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Woman Left Her Bag With Her Friend, But Her Friend Got Curious And Plugged In A USB Stick That Completely Destroyed Her Gaming PC
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (426+ words) Too much curiosity can damage personal stuff. The following story involves a woman who asked her friend to watch her backpack for a moment. It contained a USB hack disguised as a regular drive. Out of curiosity, her friend plugged…...
Thoughtful Son Keeps Trying To Show His Parents How To Turn Off Their Tablet, But They Keep Locking It Instead
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (344+ words) There is a steep learning curve for the iPad if you're used to using other devices. Some parents struggle with it more than others. Check out this son trying to help them conquer logging out. So many times my parents…...
New I.T. Worker Gets Involved With A Customer Who Tinkered With A Server So Badly It Needed Serious Work, And He Is Aghast At The Extent Of It
1+ week, 1+ day ago (478+ words) There are some things you can figure out on your own without much knowledge. Like Ikea furniture. Building servers is not one of those things. Check out why this tech worker was stunned early on in his role. I currently…...
His Technician Misread A Ticket And Deleted All Of The Users Out Of The Email System, And When Confronted, He Refused To Admit He Did Anything Wrong
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1443+ words) When you work in IT, you need to be very careful not to cause more damage than you are fixing when working on an issue. What would you do if an employee got a ticket to take an action, but…...
Woman And Her Boyfriend’s Kids Pooled Their Money To Buy Him An Xbox Series S, But After Leaving It Unopened For A Year, He Finally Admitted He Wanted The ‘Series X’ And Blamed Her For Not Asking First
1+ week, 3+ day ago (620+ words) There's nothing worse than putting a lot of effort into a gift and watching the person receiving it focus on what it is rather than what it isn't. So, what would you do if you and your partner's adult kids…...
Devices At The Office Seem To Have Minds Of Their Own, And Then An Helpful Employee Figures Out What’s Going On
2+ week, 2+ day ago (406+ words) When a bunch of people need to use their devices at the same time and together, weird and annoying tech issues are bound to happen. See why this bizarre incident unsettled workers at the office. Im not in IT currently,…...
Tech Support Worker Tried To Help A New User, But Then The Customer Confused The Computer Mouse For A Foot Pedal
2+ week, 2+ day ago (502+ words) Some tech support calls are less about broken computers and more about just how wide the technology gap can be. So what would you do if a customer calmly explained that he had "the television, the typewriter, and the box…...
Vice Principal Claimed Her Laptop Was “Possessed,” So An IT Employee Eventually Solved What Was Creating The Mysterious Ghost Touches
2+ week, 3+ day ago (414+ words) How would you react if your computer felt like it's suddenly being "possessed?" Lol. The following story involves an IT employee for a school district. A middle school vice principal called him in a panic, saying her computer was being…...
Employee Investigated A Coworker’s Broken Headphones For Weeks, But Then He Discovered A Curious Problem With Their Design
2+ week, 3+ day ago (341+ words) A technology problem to one may just be a small inconvenience to another. This man noticed that his coworker's headphones kept changing volume randomly. He tried them on and observed what happened" until he found out what the real problem…...
Resident Helped Everyone With Computer Problems In A Group Home, But He Finally Met Someone Whose Computer He Couldn’t Fix
2+ week, 3+ day ago (343+ words) Being good at computers can make you the go-to tech person anywhere. In this story, a man living in a group home often helped others with computer and phone issues. One day, another man came up to him and brought…...