Hannah
Not everyone is a “techy person” but some of these technology fails should not be excused. Tech support workers are sharing their worst cases over on r/techsupportgore and I think it might make me lose faith in humanity. It’s definitely been a long time coming, but after these pics, I don’t think anything could surprise me anymore.
1. I Said “Put It In Rice.” Not “Put Rice In It.”
2. One Of My Clients Upgraded His Phone But Kept His Old Screen “Protector”
3. Customer came in with his iPhone, his glass cracked, he thought he could peel off the glass so he wouldn’t notice the crack anymore.
4. I need somewhere to set this candle….oh here’s a good spot!
5. This “water cooled” PC I found for sale online
6. One of my co-workers was eager to unpack her new mouse.
7. When a teacher decides to buy and install a screen protector on their own.
8. My grandpa thought his headphone jack was a screw hole.
9. Round 2 Of How Students Treat Their Chromebooks In My School, I have no words
10. Ticket said “Camera flickers to fuzzy brown image often”
11. Demo unit at my local Walmart. I can’t believe it still functions.
12. Hospital server room
13. Plugging in your USB receiver with a hammer for that flush-mounted look.
14. “My fan was making too much noise!”
15. This key after 10 years of entering orders at my grandmothers shop
16. The surprise found by technicians after working on an internet outage in Mexico.
17. User “Dropped it walking to the car.” It came in the day after the Super Bowl.
18. This sums up how last week went…
19. Broken Clip? No Problem!
20. Apparently Someone Got Tired Of It Ringing, So They Put It In The Oven
21. Go check the switch closet. We think something might have gotten unplugged somewhere.
22. “The printer isn’t working”
23. This is why you should restrict access to the server room before firing your IT guy
24. Oh, and can you check the speaker? It sounds a bit muffled.
25. End-user had a heater next to the PC which was randomly shutting off and she thought she had smelled burning a couple of times. It is literally screaming
26. 4 Hrs Later…
27. My friend tried to remove the scratches on his iPod with sandpaper.
28 . An employee spilled water on their laptop. He decided to use a heat gun to dry it out.
29. So who has one in their Server Room?
30. “My space heater stopped working”
31. User Calls About Disc Being Stuck In Another Computer, Mentions Off Hand About This Laptop. They Had Been Using And Charging It Like This For Weeks…
32.German T-Mobile Found 3 Snakes Inside Their Network Unit
33. “I Forgot That I Left My Laptop On The Top Of My Truck. It Flew Off When I Was On The Highway. Can You Fix It?”
34. My Parents New WiFi Mount
35. Customer Tried To Change The Mainboard
36. Shipping Thousands Of Dollars Worth Of Computers With No Packaging Material
37. After Two Days Of Troubleshooting, The Solution Was To Simply Flip It Upside Down. Of Course
38. The Nastiest Mouse I Have Ever Seen In The Field. Make No Mistake, That Is Not Dust. That Is…uh…hand-Grease
39. Drilled Right Into The Battery
40. Customer Brought In This Imac For Not Powering On… This Is How He Apparently Uses It
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