True tales of IT life: useless users, hapless bosses, clueless vendors and adventures in the IT trenches. Compiled over the years from the frontlines.
And we’re not at all upset that you canceled the contract.
How simple do I have to make this?
Big Blue and its big blue button.
Let’s just say you’re unclear on the concept.
A lot of work for little thanks.
When normal fixes don’t work, try what makes no sense to you.
This job is no game.
Remember when somebody said this was a bad idea?
The perils of being considerate.
And they are so helpful on the help desk.
Ah, the joys of the infinite loop.
He’s a rose by any other name.
Well, it seemed like a month already.
You’re forgetting: We have two printers but only one foosball table.
There’s just one little problem first.
Ugly hardware ends up in Siberia.
And not a kid-friendly one.
I can haz all the bits?
Or maybe we shouldn’t go there.
But is the deck rigged?
Well, it might be better to say oversimplifying.
And I think I used to be taller.
There’s no such thing as a dumb question, right?
I’m an engineer, not a typist!
We prefer data that tells us what we want to hear.
It’s a happy ending after all.
If only things could be this easy.
And it’s leaking water, not memory.
And pray we don’t get hacked.
Just point him in the right direction
It’s Coding 101.
Things like this do tend to happen at 3:00 in the morning.
To him, it was the grayest of them all.
With privileges come responsibilities — but not wisdom.
Or should we use something other than your head?
The things you can learn by chance.
Probably a big chunk of a tree.
Because IT doesn’t know beans about counting beans.
Oh, he’s not a him? Never heard of her or them either.
You have to admit, this was better than finding out the hard way.
We’re sure those cables will come in handy some day.
And with upper management, too.
You should have been specific about what you wanted.
It has that rough-hewn look.
Giving people just what they want can backfire.
But making the list would have been so much fun!
Let’s go to the video, shall we?
Not even an ‘Oops, never mind’?
Spectacularly, as a matter of fact.
But someone did.
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