10AM Monitor Calls

Accountant on speaker: Okay, I tried entering my password and it didn’t work.
Tech: I reset it to “password.”
Accountant on speaker: Okay, let me try my password again.
Tech: Make sure you type “password.”
Accountant on speaker: It didn’t work again.
Tech: Iou typed far too many letters for the word “password.” Did you type in “password” as your password?
Accountant on speaker: Yu never told me to do that.
Tech: So what part of my sentance confused you: “Type in the word
‘password’ when it asks you for your password”, or “I reset it for you, your password is now ‘password.'”
Accountant on speaker: I have a CPA, don’t talk to me like that.
Tech: I can make up acronyms too. I’ll be in your office in five
minutes. In the meantime, ponder this one: I’m OMGWTF certified.

220 Woodbine Road
Downingtown, Pennsylvania

Posted on October 19, 2023
Comebacks, Financial Folk, General Idiocy, Gripes, Pennsylvania, Tech People, Technology, Words

2PM IT Conference Call

Tech Support: Okay, I need you to go to a command prompt and type
“‘mail from:’ your email address” and this should get you a connection.
User: It didn’t work.
Tech Support: Okay, so you typed “‘mail from:’ your email address” and it didn’t work for you?
User: Wait a minute. Did you say you wanted me to type “nail” or “mail”?

1010 Niagara Street
Buffalo, New York

Posted on October 10, 2023
Advice, General Idiocy, New York, Offers and requests, Questions, Strangers, Tech People, Technology, Words

2PM Back Up Hard Drive

Student: Can you back up my papers and stuff?
Technician: Sure, how much is there?
Student: About four gigabytes…it’s mostly porn but there are some papers mixed in there somewhere.

16 Petrarca Drive
Kent, Ohio

Posted on September 24, 2023
General Idiocy, Ohio, Sexuality, Students, Tech People, Technology

12PM Get Update from Programming

Developer #1: Ooh, a SOAP exception.
Developer #2: “SOAP exception, unable to shower.”

1601 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Posted on September 19, 2023
Pennsylvania, Tech People, Technology, Words

4PM Get New Wireless Card

IT #1: Okay, I’ll set up one of my extra workstations and get a wireless card for it.
IT #2: Can you get a card easily?
IT #1: Oh sure, they’re only about 50 bucks. I can get petty cash.
Manager: So we have to go through you. Why can’t [Claude] get it?
IT #2: Because I have to go through too many layers of management and red tape.
Manager: For an old computer and a $50 card?
IT #1: Yeah, this place is like a prison. It’s all about who can trade cigarettes for a sharp shiv.
Manager: Or who’s around when you drop the soap…

525 Rudder Road
Fenton, Missouri

Posted on September 14, 2023
Bosses and Underlings, Gripes, Missouri, Office Politics, Tech People, Technology

2PM Meet with Developers

Developer #1: It’s obvious the code will work. You’ve coded, you can see it will work. You can see it will work, unless you’re stupid.
Developer #2: You’re not stupid, are you?

501 Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Overheard by: fmm