: Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:24 am  

trainee_lobbygobbler wrote:

12 years i've been in IT support and they still annoy the hell out of me

The PCs or the users

When I did it for a couple of years many moons ago, once got a call from the MDs secretary that her keyboard wouldn't work. I went up and it was dripping. I asked what she had done to it....."it was dirty so i gave it a good scrubbing with Vim" True story

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 10:27 am  

DemonUK wrote:

The PCs or the users

When I did it for a couple of years many moons ago, once got a call from the MDs secretary that her keyboard wouldn't work. I went up and it was dripping. I asked what she had done to it....."it was dirty so i gave it a good scrubbing with Vim" True story

Both are as bad as the other but they keep me in a job and at the moment i cant grumble at that.

I worked at a hospital and had a call saying the consultant [£125k per year] couldnt see everything on his monitor, when i went to his room he had his mouse on his screen instead of the desk. True story

: Thu Jun 04, 2009 1:16 pm  

pc,s are made so they can annoy everyone with the simplest of tasks.

: Fri Jun 05, 2009 5:54 pm  

Yes but what would we do without our pc's? I think back to before I had one, they've certainly made life easier along with the internet. Before pc's I used pens and paper, bought rolls of film for my camera, taped my records onto cassettes for my walkman, sent letters through the post, ordered tickets over the phone, walked to the bank to do my banking, went to the shops for my cd's etc, sold my second hand goods in mooch around...yes I actually spoke to people...oh the good old days!!!

: Sat Jun 06, 2009 1:11 am  

Great King Rat wrote:

Yes but what would we do without our pc's? I think back to before I had one, they've certainly made life easier along with the internet. Before pc's I used pens and paper, bought rolls of film for my camera, taped my records onto cassettes for my walkman, sent letters through the post, ordered tickets over the phone, walked to the bank to do my banking, went to the shops for my cd's etc, sold my second hand goods in mooch around...yes I actually spoke to people...oh the good old days!!!

you forgot to add.............

and bought magazines off the top shelf

: Sat Jun 06, 2009 9:12 am  

joanne callotte wrote:

you forgot to add.............

and bought magazines off the top shelf

How could I forget that...