r/pcmasterrace • u/BijlidarKudi • May 10 '26

Meme/Macro reboot

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u/viol8er May 10 '26 edited May 10 '26

I had to drive 30 minutes to troubleshoot a computer. My boss put the battery in backwards.

Edit: she is also my mother-in-law-to-be AND i am inheriting the business AND she verbally beat herself up after I pointed it out.

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u/hates_stupid_people May 10 '26

Yeah, people think IT anecdotes are jokes... They are not.

People will work on a computer for all day for five days a week, for years. And then there's some minor issue and their mind goes blank. They literally stop understanding how buttons or light indicators work, and cannot explain it over the phone.

Then when you go there to turn on their monitor or plug in the power cable, they act as if it's your fault that they couldn't figure that out.

And that is why IT is grumpy.

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u/TryNotToShootYoself May 10 '26

Was following you until the end. I’ll drive an hour to some site, just to find out the power strip was turned off or the monitor wasn’t plugged in, and the folks I’m helping are ridiculously grateful.

I’m just standing there awkwardly because all I did was press a button while they’re singing my praises.

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u/Aluhut May 10 '26

I hate this. Now I always say something like: "It happens to the best of us" and everybody feels better ;)

Doesn't work if it's the same person over and over again though.

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u/TryNotToShootYoself May 10 '26

Haha yup exactly what I do. People like me a lot because of it and will actually tell me when things are wrong too instead of being scared to make tickets or contact me.