Crazy everyday technical support: 30 proofs that technology still needs to be earned (31 photos)

If it seems to you that the profession of a system administrator, an employee technical support or repair center master for 80% consists of repetition phrases: “Have you tried turning it off and on?”, then ... in general, you don’t Seems. But the remaining 20% is a living hell on earth, and this selection from popular subreddit r/techsupportgore illustrates it perfectly better.





1. “A colleague stated that she would only work with an official Apple mouse. Rummaged through the warehouse and left this on her desk.”



2. “This is what happens when you don’t listen to your parents who ask you to turn down the music.”





3. “Xfinity came and ran the cable in the new room. That's how they did it"



4 "Customer stated that he was 'fed up with vibration sounds'"



5. "Structural" cabling



6. “I tried to put it in rice, it didn’t help. Any ideas?"



7. Wall mounts



8. “I got such a horror”



9. “I spilled acetone on my laptop, now he is mocking me”



10. Yo :C



11. “PC is like a haircut mullet: business in the front and a party in the back”



12. "What you won't find working in support at a collapsing university"



13. Is this how monitor stands work?



14. “It seems that my power supply is somehow buggy”



15. "Upgrade" the screen of the laptop



16. When there is so much stress at work that you need to touch the grass without leaving the cash register



17. "In the ticket, the problem was described as "The second monitor has stopped working""



18. “Mom hasn’t cleaned her computer since the day she got it, and that was 6 years ago.”



19. “Just found out the sales manager’s laptop is in this state.”



“I freaked out and said that he needed to be taken out of the building and cannot be used at all. She said she would just order a new one battery and there is nothing to "raise a panic", while she says that she takes it with him home and puts it on the bed and on the sofa "

20. Does anyone have a barbecue?



21. What horrors were stored on this hard?



22. “Businesses typically need 48+ ports. We need 44 more of these.”



23. "What keeps the phone and the Internet of the reception"



24. “A colleague decided to wipe the monitor with Clorox disinfectant wipes.”



25. "I get tetanus just looking at this photo"



26. “Customer is like, “My laptop shuts down 1-2 minutes after I press the power button.””



“We ran diagnostics and found that within a few seconds the laptop heats up to 75°C. They opened it and found "a piece of carpet" (brand: "Carpets from Cats and Humans"), a blocking cooler.

27. "I can't believe I work here"



28. “Network at my work. Works as stable as you can imagine"



29. And how well it all started



30. Awkward