Tag: network

February 16, 2026 at 12:35 pm

IT Employee Dealt With The Same Software Support Ticket For Days, And He Later Learned That The Cause Of The Problem Was Simply A Faulty Cable

Tech support officer wearing a headset and working in front of computer

Turns out the weakest link really was just… a cable.

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.

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 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.

December 19, 2025 at 1:55 pm

Employee Installed Early Mac Network In A Small School District Office, But One Worker Kept Throwing Away Essential Parts So He Constantly Had To Fix It

Sometimes, a little humor can save you time and sanity.

December 14, 2025 at 1:55 pm

Apprentice Tried Setting Up A Demo Server Rack, But After Accidentally Pushing A Backup Image To The CEO’s Parents’ Live Clinic Network, They Took Down The Entire System And Forced The Company To Change Its Access Policies

Woman standing in server room, attempting to set up a new network demo

Mistakes do happen!

February 6, 2024 at 3:28 am

Boyfriend Sets Up High Security Home Network, But Her Girlfriend’s Friend Accuses Him Of Spying On Them

Maybe set up a guest network?

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IT Employee Dealt With The Same Software Support Ticket For Days, And He Later Learned That The Cause Of The Problem Was Simply A Faulty Cable

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

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 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

Employee Installed Early Mac Network In A Small School District Office, But One Worker Kept Throwing Away Essential Parts So He Constantly Had To Fix It

Apprentice Tried Setting Up A Demo Server Rack, But After Accidentally Pushing A Backup Image To The CEO’s Parents’ Live Clinic Network, They Took Down The Entire System And Forced The Company To Change Its Access Policies

Boyfriend Sets Up High Security Home Network, But Her Girlfriend’s Friend Accuses Him Of Spying On Them

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