Tales From Tech Support Archives

November 8, 2026 at 7:35 pm

Tech Support Worker Investigated An App That “Wouldn’t Open,” Then Discovered The User Had Ignored The One Step Highlighted In Bright Red

Man with a shocked reaction as he looks on his laptop

Step one entered the chat.

November 4, 2026 at 6:35 pm

IT Worker Is Baffled When A Customer Refuses To Share Her IP Address So He Can Help Her Access Her Employer’s Website

Help me get somewhere, but I won’t tell you where I am.

October 28, 2026 at 7:35 pm

A Tech Support Worker Disconnects and Calls a Customer Back to Get Around a Four-Minute Call Limit, but When His Manager Decides to Investigate the Customer Praises Him and He Ends Up With an Award

That’s such a crazy policy!

October 28, 2026 at 6:35 pm

A Customer Spends Months Asking IT for Help He Won’t Accept, but His Problems Suddenly Disappear When Managers Start Handling His Tickets

He sure spent a lot of time complaining.

October 28, 2026 at 8:55 am

A Telecom Unveiled a Shared Customer Support Chatroom—And Had to Shut It Down After Threatening Customers Ignited a Union Crisis

This whole thing really could’ve been avoided.

October 26, 2026 at 10:35 pm

Help Desk Worker Ends Up Setting Up A Man’s Entire Tablet After He Claims The Instructions Are Unreadable And Threatens To Call The Manager

Call center worker listening to rude customer

He wanted someone to do it for him.

October 26, 2026 at 2:35 pm

Twelve Installs Of The Wrong Printer Software Later, A Customer Blamed The IT Worker And Said She’d Report Him

IT worker trying to download printer driver

She should’ve let him work.

October 26, 2026 at 8:55 am

Manager Blames Login App For Her Staff’s Problems, But IT Discovers It’s Fake And Shuts Down The Entire Office

She created a problem for all of them.

October 26, 2026 at 3:47 am

His Manager Demanded Hourly Updates On A Software Delivery, So He Automated Them — Until She Was Getting An Email Every Five Minutes

Is this even real?

October 16, 2026 at 3:55 pm

His Supervisor Warned The Programmer Not To Sound Condescending To One Caller, But The Caller Needed Far More Detailed Instructions Than He Admitted

frustrated customer service worker talking to a caller

Talk about a frustrating phone call!

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Tech Support Worker Investigated An App That “Wouldn’t Open,” Then Discovered The User Had Ignored The One Step Highlighted In Bright Red

IT Worker Is Baffled When A Customer Refuses To Share Her IP Address So He Can Help Her Access Her Employer’s Website

A Tech Support Worker Disconnects and Calls a Customer Back to Get Around a Four-Minute Call Limit, but When His Manager Decides to Investigate the Customer Praises Him and He Ends Up With an Award

A Customer Spends Months Asking IT for Help He Won’t Accept, but His Problems Suddenly Disappear When Managers Start Handling His Tickets

A Telecom Unveiled a Shared Customer Support Chatroom—And Had to Shut It Down After Threatening Customers Ignited a Union Crisis

Help Desk Worker Ends Up Setting Up A Man’s Entire Tablet After He Claims The Instructions Are Unreadable And Threatens To Call The Manager

Twelve Installs Of The Wrong Printer Software Later, A Customer Blamed The IT Worker And Said She’d Report Him

Manager Blames Login App For Her Staff’s Problems, But IT Discovers It’s Fake And Shuts Down The Entire Office

His Manager Demanded Hourly Updates On A Software Delivery, So He Automated Them — Until She Was Getting An Email Every Five Minutes

His Supervisor Warned The Programmer Not To Sound Condescending To One Caller, But The Caller Needed Far More Detailed Instructions Than He Admitted

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