Tag: it worker

March 9, 2026 at 11:23 am

IT Support Worker Shut Down A Client’s Email Servers After The Co-Owner Refused To Pay Overdue Charges, But All Services Were Restored Because The Other Owner Panicked And Paid The Entire Bill

Woman in suit trying to make business decisions that she doesn't understand

Well, now she knows.

March 9, 2026 at 5:20 am

IT Support Technician Told High School Intern To Restart His Computer, But The Intern Thought The Monitor Was The Computer So He Had To Walk Down Himself And Fix It

High school kid sitting at his desk, using an iPad

We should be okay.

March 6, 2026 at 8:20 pm

IT Manager Saw HR Enter The Server Room With A Fire Inspector, But By The Time He Got To The Room, They Had Triggered The Smoke Detectors And Shut Down Every Critical System At Once

Computer sitting in a blue room with lots of wires and stuff in the background

HR should’ve known better.

March 6, 2026 at 1:22 pm

University Staff Member Tried To Help A Student Log Into A School Computer, But Watching Her Add Random Spaces And Copy-Pasting Passwords Into The Wrong Fields, He Was Forced To Explain What Happened

College student trying to login to the school computer and having problems.

Things could’ve been worse.

February 26, 2026 at 7:55 pm

IT Contractor Built Custom Scripts To Prove His Worth During Layoff Talks, But After Being Fired Anyway, He Deleted Them And Walked Away

They didn’t pay to have them created.

February 25, 2026 at 9:48 pm

IT Support Employee Spent Days Troubleshooting New Printers That Kept Spitting Out Raw Code, But When The Repair Technician Showed Up, He Changed The Motherboard And Admitted The Firmware Couldn’t Be Updated

Tech support employee from a printer company

What a frustrating situation!

February 13, 2026 at 7:48 am

IT Employee Investigated A Supervisor’s Slow Network Complaint, And Discovered They Were Disconnecting The Ethernet Everyday And Using Public WiFi Instead, Thus Handicapping Their Own Connection

Tech support worker trying to fix his manager's laptop

Luckily, it was easy to fix.

February 4, 2026 at 10:55 pm

Unofficial IT Helper Was Pulled In To Investigate A Microsoft Teams Presentations, But After Testing Different Sharing Methods, He Discovered The Problem

IT worker happy and smiling because he just solved a problem

Now he knows!

January 21, 2026 at 11:15 pm

Tech Support Worker Tried To Help A New User, But Then The Customer Confused The Computer Mouse For A Foot Pedal

Man sitting at his desk trying to set up his new computer

That’s a new one!

January 19, 2026 at 7:35 am

IT Worker Explained A Simple Cable Setup To A Lazy Employee, But He Ended Up Doing The Entire Job Himself After Realizing He Had Been Smoothly Finessed

IT guy pointing at his coworker for tricking him

He fell for it hook, line, and sinker.

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IT Support Worker Shut Down A Client’s Email Servers After The Co-Owner Refused To Pay Overdue Charges, But All Services Were Restored Because The Other Owner Panicked And Paid The Entire Bill

IT Support Technician Told High School Intern To Restart His Computer, But The Intern Thought The Monitor Was The Computer So He Had To Walk Down Himself And Fix It

IT Manager Saw HR Enter The Server Room With A Fire Inspector, But By The Time He Got To The Room, They Had Triggered The Smoke Detectors And Shut Down Every Critical System At Once

IT Contractor Built Custom Scripts To Prove His Worth During Layoff Talks, But After Being Fired Anyway, He Deleted Them And Walked Away

IT Support Employee Spent Days Troubleshooting New Printers That Kept Spitting Out Raw Code, But When The Repair Technician Showed Up, He Changed The Motherboard And Admitted The Firmware Couldn’t Be Updated

IT Employee Investigated A Supervisor’s Slow Network Complaint, And Discovered They Were Disconnecting The Ethernet Everyday And Using Public WiFi Instead, Thus Handicapping Their Own Connection

Unofficial IT Helper Was Pulled In To Investigate A Microsoft Teams Presentations, But After Testing Different Sharing Methods, He Discovered The Problem

Tech Support Worker Tried To Help A New User, But Then The Customer Confused The Computer Mouse For A Foot Pedal

IT Worker Explained A Simple Cable Setup To A Lazy Employee, But He Ended Up Doing The Entire Job Himself After Realizing He Had Been Smoothly Finessed

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