Nate
Working in IT means being the hero no one sees coming and the unofficial therapist, magician, and disaster cleanup crew. These tech support stories are equal parts hilarious and horrifying. You’ve got employees washing keyboards in the sink, people blaming the rain on the helpdesk, and CEOs being idiots.
It’s a reminder that while technology is complicated, people are something else entirely. These are the wildest things IT workers have dealt with on the clock, and somehow, they’re still showing up on Monday.
1. “My Mouse Isn’t Working!” Ma’am Is It Plugged In
2. Boss Made Me Come in Sick to Fix Her Monitor It Was Just Unplugged
3. Drove 40 Minutes to Press Num Lock and Explain What a Pint Is
4. Server Hit 100 Percent Because Someone Was Streaming 5 French Maid Videos at Work
5. IT Found Affair Videos on a Work Laptop and Accidentally Busted the Guy
6. Had to Fix the Network in a 90 Degree Closet With No Power and Flickering Lights
7. Rocket Scientists Can Build Satellites But Can’t Find the Minimize Button
8. Fired Employee Returned Laptop Filled With Paystubs From a Competing Company
9. Hospital Called IT After Hours Because Someone Couldn’t Find the TV Remote
10. An IT Guy Was Once Asked to Sing a Lullaby to Calm a User Down
11. Beer Delivery Driver Signed a Digital Invoice With a Pair of B**bs
12. Guy Thought the Vacuum Would Suck the Data Off His Hard Drive
13. Printer Repair Included Mouse Removal Because There Was a Literal Mouse
14. CEO Picked the Skull Logo PC Because It Looked Cool and Cost $10K
15. Spyware Exposed a VP’s Secret Girlfriend and Cost Him Everything
16. On Call Worker Unplugged Servers to Get Attention and Took Down Military Systems
17. Woman Asked the IT Helpdesk to Clear Flooded Roads So She Could Get to Work
18. Co Worker Took a Screenshot of Her Desktop and Moved the Taskbar Offscreen
19. Borrowed a Keyboard and Then Washed It in the Kitchen Sink
20. Emergency Flight Across the Country Just to Look at a Cable Label
21. CTO Thought Putting Production and Backup Servers Next to Each Other Was Smart
22. Had to Remove Magnets from a Laptop So It Would Work Again
23. Got a Free 75 Inch TV Because IT Didn’t Know How to Turn Off the Auto Timer
24. Walked Across Campus to Tell a Professor Her Computer Was Turned Off
25. Charged $400 an Hour to Plug in a Cord the Janitor Unplugged
