Tales From Tech Support Archives

April 11, 2026 at 6:15 pm

Office Employee Yelled At An IT Intern For Not Fixing A Scanner, But It Was Actually The Employee Fault

Man in grey jacket working on his computer

User error is not IT’s fault.

April 9, 2026 at 11:49 pm

PC Technician Was Called To Stop An Eleven Year Old From Bypassing Parental Controls, But After Finding A Hidden Linux Hard Drive, He Locked The BIOS And Kept Her Secret

11-year-old girl smirking near her parent's computer

What a smart kid!

April 9, 2026 at 8:15 pm

IT Technician Advised Employee Not To Open A Suspicious Email With A Virus, But She Ignored The Warning And Opened It Anyway

Woman in front of a screen looking at a suspicious email attachment

Some people make the dumbest decisions.

April 8, 2026 at 7:15 pm

Tech Support Worker Locked A Missing Company Laptop When It Suddenly Checked In From Another State, But Then He Learned Manufacturing Had Sold It And He Caused A Third-Party’s Production Line To Shut Down

Man sitting at his computer trying to locate a missing computer

That was some quick thinking.

April 8, 2026 at 6:15 pm

IT Tech Got Tired Of A New Supervisor Skipping The Ticket System And Running To His Office For “Emergency” Fixes, So He Started Fixing Her Computer Remotely And Told Her To Stop Trying To Get Him Alone Or He’d Go To HR

It support worker sitting at his desk annoyed by a coworker

That was quite unorthodox.

April 8, 2026 at 12:55 am

Company’s Servers Shut Down Every Morning, So Tech Support Worker Camps Out And Discovers The Mysterious Cause

Sometimes, the biggest server crash is caused by the office janitor.

April 6, 2026 at 11:49 pm

Service Desk Agent Remotely Connected To A Caller’s Computer After She Demanded He Fix Her “Email Issue,” But When He Discovered She Sent 50 Messages To DoNotReply, She Still Blamed IT

Tech support worker helping a woman fix her email

What an annoying situation!

April 6, 2026 at 3:22 pm

Employee Spent Hours Setting Up A Brand New Laptop For His Coworker, But Minutes After He Handed It Over, The Coworker Spilled Coffee

Sometimes, the real stress test is a cup of coffee.

April 6, 2026 at 11:24 am

Couple ‘Upgraded’ Their Rental Property TV Without Talking About It First, And The Husband Picked One Out That Didn’t Have The Right Features

All of this could have been avoided with proper communication.

April 6, 2026 at 3:22 am

Employees Keep Asking To Postpone A Server Transfer Due To Critical Work That Can’t Be Disrupted, So This Tech Support Worker And His Boss Unplugged The Server Without Warning Anyone First

Man working on laptop and checking wires

Maintenance? No! Unscheduled outage? Okay.

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Office Employee Yelled At An IT Intern For Not Fixing A Scanner, But It Was Actually The Employee Fault

PC Technician Was Called To Stop An Eleven Year Old From Bypassing Parental Controls, But After Finding A Hidden Linux Hard Drive, He Locked The BIOS And Kept Her Secret

IT Technician Advised Employee Not To Open A Suspicious Email With A Virus, But She Ignored The Warning And Opened It Anyway

Tech Support Worker Locked A Missing Company Laptop When It Suddenly Checked In From Another State, But Then He Learned Manufacturing Had Sold It And He Caused A Third-Party’s Production Line To Shut Down

IT Tech Got Tired Of A New Supervisor Skipping The Ticket System And Running To His Office For “Emergency” Fixes, So He Started Fixing Her Computer Remotely And Told Her To Stop Trying To Get Him Alone Or He’d Go To HR

Company’s Servers Shut Down Every Morning, So Tech Support Worker Camps Out And Discovers The Mysterious Cause

Service Desk Agent Remotely Connected To A Caller’s Computer After She Demanded He Fix Her “Email Issue,” But When He Discovered She Sent 50 Messages To DoNotReply, She Still Blamed IT

Employee Spent Hours Setting Up A Brand New Laptop For His Coworker, But Minutes After He Handed It Over, The Coworker Spilled Coffee

Couple ‘Upgraded’ Their Rental Property TV Without Talking About It First, And The Husband Picked One Out That Didn’t Have The Right Features

Employees Keep Asking To Postpone A Server Transfer Due To Critical Work That Can’t Be Disrupted, So This Tech Support Worker And His Boss Unplugged The Server Without Warning Anyone First

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