. I think it’s gone pretty well so far.

— Josh Jeffery (@JeffCarnage) July 19, 2024

Time to make it a bank holiday

happy international bluescreen day😍 pic.twitter.com/caAvytQyS9

— sxchopea (@sxchopea) July 19, 2024

Not Elon being smug right now

… https://t.co/X9a2ghyo4P

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 19, 2024

The things I would do

Student Finance England glitch that wipes everyone’s balances? 🙏🏾

— liv 💛 (@oliviazao) July 19, 2024

Poor guy is doing overtime

No wonder Microsoft is buggered, just spotted Clippy now working in Waverley Station pic.twitter.com/Vba1x2MhU4

— Stephen Graham 🇺🇦 (@StephenCVGraham) July 19, 2024

Life isn’t fair

me after logging into work and finding out the global IT outage hasn’t effected my company pic.twitter.com/nQ2E1u03hT

— Joseph (@j0sephstark) July 19, 2024

Nrs just wanted a cheese toastie

Been escorted out of the building of Global IT for unplugging something so I could plug in my George Foreman grill

— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) July 19, 2024

Evil, evil

There’s supposed to be a global outage but I’m still getting “hi” messages on teams? Ok. Pls send the outage over here, thank you!

— Ash (@theashrb) July 19, 2024

Classic

Microsoft #outage delays my flight. Regretting asking for a Windows seat.

— Simon Atkinson (@JournoAtko) July 19, 2024

Have a lush weekend!

Just having a big swig of coffee and logging on to my job doing PR for the entire world’s IT systems, hoping to clock off early today to enjoy the weather

— Mollie Goodfellow (@hansmollman) July 19, 2024

We’re the toughest soldiers

When your work laptop is absolutely fine throughout a global Microsoft outage pic.twitter.com/PsIiRF8Yez

— Gwdihŵ 🦉👻 (@youwouldknow) July 19, 2024

May as well while you’re at it x

Whoever's responsible for the Microsoft outage is getting fired anyway, so the smart thing to do would be knock Teams out for the day too and leave a hero.

— Sam Whyte (@SamWhyte) July 19, 2024

I’m FINE

Microsoft right now. pic.twitter.com/5AA5YuseR5

— Matthew Highton (@MattHighton) July 19, 2024

Slaying

corporate girlies rn coz microsoft is down: pic.twitter.com/qGreeHYF44

— ashie (@ashiestclaire) July 19, 2024

A little treat

Shout out to Microsoft for letting everyone have an early finish on a Friday pic.twitter.com/fppgrfPUM6

— Rach (@itsrachel_) July 19, 2024

This is why you can’t get hold of Jenny from accounts

Meanwhile at Microsoft headquarters.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/XAHs9dTxBi

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) July 19, 2024

Cough cough

Microsoft today be like pic.twitter.com/nvfYsTMkgB

— Crazy Management Consultants (@CrazyMgmtCons) July 19, 2024

Not Liz Truss

https://twitter.com/loxyflo/status/1814205866104500375?s=46&t=v2Hd7iVAW4SMBuostwY8tQ

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