technology

This fun AskReddit thread has IT workers describing the most ridiculous requests/calls/occurrences they've had while on the job. IT workers really need to possess a superhuman level of patience to navigate the ins and outs of their jobs, while maintaining a grip on sanity. It's astounding how many people call for tech support, before checking to see if the computer is plugged in. 

Apparently the free computer wasn't good enough. Some folks are really just busy looking for something to complain about, as they move from one want to the next want. The fact that this choosing beggar got a free computer, and then pitched a fit after being rejected on getting a free upgrade (normally costs $300) is absurd. Boggles the mind, really. 

The world as we know it operates under some guidelines, with an expectation that folks are maintaining social decency. Choosing beggars would seem to operate under a different set of self-encouraged rules. They approach otherwise peaceful negotiations and sales, with belligerence and irrational demands. Take this lazy roommate who morphed into one giant excuse whenever the utility bill showed up. Now that's infuriating. 

This boss came in hot on the scene, and thought they'd try to go full bully alpha mode. Well, that didn't shape up too well for them. Nope, not at all. The independent IT consultant who was around at the time, and a witness to their toxic antics, decided to report them. Shortly thereafter, it sounds like bully boss was swiftly escorted out of his position. 

Imagine...you're hanging out, enjoying a game on your phone, you drop your phone behind the couch, and next thing you know your arm is stuck and your watch is phoning the emergency hotline. What a mess. I guess technology gets confused sometimes too. This dude must've been flooded with panic upon realizing what was happening. 

Earth sandwiches are where it's at. See, wonderful things occur when people work together. Maybe existence would be a more lighthearted and peaceful place if there were more earth sandwiches going around. 

Zoom meetings are inspiring all kinds of cringe and spontaneous fails. The realm of the Zoom meeting can be a tricky one to navigate. Not everyone understands how it works, and through that wonderful confusion, we get some comedy gems when attempts turned into failures. We're still not over that time that a boss turned herself into a potato during a meeting, and couldn't turn herself back. Now that is beautiful. 

Potato Boss is the hero the world needs and deserves. Seriously, a little gem of light from @PettyClegg, and her (Potato) boss, @mlizetocampo. To make matters even more fun in this wonderfully absurd moment from the struggles of trying to navigate technology, people are getting into the punny wordplay. 

This one goes out to the heroes of every office, school and setting in need of general administration. The computer savvy, the IT people, the tech support and tech workers who know more about computers than everyone else and make Karen from accounting and Dave from sales look like the useless cave people that they are. But honestly, if you know literally anything about computers you'll probably get most of these. For more, here are excruciating moments of tech support gore as well as the story of a tech support worker whose manager threw out 40 computers not knowing what they were.

Someone on AskReddit asked for coders to share the various ways they've gone about turning down the big, million dollar ideas from enthused individuals that can get deluded by their own blinding excitement. Sometimes it's a process of poking holes in the plans, while other times it can work to just take the idea completely seriously, and then watch the "ideas person" slowly melt into the realization that there will be work required of them, in the process of bringing the idea to reality as well. 

This tech support employee decided to implement the element of surprise when dealing with an exasperating customer. We would've loved to have seen the customer's face when the guy exclaimed, "MICE!" in his best stage voice.