Stupid CoWorkers

May 25, 2006

I got a call from someone in our office.

Friend: “My computer’s dead.”

Me: “Ok, can you tell me what’s wrong with it?”

Friend: “The screen’s black. I got some coffee, came back, and the screen was black.”

It was a short walk to her desk, so off I go. Looking at the monitor, I saw that it was on with no flashing red lights, so I knew it was connected to the computer. Instinctively, my hand went to the mouse, and snap. The screen came back with all her work.

Friend: “WHAT DID YOU DO!?”

Me: “I moved your mouse. It was your screen saver.”

Friend: “Thanks! You’re a lifesaver!”

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Stupid CoWorkers

May 12, 2006

About two years ago, I was asked to run a virus scan on one company’s network of computers. I did and I found a simple harmless virus on each computer in the network. After I reported that to the company’s officials, they gasped (literally), then thanked me, then asked me to leave despite my offers to remove the virus with the anti-virus program. The next day, I found out that they formatted every single hard drive of every computer, backing up only the most important data.

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Stupid CoWorkers

May 7, 2006

I used to work at the IT Support Desk for a university. A librarian at one of our libraries was surfing the web one day and came across a site that said it was best viewed using the Internet Explorer browser. So she called me and said she needed a “browser” to view this site, and could we install a browser onto her system?

I told her that if she was viewing the site already, she was already using a browser, but, unsatisfied with that answer, she went over my head to the Directory of Libraries and said that we were being uncooperative about providing her with a browser.

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Stupid CoWorkers

April 26, 2006

We work as sales reps of a Fortune 500 company. My coworker has one territory and one state. I have the rest of the United States. She sent a massive email to all of the states undermining the price of our products. What was her response?? She said she just sent emails to every client she ever worked with. My point exactly. She still does not understand what all the fuss is about.

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