User calls to tell me their printer isn’t working, it wont turn on, they keep hitting the power button but nothing is happening. I go to check it out, the thing was just in sleep mode and not off. They were pressing the ink area release button….
lady complains that her computer keeps crashing and her files are messed up. I walk in to her office and her computer is COVERED in refrigerator magnets. I tell her to take them off. Computer starts working perfectly.
C: It’s not powering on. I have tried everything. m: Did you try a different outlet? Different power cable? C: Listen, I have a degree in computer science and the problem is the computer. me: Have you pressed the power button? C: (silence as I hear the PC power on) I’m sorry.
Me: Ok, so I’ve sent the request over. Please click the “run” option when you see it. And I need to know if it says “retry” User: Sure no problem. -waits a minute or so- Me: Is the request coming through User: Oh yes I saw it but it says Retry. What do I do? […]
Had a customer argue with me when I told them they were trying to access the internet without being connected to the net. c: “But Google Docs is a word document, not the internet!” longest conversation I have ever had about google docs / drive