Another example -> users are losers.
07-Jun-2005, 10:38 AM
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Another example -> users are losers.
Some people are getting upgrades.. and one area uses 15" LCD monitors.. I got them 17" LCDs... this one chick wants to go back to 15" because it's "blurry"
It's not. Everyone else is really happy.
Some people fear change far too much.
It's times like this, I'm not surprised that there are 40 year olds making $12/hour and content.
It's not. Everyone else is really happy.
Some people fear change far too much.
It's times like this, I'm not surprised that there are 40 year olds making $12/hour and content.
07-Jun-2005, 10:57 AM
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yeah, i'm not even in IT and i understand what you mean. We had a paper jam in one of the printers the other day, so one guy instead of opening the access points to the printer like you usually do, thought that the power button was infact the latch to open the printer cuz he was opening it wrong. So he actually broke the switch, and now the printer cannot be turned on or off anymore.
Like who does that? lol, and how do you break the on off switch cuz of a paper jam...
and now anytime i have to print i have to print to the colour laser printer and we all know how long those take to print stuff... it's rediculous...
07-Jun-2005, 11:19 AM
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i got a string of complaints from the intellectual powerhouse department.
This is one of my favourites.
"There is one key board, where the number pad, does not work."
An entire department cannot figure out numlock.
I told my boss I'd take care of it... and at the bottom wrote...
For all these issues, I'm pretty sure the problem is between the monitor and the chair.
I finally got to use that comment.
This is one of my favourites.
"There is one key board, where the number pad, does not work."
An entire department cannot figure out numlock.
I told my boss I'd take care of it... and at the bottom wrote...
For all these issues, I'm pretty sure the problem is between the monitor and the chair.
I finally got to use that comment.
07-Jun-2005, 11:37 AM
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Hey Bruce I feel your pain.... I am in IT as well, just started a new job about 4 weeks ago. I switched a bunch of old P3's for brand new p4's with Hyper Threading, and people are complaining about the dumbest things. or blaiming all their problems on the new system upgrades. Anyway, when I fix something stupid on a users machine and they ask me what the problem was, I usually say it's a D.A.U problem. And they are like "Really what's that?" and I say "Dumb *** user problem"
07-Jun-2005, 11:55 AM
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I never really insult the user directly.
I cast aside their comments though.
I took care of allt he problems in the area.
I pressed numlock on the keyboard that didn't have it's number pad working.
I told them they had to press harder on the monitor when turning it on. Apparantly they have to try like 10 times in the morning to turn a monitor on. I turned it on and off 10 times without any problems. I counted too, just to make them feel like idiots.
I put the 'from' field back in the list for outlook to sort by and explained why the monitor upgrade had nothing to do with that disappearing from outlook.
I once argued with our sales guy for a while about TCP/IP being more than just either all access or no access. It broke down to 'yes' and 'no'.. until i realized there was no out, I told him he must be right and started laughing while shaking my head. This is in front of the company owners. I later on emailed him a over 50 page web document about TCP/IP.
I cast aside their comments though.
I took care of allt he problems in the area.
I pressed numlock on the keyboard that didn't have it's number pad working.
I told them they had to press harder on the monitor when turning it on. Apparantly they have to try like 10 times in the morning to turn a monitor on. I turned it on and off 10 times without any problems. I counted too, just to make them feel like idiots.
I put the 'from' field back in the list for outlook to sort by and explained why the monitor upgrade had nothing to do with that disappearing from outlook.
I once argued with our sales guy for a while about TCP/IP being more than just either all access or no access. It broke down to 'yes' and 'no'.. until i realized there was no out, I told him he must be right and started laughing while shaking my head. This is in front of the company owners. I later on emailed him a over 50 page web document about TCP/IP.
07-Jun-2005, 12:10 PM
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Originally posted by Moe_Mentum
Hey Bruce I feel your pain.... I am in IT as well, just started a new job about 4 weeks ago. I switched a bunch of old P3's for brand new p4's with Hyper Threading, and people are complaining about the dumbest things. or blaiming all their problems on the new system upgrades. Anyway, when I fix something stupid on a users machine and they ask me what the problem was, I usually say it's a D.A.U problem. And they are like "Really what's that?" and I say "Dumb *** user problem"
Hey Bruce I feel your pain.... I am in IT as well, just started a new job about 4 weeks ago. I switched a bunch of old P3's for brand new p4's with Hyper Threading, and people are complaining about the dumbest things. or blaiming all their problems on the new system upgrades. Anyway, when I fix something stupid on a users machine and they ask me what the problem was, I usually say it's a D.A.U problem. And they are like "Really what's that?" and I say "Dumb *** user problem"
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