Tag: Tales From Tech Support

January 1, 2026 at 3:55 am

Technical Help Desk Employee Knows That Customer Often Lie About What Happened, But The Customer This Guy Encountered Just Didn’t Care

Why are so many users like this?

December 31, 2025 at 2:35 pm

Company Tells IT Workers They Have To Work Overtime Without Pay, But The Employees Know It’s Illegal And Work With A Lawyer To Get A Big Payday

tech support workers looking at computer monitors in a server room

The law was definitely on their side!

December 30, 2025 at 11:55 pm

His Dad Assured Him Twice That All Printer Cables Are Connected Properly And It Still Won’t Work, But This Man Later Found Out That One USB Cable Wasn’t Plugged In

Why users lie to tech support is beyond comprehension.

December 30, 2025 at 10:35 pm

User Called To Troubleshoot His “Broken” Wireless Monitor, So Tech Support Had To Repeatedly Explain That It Just Needed To Be Plugged Into A Power Source

Man with headset looking at his computer screen

Tech innovations move so fast, it takes a while for users to keep up.

December 30, 2025 at 3:55 am

IT Associate’s Network Stayed Perfectly Stable For Months, So He Ended Up Questioning Whether He Deserved His Own Paycheck

bored man looking at his computer screen

Funny how the jobs we complain about in our twenties become the ones we daydream about decades later.

December 28, 2025 at 10:35 pm

Tech Support Employee Helped An End User Whose App “Wouldn’t Open,” But He Soon Learned That The User Skipped The One Step That Was Literally Marked In Bright Red

Man with a schocked reaction as he looks on his laptop

Some people couldn’t follow a simple step-by-step instruction.

December 28, 2025 at 8:55 pm

Tech Guy Got A Call About A 20-Year-Old Coding Flyer He Forgot, So He Ended Up Stuck With A Couple’s Unfixable Web Game Disaster

An elderly couple looking at a laptop smiling

While they were trying to make a game, little did they know that they were being played.

December 28, 2025 at 5:49 pm

Employee Was Always Ready To Help IT Requests, But He Realized That His Coworkers Will Call, Text, And Complain Instead Of Submitting A Simple Support Ticket

How hard is it to submit a ticket, really?

December 28, 2025 at 2:35 pm

Manager Insists There’s No Overtime Without Authorization From The Company President, So An IT Worker Refuses To Work Late Anymore

man fix server network in data center room

There are situations where overtime is unavoidable.

December 27, 2025 at 12:15 pm

IT Employees Know The Best Troubleshooting Step Is To Turn A Computer Off And On Again, But This IT Team Took It To Another Level And Rebooted The Entire Building

Have you tried turning it off and on?

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Technical Help Desk Employee Knows That Customer Often Lie About What Happened, But The Customer This Guy Encountered Just Didn’t Care

Company Tells IT Workers They Have To Work Overtime Without Pay, But The Employees Know It’s Illegal And Work With A Lawyer To Get A Big Payday

His Dad Assured Him Twice That All Printer Cables Are Connected Properly And It Still Won’t Work, But This Man Later Found Out That One USB Cable Wasn’t Plugged In

User Called To Troubleshoot His “Broken” Wireless Monitor, So Tech Support Had To Repeatedly Explain That It Just Needed To Be Plugged Into A Power Source

IT Associate’s Network Stayed Perfectly Stable For Months, So He Ended Up Questioning Whether He Deserved His Own Paycheck

Tech Support Employee Helped An End User Whose App “Wouldn’t Open,” But He Soon Learned That The User Skipped The One Step That Was Literally Marked In Bright Red

Tech Guy Got A Call About A 20-Year-Old Coding Flyer He Forgot, So He Ended Up Stuck With A Couple’s Unfixable Web Game Disaster

Employee Was Always Ready To Help IT Requests, But He Realized That His Coworkers Will Call, Text, And Complain Instead Of Submitting A Simple Support Ticket

Manager Insists There’s No Overtime Without Authorization From The Company President, So An IT Worker Refuses To Work Late Anymore

IT Employees Know The Best Troubleshooting Step Is To Turn A Computer Off And On Again, But This IT Team Took It To Another Level And Rebooted The Entire Building

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