tech support worker Archives

October 5, 2026 at 10:35 pm

He Got A Regular Laptop Instead Of The Convertible He Wanted, So He Pulled It Apart Until It Broke — Then Demanded A Replacement

Maybe it was an accident.

October 5, 2026 at 8:45 pm

He Diagnosed a Dead Internet Connection—Only to Find the DSL Wall Socket Dangling by a Wire While the Customer Demanded a “Software Reset Button”

Man working for internet service customer support

Calls like this would get so annoying.

October 5, 2026 at 7:35 pm

Grocery Store Manager Got Tired Of Begging For A New Server, So He Made Sure The Old One Couldn’t Be Fixed

Man holding a mask as he looks at the servers

Destroying the server was a little extreme.

September 18, 2026 at 4:35 pm

A Tech Support Worker Tried To Troubleshoot A Resident’s Internet, But The Site Manager Was Testing The Wi-Fi From The Office

Not everyone understands how WiFi works.

July 23, 2026 at 5:55 pm

Tech Support Employee Explains That “Double Click” Always Uses The Left Mouse Button, But The Customer Still Insists That He Repeat The Instruction Every Time

Man working tech support with a headset on

We’ve all been there at one point.

May 27, 2026 at 10:35 am

Support Worker Keeps Asking a Hardware Technician to Check Website Permissions, but He Gets Stuck Obsessing Over the SQL Server Instead

Call center worker trying to check software permissions

Calls like this get annoying fast.

April 22, 2026 at 4:23 pm

IT Worker Tried To Convince A Manager To Approve System Upgrades That Would Reduce Costs, But The Manager Refused Until He Heard Competitors Had Better Systems And Suddenly Demanded The Upgrade Immediately

Man on the phone getting his way, so he's smiling

At least he got his way.

April 22, 2026 at 2:35 pm

IT Operations Manager Learned A Technician Accidentally Sent A Wipe Command To The Wrong Computer, And The Contracts Manager Who Clicked “Yes” To Confirm The Erase Lost All His Files

Contracts manager on his computer in the morning

What a bad experience.

April 13, 2026 at 11:49 pm

Tech Support Engineer Was Asked To Verify A Bug Fix On A Software Tape Before It Was Shipped To A Major Customer, But Installing It Caused The Machine To Fail And Revealed The Tape Had Never Been Properly Tested

Man upset because the tape he was testing crashed the system

It’s a good thing they checked.

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!

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He Got A Regular Laptop Instead Of The Convertible He Wanted, So He Pulled It Apart Until It Broke — Then Demanded A Replacement

He Diagnosed a Dead Internet Connection—Only to Find the DSL Wall Socket Dangling by a Wire While the Customer Demanded a “Software Reset Button”

Grocery Store Manager Got Tired Of Begging For A New Server, So He Made Sure The Old One Couldn’t Be Fixed

A Tech Support Worker Tried To Troubleshoot A Resident’s Internet, But The Site Manager Was Testing The Wi-Fi From The Office

Tech Support Employee Explains That “Double Click” Always Uses The Left Mouse Button, But The Customer Still Insists That He Repeat The Instruction Every Time

Support Worker Keeps Asking a Hardware Technician to Check Website Permissions, but He Gets Stuck Obsessing Over the SQL Server Instead

IT Worker Tried To Convince A Manager To Approve System Upgrades That Would Reduce Costs, But The Manager Refused Until He Heard Competitors Had Better Systems And Suddenly Demanded The Upgrade Immediately

IT Operations Manager Learned A Technician Accidentally Sent A Wipe Command To The Wrong Computer, And The Contracts Manager Who Clicked “Yes” To Confirm The Erase Lost All His Files

Tech Support Engineer Was Asked To Verify A Bug Fix On A Software Tape Before It Was Shipped To A Major Customer, But Installing It Caused The Machine To Fail And Revealed The Tape Had Never Been Properly Tested

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

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