help desk Archives

January 1, 2026 at 3:55 am

Technical Help Desk Employee Knows That Customer Often Lie About What Happened, But The Customer This Guy Encountered Just Didn’t Care

Why are so many users like this?

December 27, 2025 at 12:15 pm

IT Employees Know The Best Troubleshooting Step Is To Turn A Computer Off And On Again, But This IT Team Took It To Another Level And Rebooted The Entire Building

Have you tried turning it off and on?

December 15, 2025 at 6:55 pm

System Admin Was Asked To Fix A Help Desk Ticket With Zero Information, So They Sent The Employee Back To Collect The Basics They Should Have Had From The Start

System admin typing in the database but missing information

It’s shocking no one warned them.

November 12, 2025 at 3:35 pm

IT Professional Was Instructed To Send All Support Calls To The Help Desk And Stop Answering Questions, So He Did And Chaos Ensued Within Days

Sometimes, you have to let things fall apart before people realize the best solution.

August 19, 2025 at 7:49 pm

A Company’s Primary Tech System Failed Multiple Times, And The IT Desk Was Completely Useless

Technology increasingly just seems to have a mind of its own.

January 27, 2025 at 10:21 pm

IT Professional Finally Decided To Quit His Job, And He Made Sure That He Left Enough Info In His Exit Interview To Expose His Awful Boss

There are too many incompetent managers out there.

September 1, 2024 at 12:52 am

Nosy Admin Assistant Didn’t Want To See A Help Desk Employee Do Nothing, So He Did Nothing Somewhere Else

That’s what friends are for.

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Technical Help Desk Employee Knows That Customer Often Lie About What Happened, But The Customer This Guy Encountered Just Didn’t Care

IT Employees Know The Best Troubleshooting Step Is To Turn A Computer Off And On Again, But This IT Team Took It To Another Level And Rebooted The Entire Building

System Admin Was Asked To Fix A Help Desk Ticket With Zero Information, So They Sent The Employee Back To Collect The Basics They Should Have Had From The Start

IT Professional Was Instructed To Send All Support Calls To The Help Desk And Stop Answering Questions, So He Did And Chaos Ensued Within Days

A Company’s Primary Tech System Failed Multiple Times, And The IT Desk Was Completely Useless

IT Professional Finally Decided To Quit His Job, And He Made Sure That He Left Enough Info In His Exit Interview To Expose His Awful Boss

Nosy Admin Assistant Didn’t Want To See A Help Desk Employee Do Nothing, So He Did Nothing Somewhere Else

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He Was Passed Over For A Promotion For Helping Too Many People With Their Work, So He Stopped Being Helpful

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