hardware Archives

March 31, 2026 at 5:24 am

Man Working In A Hardware Store Saw A Woman Come In With Her 5 Unruly Kids, So He Started To Wonder What They Were Doing There On A School Day

Man with apron standing in the gardening area

Some kids think everything can be a playground.

March 24, 2026 at 10:48 am

Tech Support Worker Spent An Hour Trying To Install Linux For A Customer Before Discovering The Hardware Was Incompatible, But The Customer Later Said He Shouldn’t Have Been Charged

Tech support working trying to troubleshoot someone's PC

It shouldn’t have been shocking.

March 6, 2026 at 11:49 pm

Applications Manager Was Sent To Install A Software Patch, And While He Was There, The Team Asked Him To Fix A Hardware System That No One Could Boot

Man fixing a Route Engine that hasn't worked since it came in

They got lucky with him.

January 30, 2026 at 12:45 am

New I.T. Worker Gets Involved With A Customer Who Tinkered With A Server So Badly It Needed Serious Work, And He Is Aghast At The Extent Of It

Keep off!

November 8, 2025 at 6:55 pm

A Nurse Helped An Older Couple Load Their Car, So Another Customer Demanded Help Too. But When She Was Told No, So She Caused A Scene.

The best revenge in history.

October 10, 2025 at 10:35 am

Customer Wants To Save Money By Ordering Door Hardware Online, But It Really Backfires When The Order Arrives

You don’t always save money by shopping online.

November 21, 2023 at 7:26 am

Hardware Employee Told Her She Was Wrong, So She Went Back To Be Petty And Prove She Was Right

She showed him!

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Man Working In A Hardware Store Saw A Woman Come In With Her 5 Unruly Kids, So He Started To Wonder What They Were Doing There On A School Day

Tech Support Worker Spent An Hour Trying To Install Linux For A Customer Before Discovering The Hardware Was Incompatible, But The Customer Later Said He Shouldn’t Have Been Charged

Applications Manager Was Sent To Install A Software Patch, And While He Was There, The Team Asked Him To Fix A Hardware System That No One Could Boot

New I.T. Worker Gets Involved With A Customer Who Tinkered With A Server So Badly It Needed Serious Work, And He Is Aghast At The Extent Of It

A Nurse Helped An Older Couple Load Their Car, So Another Customer Demanded Help Too. But When She Was Told No, So She Caused A Scene.

Customer Wants To Save Money By Ordering Door Hardware Online, But It Really Backfires When The Order Arrives

Hardware Employee Told Her She Was Wrong, So She Went Back To Be Petty And Prove She Was Right

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