Nate
It’s impossible to do just about anything without involving technology and some people just can’t figure it out.
My mom is like this. She calls me once a week to help her log into Netflix but she figured out how to use FaceTime without asking a soul. I’m nice about it, though. I’m sure one day I’ll be asking my kids to help me use a teleporter and then I’ll be the old guy that doesn’t know how to use technology.
If you’ve forgotten to plug something in and called tech support, you can probably relate to these people.
1. “The Printer isn’t working”
2. “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.”
3. “This is how my Auntie blocks ads from her computer screen…”
4. “Technologically Superior”
5. “My girlfriend’s grandma thought the iPad was a cutting board.”
6. “Oh dear, dad tried to print a video…”
7. “Student uses light on phone to charge portable solar battery so that he can charge his phone…”
8. “Should I tell my mom she’s supposed to take the IPad out of the box?”
9. “My dad says, ‘Google is doing this stupid thing where the blur the top left part of the results. Facebook is doing it too actually.’ He melted the top left corner of his screen.”
10. “Asked my dad why he was reading through the camera app on his phone. He said he wanted to see what it would be like if I had a Kindle.”
11. “Some Karen raged into the apple store and asked for a refund for her iPhone 5. I didn’t listen to the convo but when I walked past I heard the manager asked her if she charged it, she said no.”
12. “I decided to upgrade to an electric kettle this week, a detail I remembered as it burst into flames on the gas stove.”
13. “Traveling with my mom. Saw her phone, and investigated. Informed her that she used the screen protector’s throwaway film instead of the actual screen protector. She literally used trash as a screen protector.”
14. “I need somewhere to set this candle….oh here’s a good spot!.”
15. “I set up a lock screen app that takes a photo if you put the password in wrong trying to catch my daughter on my phone. I’ve only caught myself so far mostly first thing in the morning.”
16. “My dad’s way of transferring pictures.”
17. “My Mother-in-law keeps complaining that her kindle wouldn’t charge…”
18. “iPhone X that came into the shop today. The customer said, “I’ve never dropped it in water.”
19. But I have so many questions…
20. “I couldn’t find my phone but it was connected to the Bluetooth so I figured it was somewhere in….or out of the car.”
21. “Candle was super fragrant last night… now I know why!”
22. “Nothing like pulling out a warm pillow out of the dryer right before bedtime.”
23. “Dad accidentally turned off keyboard backlighting and couldn’t see the keys.”
24. “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.”
25. “My professor got bored in class so she went on Facebook. She really didn’t seem to notice her laptop was still connected to the projector.”
26. “My dad photocopied his phone to use a money off voucher.”
27. “My sister was putting on her makeup in front of a window and the mirror she was using burnt s hole in her screen.”
28. “Customer brought in this iMac for not powering on… this is how he apparently uses it.”
For further context: I’m 99% sure the customer has been running his iMac with the shipping plastic in place since 2015, including on the bottom covering the vents, as there’s airflow patterns of dust and certain areas where the plastic has melted/deformed; note the scotch tape ON the plastic covering the camera.
EDIT: Just called the customer and asked/confirmed the plastic has been in place; “I guess that’s why I hear the fans ramp up!” And he wants to keep the plastic in place, lol. But I got him to agree to at least let me clip the bottom portion so it no longer wraps around the vents.
29. “Ripped off what I thought was protective plastic from a new monitor. It was the polarizing film.”
30. “Found out my toaster can work as a timer, even when not plugged in. Now I have to wait another 20 minutes to find out how good these fish sticks are.”
31. “Thermostat had hardly worked all winter, a friend suggested I open it and look for a switch…”
32. “If you spill acetone on your table, make sure you clean it ALL up.”
33.
34. “Xerox Fault Error 072-210”
35. “My mom using a magnifying glass to see my phone better. Love her to death but she’s not the best with technology lol”
36. “After a shit-tastic day at work, was really pleased to find that my left-behind charger had arrived in the mail. Because I am my own worst enemy, I hastily opened the package with scissors.”
37. “Obviously scatterbrained today, I put a laundry detergent pod in the dishwasher 🙁
38. “Spent 10 minutes looking for the drip tray for the Forman grill, after I turned it on.”
39. “Just found out why my mom’s laptop isn’t charging.”
40. “Brother couldn’t figure out why his Wi-Fi signal was terrible.”
41. “Broken clip? No problem!”
42. “Girlfriend turned the new iron-on without checking the bottom. She turned it into a boiling plastic spreader.”
43. “My sister unplugged my 3d printer with only a few layers left on this 20-hour print”
44. “My dad didn’t realize you could screen record videos.”
45. “Wondered why one of my earbuds wasn’t going in the charging case.”
46. “It’s hard to hear people unless I’m on speakerphone.”
47. “My mom didn’t know how to take a screenshot so she improvised with the scanner…”
48. “My wife washed my USB drive because it was ‘sticky'”
49. It was right under your nose.
50. “iPhone 12 Pro cracked in under 6 hours of owning.”
