it worker Archives

May 16, 2026 at 7:35 am

Customer Tries to Check Out at Best Buy Register While It’s Being Repaired

IT tech in a blue polo shirt giving finger gestures

It didn’t sound intentional.

April 14, 2026 at 1:20 pm

Help Desk Technician Was Called In When A Law Partner Claimed Her Printer Was Printing On Its Own At Night And Suspected Someone Was Sabotaging Her, But It Turned Out To Be An Old Scheduled Print Job That Reactivated After A System Update

IT tech support worker fixing a printer in a law office

She sure seemed disappointed.

March 25, 2026 at 11:24 pm

They Worked As A Developer For An AI Startup But The CEO Ended Up Firing Him, So He Left The Company And Later Learned That The Project He Was Working On Was Scrapped And The Company Was Failing Because Of It

You don’t want me here? Fine, I’ll watch you fail.

March 19, 2026 at 7:15 pm

IT Manager Was Warned Not To Touch The Company President’s $4,000 Per Month Phone Setup, But He Went Straight To The Boss And Suggested An 800 Number That Saved Thousands Each Month

IT guy explaining cost savings to the main boss

He deserved a big raise!

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!

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Customer Tries to Check Out at Best Buy Register While It’s Being Repaired

Help Desk Technician Was Called In When A Law Partner Claimed Her Printer Was Printing On Its Own At Night And Suspected Someone Was Sabotaging Her, But It Turned Out To Be An Old Scheduled Print Job That Reactivated After A System Update

They Worked As A Developer For An AI Startup But The CEO Ended Up Firing Him, So He Left The Company And Later Learned That The Project He Was Working On Was Scrapped And The Company Was Failing Because Of It

IT Manager Was Warned Not To Touch The Company President’s $4,000 Per Month Phone Setup, But He Went Straight To The Boss And Suggested An 800 Number That Saved Thousands Each Month

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

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