Tag: tech support

December 18, 2025 at 11:35 am

IT Worker Tried To Solve A Client’s “Haunted” Keyboard, Then Learned It Was Buried Under Stacks Of Paperwork And Files That Were Holding The Keys Down

Skeleton sitting at a keyboard, pressing buttons

That’s the best story!

December 17, 2025 at 11:15 pm

IT Friend Discovered Their Buddy’s Laptop Was Overheating Because It Was Suffocating Under Blankets, So They Cleaned It And Stopped The Meltdown

Woman using her laptop on the bed, under all the blankets

Bet she won’t do that again!

December 14, 2025 at 10:35 pm

Translator Turned IT Tech Investigated A Coworker’s “Broken” Keyboard, And One Look At The Enter Key Revealed A Banana Was Causing the All The Errors

Dirty keyboard that's covered with crumbs food or pencil shavings

At least it was easy!

December 14, 2025 at 8:55 pm

Help Desk Technician Asked User To Read The Error Message, But When The User Replaced Half The Text With “Blah, Blah, Blah,” The Tech Made Them Go Back And Read Every Word

Tech support worker taking notes as the client reads the error message

Way to take charge!

December 14, 2025 at 5:45 am

IT Worker Was Helping A Coworker Submit A Website Ticket And Accidentally Opened An Inappropriate Site On Screenshare, And It Revealed Their Company Content Filter Had Never Been Configured

Man looking at his computer screen shocked because filters failed

This was a huge catch!

December 13, 2025 at 6:55 pm

Inventory Admin Stopped Handling Problems After His Supervisor Ordered Him Not To, So Employees Went Unpaid For Two Weeks And The Company Had To Create A Higher-Paying Position

Man showing the HR lady how to fix the ERP so she can issue paychecks

He should take his experience and run.

November 5, 2025 at 7:35 am

Carnival Cruise Guest Helps A Few Seniors With The Mobile Planning App Word Gets Around About Her Support, So She Spends The Afternoon Getting Seniors Up And Running On The App

The angel and the app

October 17, 2025 at 9:35 am

Tech Support Worker Hears Husband’s Heartbreaking Plea To Save Photos Of His Late Wife, So She Breaks Protocol And Partners With Another Store To Recover Them

Older man beside himself because his wife just passed away and his phone broke

What a kind gesture!

September 20, 2025 at 10:15 pm

Parents Kept Using Complicated, Knock-Off Tech For Years, So They Finally Put Their Foot Down About Setting Up His New TV

His expectations are too high.

July 23, 2025 at 6:48 pm

His Computer Kept Having Issues With Disk Space, But IT And Management Told Him To Just Deal With It. So He Did And Wasted About 20% Of His Time.

How companies think they can get away with skimping on IT forever is mind-blowing.

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IT Worker Tried To Solve A Client’s “Haunted” Keyboard, Then Learned It Was Buried Under Stacks Of Paperwork And Files That Were Holding The Keys Down

IT Friend Discovered Their Buddy’s Laptop Was Overheating Because It Was Suffocating Under Blankets, So They Cleaned It And Stopped The Meltdown

Translator Turned IT Tech Investigated A Coworker’s “Broken” Keyboard, And One Look At The Enter Key Revealed A Banana Was Causing the All The Errors

Help Desk Technician Asked User To Read The Error Message, But When The User Replaced Half The Text With “Blah, Blah, Blah,” The Tech Made Them Go Back And Read Every Word

IT Worker Was Helping A Coworker Submit A Website Ticket And Accidentally Opened An Inappropriate Site On Screenshare, And It Revealed Their Company Content Filter Had Never Been Configured

Inventory Admin Stopped Handling Problems After His Supervisor Ordered Him Not To, So Employees Went Unpaid For Two Weeks And The Company Had To Create A Higher-Paying Position

Carnival Cruise Guest Helps A Few Seniors With The Mobile Planning App Word Gets Around About Her Support, So She Spends The Afternoon Getting Seniors Up And Running On The App

Tech Support Worker Hears Husband’s Heartbreaking Plea To Save Photos Of His Late Wife, So She Breaks Protocol And Partners With Another Store To Recover Them

Parents Kept Using Complicated, Knock-Off Tech For Years, So They Finally Put Their Foot Down About Setting Up His New TV

His Computer Kept Having Issues With Disk Space, But IT And Management Told Him To Just Deal With It. So He Did And Wasted About 20% Of His Time.

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