True tales of IT life: useless users, hapless bosses, clueless vendors and adventures in the IT trenches. Compiled over the years from the frontlines.
The coffee pot isn’t really all that smart.
Always remember, kids: Safety first.
Here’s to nonstandard browsing habits.
It’s a chain reaction.
But it might be even better without that darn I at the beginning.
Must be the principle of the thing.
Screen waxes on, waxes off.
The humiliation may have been worse than the scalding.
‘I’m sorry, Dave, I can’t do that.’
And I have a very different definition of ‘irretrievable.’
I’m going with 123456.
What you don’t ask can hurt you.
Was he on vacation or at a seminar on blame-shifting?
And why didn’t you think of looking there?
Tell the client it’s art, no extra charge.
At least he remembers something.
How about never? Does never work for you?
Where there’s smoke …
But if you need me, I’ll be in France.
Hey, don’t worry about it; in a few years, no one will know what a DVD is.
Your problem predates your network.
From the ‘Things could have been worse’ files.
It’s easier than installing tiny speed bumps inside the power cords.
Crackpot theories don’t always involve aliens.
You and I have very different ideas of what teamwork means.
Snap-on, snap-off!
Whatever the policy says, it must be very strict.
If the UPS had been smaller, she might have thrown it out a window.
As acronyms go, it WAS easy to remember.
It’s the feel-good tale of the year. (But the year is 1979.)
A hair-raising story.
Over-engineered.
Scheduling is not his strong point.
Say ‘cheese!’
So you’re saying that if your email server is down …
You don’t get what you don’t pay for.
Trust, but verify, remember?
That’s ‘Let’s Get in a Big Circle and Pray,’ but we can’t guarantee a big crowd.
There’s a tool for everything.
It’s a legacy system called a map.
And really, it could happen to anyone.
Maybe so, but we’re in the news business.
Maybe you could get a smaller buffer.
A little learning is an arrogant thing.
He certainly has the nerve.
And doesn’t the printer smell pretty?
Fast on the streets but slow you know where.
Is it too late to start whistling while you work?
For the love of troubleshooting.
Everyone was glad to see THAT year finally end.
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