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June 13, 2026 at 12:45 am

His Boss Tried To Have Him Take The Fall For A Company-Wide Issue, But He Beat Them At Their Own Game

When has throwing the IT person under the bus done any good for anyone?

May 13, 2026 at 5:35 pm

I Had a Vision for the Perfect Project—But My Team Was Just There for the Paycheck

In every job, there will always those people who have to be both the planners AND the fixers.

March 19, 2026 at 10:15 pm

IT Support Specialist Designed Network Layout Based On The Official Plans, But Production Used The New Docks Early And Forced A Last Minute Workaround That Became Permanent

Man working on installing a new network in warehouse

What a giant mess!

March 14, 2026 at 7:24 am

Plant Manager Tried To Throw Him Under The Bus For Production Loss, But This Support Tech Threw The Receipts Right Back At Him

The pictures say it all.

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!

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His Boss Tried To Have Him Take The Fall For A Company-Wide Issue, But He Beat Them At Their Own Game

I Had a Vision for the Perfect Project—But My Team Was Just There for the Paycheck

IT Support Specialist Designed Network Layout Based On The Official Plans, But Production Used The New Docks Early And Forced A Last Minute Workaround That Became Permanent

Plant Manager Tried To Throw Him Under The Bus For Production Loss, But This Support Tech Threw The Receipts Right Back At Him

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

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