What's the dumbest thing you've ever been asked since everyone thinks you're the IT guy Sup Forums?

What's the dumbest thing you've ever been asked since everyone thinks you're the IT guy Sup Forums?


>hey user, how do i put files on to a usb stick?

Who's this slut

"How do I print stuff?"

This fag once asked me if everything that was easily solvable by a computer was easily verifiable by a computer.

He was a total moron.

You people underestimate how oblivious some people can be to computers, especially those over 40. Even in the current year you should never assume that people are clued up on this stuff.

someone asked me to keep images of anime on my hard drive and i was like "no"

>i printed this gif but is static???

you're mom

rude

I was trying to help this guy reinstall windows, but he was just totally uncooperative. Every time I told him to do something he got increasingly nervous untill even moving the mouse became to complicated for him. I think he was having a panic attack.

my mom once gave me a usb stick to go to the city and print something (too poor for a printer) and when I came there the clerk told me there ain't no files, turned out she copied the fucking shortcuts i kekd audibly when i heard that

>Hey, user. I just bought a wireless mouse and it isn't working...
>Check laptop
>...
>Check wireless mouse
>...
>Look at him
>...
>This came in a box right?
>Yeah
>Pull dongle out of box
>put into laptop
>yaaaaaaaaaay

Normans think that the computer might blow up if it doesn't have a nice GUI and start menu.

It's rude claiming this character is a "slut".

Also the idiot could try the image search integrated into this site to show what anime it's from (It comes up I checked) then Simply find a character list

This. I worked at a store building computers and was thinking the store would be rather non-popular since I assumed people could handle media nowadays.
But surprise, every single day had senior customers.
Not that I mind. More money.

Most seniors can't even hook shit up correctly let alone use their machines.

And the thing is always riddled with malware from all the aquarium screensavers they have been downloading.

My story
Be me 17 going on 18 at college. (Post 2011)
> "Hey user"
Yes
> "You know computers right?"
(Cautiously) yes?...
> "My computer isn't turning" (He meant college's)
Shouldn't you really ask the I.T. guys though?
> For some reason anaon they don't like me
Really... Fine.
(Look at PC)
Wasn't even turned on.
Pressed on Button.
> "See user screen won't come one as well!"
Press on button on screen.
> "Oh OK thanks user"

I've been getting stupid tech questions since my fucking childhood. First it was my family now it's people in general. I've even had my fucking neighbors come round.

I have a lot more stories which I might save for other threads or if people ask. Some are weird too.

>Mum's friend is having problems with her printer
>Asks me to come over and help
>Morbidly obese and smells like piss
>House is falling apart
>Get into computer room and there's junk everywhere
>Printer is about a decade old
>"Okay, so what's the issues?"
>"It was working before but now it stopped"
>"Do you have another cable?"
>"Oh, yeah, right here"
>Take out cable and plug in other cable
>It works
>"Oh, well can you help me with this photo editing app I have, it used to run fine but recently it's been slow?"
>The program is some cheap shit, basic as fuck, photo editing program with pre-programmed filters and cobfigurations that she actually physically bought in a store
>Try to open the program
>It gets stuck loading
>Her computer is just too old and filled with malware
>uninstall program and reinstall
>Still doesn't open
>Tell her she probably needs a new computer and just want to get out of there
>"Oh. But I really need this program today"
>Tell her about GIMP
>"Can you show me it now?"
>Finally agree and ask if she has an internet connection
>She pulls out her phone and says she just uses that as a hotspot
>Ask her how much data she has and whether shes on a plan
>Emphasize this fucking point
>She says she has enough and it's fine
>Download GIMP
>she gets a text saying she's spent all her data and she gets passive aggressively tells me she's on prepaid data
>Try to make GIMP look easy to use
>"So what are you trying to do?"
>"I want to make some business cards"
>Go through the process of importing some of her images and putting her signature on it
>Print it out on regular A4 paper
>She starts cutting it out to use
>I just get up leave at this point
>One month later I run into her again
>She says she's going well with GIMP but just can't figure out how to zoom, use the brush or save anything

>What's the dumbest thing you've ever been asked since everyone thinks you're the IT guy Sup Forums?

An oldie

>hey user, can you put me internet on this floppy?

And this gem

>How can my computer run slow? I have barely used it since I bought it 5 years ago

You must be great at parties

I am on a laptop from 2006 right now, it still runs fine. Maybe in the 90s/early 2000s this would be more true.

people buy very slow laptops for 300
i experienced some of them, it's like going back to 90s
so much bloat it's unbearable

>"Hey user, how do I copy this file?"
You just right click on it, copy then usr paste where you want to copy it
>"JESUS SLOW DOWN, do you think im a tech genius, what is a right click?"

Apparently someone from twin star exorcist

I'm the fucking life of it...
Honestly though just how often I see how lazy people are. Especially when it's so easy to find the source for something. It's just annoying to see it so often.

tell me one weird

What's even more surprising is that it seems the upcoming Generation Z is "computer savvy", but only as users. Like they know the internet, the know all the culture that is allowed to live because of technology, but they know less and less about the technology itself, about how it works, etc.

> Should I buy a ram upgrade directly from Apple and let them install it?

Almost answered yes

You've got no choice on modern macs.

That was about a Willamette Celeron which was a disaster of a cpu, a netburst neutered on all the fronts that make netburst work.

"My computer is displaying pixels please help"

Got that as a ticket for my university's help desk. She sent us an attached printscreen of the 'problem' too.

No, but I expect people to do at least a couple minutes of basic troubleshooting before whining to get someone else to do it.

People don't want to be dealing with that stuff, they just want it to work like in the ads.

>"My Internet got smaller"

Turns out this woman had about 10 toolbars installed on Internet Explorer

ITT beta cucks

>CAN U HACK FACEBOOK 4 ME BRO
every fucking day through senior year some fuckwad would ask me that.

Underrated

>defending fictional characters' honor
>posting faggy tumblr-looking gifs
I think you're on the wrong site.

>how can I download music on my phone without internet?

Starts out as normal but about a year later. Finished College.
So:
> "Hey user"
I know IT right?
> " How did you kn-"
Fucking everyone has asked me that out of the blue including people I don't know, and I don't know you so...
> "Well ok, You see it's my computer for work"
(BTW it was a laptop he got from his work apparently)
What about it?
> "Well I seem to have damaged something in it."
OK bring ti round I'll look at it and tell you what's wrong with it and whether it needs new parts.
> "OK"

1 Hour Later

> "Here you go user When should I come back for the 'diagnostic' then?"
(I cringe inside because he said diagnostic like he was trying to know)
Err...
Well I'll phone you I suppose. But it should be about an hour
> "Alright"

So I get to work on it turn it on.
> Laptop is very loudly ticking
What the... Turn off remove power and battery. Take into garden since realised I really have never met this fucker.
Do the same but after opening it to find out where it is.
> Turn it on with battery.
> coming from center
Unplug as ticking gets slowly faster each time it is powered.
> Completely Disassemble
> It's a fucking bomb.
> Weak but it was powder with a timed fuse.
Removed the "Bomb"
Report bomb to bomb squad.
> They destroyed the Bomb and then asked me where I found it
Told them about guy, issues he was having with laptop.

1 hour later phone guy

> "Hello?"
Yeah high it's user. I found your problem it was a Bomb.
> He wasn't surprised at all.
Asked why he wasn't surprised
> Wouldn't fucking tell me.

> Week later I have a random person come to my door. Claims on behalf of her majesty and her government (From UK.)
> Tells me Government and her majesty informally thanks me for my service in saving many lives or some shit like that.
Walks away. Never see guy again.

I think you can see what happened here. Sorry if it wasn't weird enough for you but it was for me.

Fucking Turing man.

> Not realising Sup Forums is full of Waifu defenders

Also the "faggy tumblr-looking gif" is from the film adaptation of Scott pilgrim vs the world.

Like this, look:
>connects OTG zip dusquette and sends mp3s to internal sd card

>Me at class
>the girl next to me "my photoshop doesn't work correctly, user"
>"welp, lemme take a look"
>mfw she had the layer she wanted to see hidden
>click in the eye
>"wow, thank you! "

More like Cuck the Leaf Whiteknighting again

Hello, reddit

>internal sd card
>mfw it's a thing

eMMC

>the film adaptation of Scott pilgrim vs the world
So like the faggiest tumblr-tier movie ever made, got it.

Android calls it internal SD or sdcard

Is that a question, or your response to OP's question?

10/10

story time?

>Not knowing Scott Pilgrim
I'm not that guy but...Just...

People ask me for help with their first year CS homework, I tell them the problem with their code, or try to give them directions such that they can investigate and learn what the assignment is trying to teach them. Then they get upset at me because I'm not actually writing the code for them. This happens monthly.

Never been on there would you believe? Been on Tumblr yes, but only for porn.

Kek

"Wheres the EVGA cable?"

I still run into old people that state that "These computers, they'll never catch on" like it's the early 90's still.

ouch, right in the memories of helping the entire class figure out what a fucking simple for loop was because the prof didnt know how to use fucking semis, those were the days, m9

These people still think the microwave oven is space age tech.

>where is the shift key
Was asked this whilst I was trying to teach her the ropes of HTML

jesus fucking christ,
we have a winner

Get out autism.

learn how to use a fucking shift key, non shift key using fag

Can confirm. A 15 year old complained that she didnt understand what the difference between HDD and SSD was, but then proceeded to ridicule me because I didnt know some meme.

>be studying IT
>everyone(including some of the teachers who should know better) keeps assuming this means we know programming
>actually studying to be a system specialist, the entire curriculum has a single course on the basics of programming
I actually do know programming(well, enough to mess around at least), but that's besides the point. Gotta feel sorry for my classmates, though.

I am a cable technician. I am that asshole that you pay $150 mandatory fee for that comes to your house, connects the drop to your house (30 seconds of work) and phones in the MAC Address on your modem.

Anyway, 30 minutes of "free" in-home support comes with those calls. You know, to setup someones TV or WiFi Network. After 30 minutes, we charge $90/hour ($60 goes to me!) for in home support assuming we don't have other calls we need to go to. They have to pay the full hour, and if it reaches even only a few minutes into the next hour you have to pay for another additional full hour. You'd be surprised at how willing some people are to pay $90/hour for shit they could google and solve themselves.

The questions I have been asked, and the things I have seen people do...

I will try to write out some stories, but going to another call. I usually get 1 or 2 hour periods throughout the day where I am not doing shit so I should be able to update this thread at some point.

>Hurrrrrrrrrrrrr
RECOIL IS BACKWARDS
NOT FORWARDS
REEEEE

>is it safe to use my wifi to check my email on my phone?

Literally Sup Forums in a nutshell.

No more threads about rewiring ham radios or other gear to violate fcc standards.

No threads about creating your own signal jammers for when the party van is parked on your street or downtown

Nothing but weak ass users

>Why can't I install Windows XP on a Skylake based computer? I paid for it in 2001 so Microsoft has to support it.
Support has ended in 2014
>But I paid for it! This is an outrage and a scheme to always push for new OS sales!

>thinking Sup Forums is a sikrid clob
You're making poor life choices, user

>Also the "faggy tumblr-looking gif" is from the film adaptation of Scott pilgrim vs the world.

The movie sucks ass.

here's a few nuggets from work:

Hey guy can you email this pdf over text to the client? they dont have email on their phone.

Which side of the cd do i write on?


In firm presidents office one time helping him fix his surface: "Paging IT GUY, please call (other senior official in company) at once"

I call him from the presidents office, president sort of listening in on the call as the senior offical starts off: "IT Guy, microsoft has called me and informed me that i have a". He doesnt finish because I'm already shouting "THATS A SCAM PLEASE DONT DO ANYTHING THEY SAY"

He's silent for a second and then replies back "They're from microsoft and said that I urgently need to follow these directions to get the virus off my computer"

I tell him 3 more times to please not touch anything and hang up with "microsoft", he doesn't reply to that but just says, "ok, goodbye"

The president just sort of glances over to me and asks "how many times do you have to tell him?"

K So. Don't care if it is shit. I liked it. Does that rigger you Autists?

No one said you weren't allowed to like trash..

You can though. Just have to add whatever drivers are needed to your installation media. Usually only USB controllers and maybe ethernet/wifi if you don't want to schlep those over afterwards.

My old man couldn't with the original XP install CD so it was impossible and a ploy. A fucking ploy.

My mom asked me how I qas able to find a specific email.
>Just use the search bar (gmail)
>Wait how did you know to do that?

Bless her.

>anything from edgar wright being bad
tasteless plebeian detected

>can you email this PDF over text

bruh

>work at tech support in a public institution in my country
>have to travel to another city to fix a pc
>problem description is just "doesnt turn on"
>takes me an entire day to get there
>get there, check pc
>usb drive was on top of the boot order
>take the pendrive off
>"Omg its working what did u do?"
>configure boot order
>takes me another day to get back home

I know its not a question, but that happens at least once a week. Just wanted to take it off my chest.

I have had to explain to my dad several times that services like Netflix or the WWE network will not appear on our phone bill.

how is that a bad thing though? or would you rather be stuck in office all day?

I have to travel in a shitty economy class bus that is often stinking, no internet signal for the entire trip and my monthly salary is a little more than 250 dolars when converted to ameriburger monies.

>> "Hey user"
>Yes
who answers "yes" to a greeting?

Benio-sama

Did I hear that right? Twin star terrorist? Oh boy.

we are mega fucked now

>le dank kids are going to be better than us at computers maymay

The fuck they are, the pinnacle of what they do is play fucking angry frogs or whatever while posting on their wallbooks with their iphone

That's a legitimate question. Normies don't know anything about wifi encryption so why not explain it to them?

But it's a bluetooth mouse user. Why can't I use the integrated bluetooth receiver in my laptop?

>>/diy/
all the hardcore electronics fags went here

a woman asked me to format her cellphone without knowing what formatting means and then got mad because all her contacts got erased.