it worker Archives

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.

January 17, 2026 at 3:55 am

Junior IT Worker Ran A Network Cable To Fix A Data Issue At A Council Office In Australia, And His Boss Praised The Initiative, But Made Him Remove It Immediately After Realizing It Broke Wiring Laws

Two men outside, digging a trench to bury internet cable

It was a great idea.

January 16, 2026 at 7:46 pm

IT Worker Told A Restaurant Manager To Reboot A Bright Red Network Device During A Late Night Outage, But They Couldn’t Find It And Handed The Phone To The Dishwasher Who Fixed It In Minutes

IT worker on the phone trying to explain the color of the box

At least it was easy.

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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

Junior IT Worker Ran A Network Cable To Fix A Data Issue At A Council Office In Australia, And His Boss Praised The Initiative, But Made Him Remove It Immediately After Realizing It Broke Wiring Laws

IT Worker Told A Restaurant Manager To Reboot A Bright Red Network Device During A Late Night Outage, But They Couldn’t Find It And Handed The Phone To The Dishwasher Who Fixed It In Minutes

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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

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Employee Wanted To Relax After Work, But Senior Managers Kept Sending Non-Urgent Work Late Into The Night

Parents Let Their Kids Play Outside, But Their Neighbor Is Upset That She Can’t Walk Down The Sidewalk

Her Landlord Kept Entering Her Apartment Without Asking And Demanded Her WiFi Password, But When She Finally Said No, He Refused To Renew Her Lease