Rage Stories

ITT
Stories where you've tried to help people or people are just too stupid to grasp tech

>work at college helpdesk
>get repeated phonecalls from students asking why their videogames are being slow
>check network traffic
>they're seeding a fuckton of porn and movies and shit
>all of it over wifi

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I was trying to forget about that one....

>visit "TECHNOLOGY" board on web site
>it's the same as the "GAMING" board
>i "RAGE" evrytiem

TRIGGERD

>Have friend who claims he is good with computers
>Go around his house
>He uses Windows 95 theme
>pokerface.jpg
>He wants to show me some animus (lol weeaboo)
>He opens some pre-historic media player which looks like it is from windows 95
>I ask him, why doesn't he use VLC?
>he said it's is shit
>I say lol no! it's the best durr al the people on Mininova recommend it.
>He puts on Something Experiments Rain or something , said I would like it.
>Some little girl jumps of a roof
>I call him a pedo weeaboo and tell him its shit and he doesn't know shit about technology
>THEN HE called 'ME' an idiot
>Mfw i have no face

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Why are they using the campus network for things not related to their field of study? What shitty university Do you work for?

>at college
>have a brand new Thinkpad
>everybody else is using ipads, or some cheaper tablet, a few macbooks
>professer is a huge macfag
>tells us mac is the future and we are stupid if we don't get a mac
>tell him he is wrong
>he pulls me up to compare my laptop to his macbook
>mine is faster, and better in every way
>starts getting mad
>he pours water over mine by "accident"
>"oh no! your 90's laptop is dead! you had better go buy a new macbook after class today!"
"Actually, this is a $2000 top of the range thinkpad, and it's water proof"
>hold my still running laptop over his macbook and the water drains onto his and kills his
>"the fuck did you just do? GET OUT OF MY CLASS!"
>tried to get me expelled
>they look at the security footage
>come back next week and see a new lecturer.
>he's a huge Linux/open source fag
>has Richard Stallman picture on his thinkpad

>Arts student sits next to me with his MacBook Pro at this lecture
>I'm currently typing down notes on my ThinkPad X61t
>He brags about his drawings to me showing them on the Mac
>He then says, 'Why are you using such an old laptop, are you that poor?'
>I then swivel the screen on my X61t and start drawing
>I can see the obvious jelly in his face
>He gets mad and spills his starbucks coffee over my ThinkPad
>He says, "Oh look, it's useless now!" with a massive shit eating grin
>I then held my still running ThinkPad over his MBP as the coffee drains instantly destroying his precious mac
>He reports me to the Faculty Office
>He gets expelled for trying to destroy my laptop
Just another day with my X61t

I want to believe

Stuff_that_never_happend.bar

They're undergrad students living in dorms mayne.

>Today on: My life is a lie, so share it with me!

>customers come in looking to buy a new T.V.
>Adamantly refuse to buy 4k because their isn't enough content yet.
>yet they still want a top quality T.V.
>explain to them that even though 4k might not be a huge benefit now HDR, OLED, refresh rates etc are major features found only on 4k models
>they get pissy and cant comprehend why Sony and Samsung don't make good 1080p tvs in 2017.

Listen i understand that 4k isnt the greatest enhancement to the A/V world but for fucks sake its the standard for 43" and above at this point. I fucking hate people who complain that 4k is to expensive, but when you show them reasonable priced 4k they says its to cheap to be good. Well the fucking same would have been said for 1080p during its entire life.

>Buy giant stupid imac
>Run Windows on it
>Play games in 2560 x 1440
>Install gentoo
>Master gentoo in 2560 x 1440
>Dual boot Windows and Gentoo in starbucks in 2560 x 1440
>Mac fags look at me like I'm crazy
>Thinkpadfag looks at me like he wants to fuck
>He only dual boots Arch and Win XP
>Call him a faggot
>Take my 2560 x 1440 Gedows iMac out of starbucks
>Fuck my girlfriend while watching Rush Hour 2 on my 2560 x 1440 imac in Gentoo
>Girlfriend starts to say something
>"The advanced retina display on your 2560 x 1440 monitor is fantastic"
>Then she cums

True fucking story.

See

>Talk about making a Hackintosh with some friend
>Macfaggot comes in and says "THATZ ILEGAL U R STEELING FROM APPLE!"
>No, It's not. I didn't pirate macOS and making one is legal but Selling the machine as a Macintosh would be illegal
>"Whatever nerd, It won't be good as a Mac. Why don't you stick to Windows instead? Macs are not for people like you" His exact words
I really want to punch this motherfucker into hell

>be user in math lecture
>a couple minutes before lecture begins
>group of guys surrounding laptop
>they're laughing
>they call me over, "Hey user, you gotta see this"
>they're watching oreimo (this was when it was airing)
>"yo dude its an anime about incest!"
>i tell them that anime is for children
>go home
>download the latest oreimo episode

Undergrads should not be considered people.

>Need a webcam for new computer
>Don't have windows partition installed yet, just Ubuntu 10.04
>Go to future shop since I need it no and can't wait for shipping
>Browsing through webcams
>Realize I don't know which ones have good compatibility with Linux Skype
>Looking it up on my phone
>Salesguy comes up to me asking if I need help
>Tell him I'm good
>Asks if I'm sure
>"Uhhh well you wouldn't know anything about Linux would you? Like which of these might be compatible?"
>He tells me that he knows about it, sure
>I'm hopeful and put my phone away
>He proceeds to go on about how it's strange that I'd want a webcam for linux, since it's all just text based and how I'm really "going to the stone age here". Suggests that I install windows instead so I can have something up to date.
>Give him kind of a weird look
>He keeps going on about their prices for windows licenses and how he's sure it would be a worth-while purchase for me if I wanted to use the webcam, since Linux doesn't have pictures and can't even use webcams when it's all text
>Tell him "Listen, I don't care if you don't know what you're talking about, but don't lie to me and pretend you do, just to spout bullshit. You should probably do some research because you're way off."
>He shuts up instantly and walks away scowling

>Go to bestbuy
>Pick up iPad2
>get swarmed by some drone that really wants me to buy it
>I start raging over its flawed operating parameters and outdated hardware
>blank looks, blank looks everywhere
>I scream, "I'M A GOD DAMNED COMPUTER SCIENTIST, YOU FUCKING RETARDS"
>everyone in the store looks at me with awed filled faces
>I ask if they have an external SSD drive
>the guy doesn't know
>I flip shit and ask to speak with his manager
>the manager comes out and says they don't honor that, but they can sell me a viewsonic tablet
>a viewsonic tablet
>blank looks
>I rage, "GOD DAMN IT, WHY CAN'T ANYONE FUCKING USE THEIR BRAINS AROUND HERE?"
>my homie asks me to calm down, I'm like "no, bro, these people are fucking gay"
>he tells me that this is going to end up with us going home and me ordering all my shit online
>I tell the gal at the front kiosk with obvious damp spots where her nipples were to put her tits away
>we leave
I ended up buying all my electronics online after all, but holy fuck those people make me upset.

only that upsets me more and this happens often
>customer comes in looking to do a home theater
>Needs projector, screen, sound system, mounting brackets, cables, and installation
>wants to spend like 3000
>avg entry price for a decent system is like 10k

>It's is

> Have """""friend""""" that is going to school for CS
> Thinks he's hot shit because he knows a little more about computers than the average person
> Less technologically inclined friend asks him about plugging his computer into his tv
> CS """""friend""""" tells him he can't do it because the pixels on the tv are too big and his gpu won't run them
> I quit school soon after when I realize those people would have the same degree as me

>grandpa calls up, computer is fucked
>he drops it off
>10,000 toolbars
>reformat
>install Arch Linux
>compile everything from source
>get superior rolling release minimal system
>force all daemons and proessces, x windows, etc required to be manually started (like they SHOULD BE)
>return laptop
>he calls up
>WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT WHAT DID U DO TO MY COMPUTER FUK U KID
Fucking old people, just die already.

>Minding my own business installing Copland OS Enterprise on my liquid carbon dioxide cooled computer
>Otou-san calls from downstairs
>"What is it otou-san?"
>"LAIN! COME FIX THE WIRED!"
>I don't know what the shit happened after that. There were men shooting at stuff, wires buzzing, some shit about Schumann resonance and now the Knights of Eastern Calculus are giving me shit.
>Fuck it, I'll buy him a NAVI
>Go to the Tachibana store
>Considering purchasing a NAVI
>Eiri Masami is there
>Talks to me about Protocol 7
>I get really hyped for Protocol 7
>Decide to make use of it on the spot
>Reach for my HandNAVI
>Suddenly, spaghetti spills out of my pocket
>There's spaghetti on the floor
>Everybody walk the dinosaur
>Try to clean it all up
>I look down
>There's fur in the spaghetti, leading to the realization that I'm in a bear suit

Its been a while.

>tfw undergrad :(

>animus
Dude that Assassin's Creed. Not animu

Found the boring ass nigga who thinks that's ALL kids do at college

I don't get why people don't just buy a laptop or a decent computer with a nice monitor. Most of them are dumbasses anyways, so it's not like it matters, they can't tell the difference.

Friend of mine told me it took him almost 5 hours to get it to properly work, did you ever get Hackintosh to work easily for you? I've heard stories of it taking only like an hour or so

I love when I'm in a store and I'm walking past a Direct TV guy and he tries to sell me shit
>Be me
>wally world
>"Hey man! Would you like to check out our channels on Direct TV?"
>"Why? I have the internet and I grew up with Dish Network."
>"It's much better than the internet! And it's better than Dish!"
>"My dad literaly worked at Dish Network. I know both Direct TV and Dish 10xs over versus you. Can you even install a dish and a reciever and not get shit recption in a storm?"
>Guy is silent.
>"Yeah. And why would I want a service I'll only use 10 channels on anyways when I can get all my content for free from torrenting, youtube, hulu, netflix and other's for free?"
>"Have a nice day sir."
>Still in walmart 20 minutes later
>Guy is standing there bored
>he sees me again
>tries to look busy so he doesn't have to make small talk with me
It's not about bieng smart, it's about not using shitty services that are dead basically

the way Sup Forums is, I believe it

>averabe is 10k
PFFF
Dude I worked in Home entertainment for 10 years sense I was 15 with my dad. That's not true. You can get "theater in a box" for like 300 bucks. MOST you'd be spending is like 2k if you do it right

Sup Forums is a 18+ website

sure here there buddy! What does that have to do with anything when I'm 25?

/bread

I was talking about your mental age

Oh well. What can ya do user...
Enjoy the thread I created!

Your gramp just want to read the fucking news you autist.

>old people and tech
Yeah, I know this feeling user.
>get a call
>"Hey user can you come help me with my computer."
>Sure I'm a nice guy, why not.
>get to his house
>he's this 55 year old fatass loser
>has an ancient PC
>Windows XP
>1024x786
>his PC literally 10 minutes to start
>finally open internet explorer
>doesn't look like it's been updated in 15 years
>so use to snapping corners I forget that this is XP for a moment
>ask him why he's using XP
>told me he doesn't want to go through the hassle of learning a new windows
>told him that it's pretty user-friendly if you know not to click random links that already look sketchy
>start typing in the web address bar like I do on chrome to search
>goes straight to yahoo
>"Why do you have it set to yahoo?"
>"I don't trust google"
>"What? they are literally the top used and best search engine" (Fite me Sup Forums)
>IE is so slow I want to gouge my eyes out deal
>he keeps asking me why it's slow
>explain that it's windows XP in the modern AGE and as much as it's not a bad OS it's that's it's really outdated and he needs a new computer
>still thinks this is better
>explain to him my 3DS is more powerful than this old computer
>gets a bit mad but still is more confused
>praddles on how I don't appreciate old stuff
>fix his shit and leave
>next day he calls me up and told me he got a virus
>tell him I put Comodo on it, that's not possible unless he's looking at something he shouldn't
>still thinks I'm lying
>calls up Geekquack and ask for help
>pays them 200 to fix it.
>find the van outside
>ask his opinion
>tells him the same thing I did
>he agrees and says he'll buy a new PC next week
Why do old people not take the people like us seriously when it comes to this when we are the ones raised on it? I'm not AMAZING at it but I can get around almost any OS.

no no, he wants to get on facebook and type in the comment section like he's writing an email.

>replying to ancient copypasta

>RX400 series just released
>browsing local computer shop website with my friend since he wants to get a dGPU for his okay pc
>it's just a catalog-like site, they don't actually sell anything through it
>see brand new R9290x for $100
>run to the store like a t-rex was chasing us
>ask for card
>"Oh, you don't want that. It's a really old card. It was released in 2013!"
>"yeah, we want it"
>holds up 470
>"But look! These are NEW!"
>"We'll take the 290x, thank you"
>"The 400 series is more EFFICIENT!"
>"Just give us the 290x and we'll get out of your hair"
>"Tell you what! I'll throw in an hdmi cable with the 470!"
>"Can I just have the $100 290x?"
>this went on for like half a hour until he yield and sold us the 290x
>i still don't if he wanted it for himself or was just told by his manager to sell the new cards
>i also got a 24" 1080p IPS freesync monitor for $100 that day
>next day monitor was $200 and GPU out of stock

> >install Arch Linux
> Fucking old people, just die already.
It's like I've read that before. Good bait, but not good enough.

>It's like I've read that before
wow you're so smart

bump

>uses google
>installs comodo
>works for free
>Why do old people not take the people like us seriously when it comes to this when we are the ones raised on it? I'm not AMAZING at it but I can get around almost any OS.
>I wonder

>help parents/uncle/grampa fix their computer
>set up everything to be idiot proof
>they fuck up again and call me
>repeat

An old person in their 40's+ isn't going to be able to tell the difference.

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>2k to do it right
what are you retarded?
at minimum a good screen will set you back about 500 and better one would be 800

show me a 3k build build for a "do it right"

Maybe it was then vs now. Cause I've not built anything in almost 7 years.

*back in 2009*
>quit college to work on programming internship.
>college mates think I'm the dumbest shit in the world.
>tell them to fuck away from my life choices.


*now*
>college mates all need to work 10 hours a day for 50k a year.
>I work 10 hours a week, and earn 100k. Plus earned stock in the company I first interned with, and get another 100k from that.


Forgot to mention, this is a rage story for my mates.

fake but still funny and has some truth to it what would happen, kek

even then labor doesn't change, wire runs and in wall speaker installs aren't cheap and to get good speakers like entry level DefTech or B&W cost at least 1500 fr a good 5.1 probably 2000 for a 5.1.2

I use to get a lot of wire pretty cheap cause we got it from this warehouse company. I can't remember it but I do agree it's not cheap but it's not 10k expensive. The only time I did that was for a guy named Huebert Humphry. He was the rich old real estates dude I never met but my dad had several times. I'll ask him and see what he says about how much it was on average

mother fucker you don't even have a clue what a big fucking job some these guys have 6k figure jobs. Just yesterday we had guy come in a with 25k budget, and that doesn't even come close to come of the 6k figures job, that involve doing the entire house.

Wow, you're mad.
calm down user, I'm just trying to have a simple conversation with you.
Yes, if you're covering the entire house, sure, but even then, I could set up something cheaper. I'll do my best to prove it, and if my budget goes over 10k I'll admit defeat. This is assuming I'm doing all the work.

>budget goes over 10k ill admit defeat

holy shit what a pussy. 10k is to big of a budget for you?

When you don't have the money and you're not used to having a lot of money, a budget is pretty nice. I wish I had the money like you user. I don't have a nice job at all. There are people on this board that are into cheap chink thinkpads, that's pretty damn budgety user. Just cause you like flashing your money and burn it as fast as possible doesn't mean everyone does or can.

>friend of a friend has a broken pc
>I need it fixed right away it isnt running right
>she has limewire installed
>in 2012
>run a virus scan
>1500 viruses detected
>she has a rootkit too
>spend a fucking day fixing it
>give it back to her and tell her not to download shit off limewire, that this is how she got tons of viruses
>ok user will do!
>three days later
>my computer is acting weird again can you look at it???
>she download a bunch of crap off limewire the night I gave it back to her

I swear lots of people get off on doing the opposite of what they are told.

at that point, just block all communication to Limewire.

>I swear lots of people get off on doing the opposite of what they are told.

that's just women user

>buddy asks me to build him a computer for gaymen and music shit
>Do it, works fine
>6 months later asks me if he should clean the dust out of it
>"If you want to sure, just use canned air"
>I don't have any
>"I have some ill come over and do it tomorrow."
>Does it anyway that day before I can help him
>Get frantic call the next day
>"user my computer won't turn on!"
>what happened?
>"I don't know I cleaned it and now it doesn't work!"
>What did you use?
>"A feather duster and Lysol with paper towels... I didn't want to wait."
>Why the fuck didn't you wait!
>"It worked good it's clean! It just won't turn on..."
>Take all the parts out and try RMAing everything
>Everything has static discharge damage or water damage, only rma that goes through is the power supply.
>He starts getting mad at me for destroying his own computer
>"If you made it right it wouldn't have happened!"
>Blows $2000 on a MacBook for his shitty amateur SoundCloud rap projects instead
>Mfw he talks shit about me all the time to other friends that im a hack
>Mfw all my friends have me build them computers and they've all worked absolutely fine.

when your job is building complex systems for people with good equipment, your not burning money. Your building shit for people who can afford good shit. The rest of the world isnt full of poorfags on Sup Forums

Lemme guess he's a white nigger isn't he? He thinks he's the shit?

I didn't say they were POOR, a budget isn't for POOR people. Some people were poor at one time and then got rich and just worry about their money. Which is something you SHOULD do. Point to prove, Drake Bell bought like a 1M buck house and couldn't pay for it and had to downsize thinking his career would take off into movies and never did. Now he's basically a meh artist with an ok living.
If he had watched his money better, he wouldn't have lost so much.

You'll burn your money faster that way if you don't consider your options.

Let me tell you why that's bullshit.
I'm 38, working as a sysadmin, and can most definitely tell the fucking difference.
My father is 65 and can definitely tell the fucking difference.
My mother is 62 and can definitely tell the difference.

Take your shit opinions and gtfo. Just because you deal with retards does not mean anyone over the age of 24 is a retard.

>friend's parents give me $2000 to build a gaming PC for their 5 year old son
>they didn't provide any kind of requirements like "it should run Minecraft" etc
>they tell me I can keep the change
>buy a C64 on a yard sale for $100
>keep $1900

>he's 38 and posting on Sup Forums
Or what user. Go on tell me. What WILL you do to me? Nothing. Shuddup faggot.

What did you do with the other 1900?

That guys sounds like a complete and utter monstrous faggot user. I'd shit in his macbook and thump the head off the prick. What an ungrateful retard, take the piss out of his shit rap and spread around about him being so stupid for not using compressed air. What a fucking idiot

>What did you do with the other 1900?
Dragon dildos :^)

that's a lot of dildos user

Nah, I didn't actually do it, but it would've been pretty fun.
As soon as I realized the last time the parents saw a computer was in 1979 in a stupid Soviet propaganda movie, I gave up asking questions from them.
The kid was nice though and Minecraft was running just fine.

>19 dildos is a lot of dildos
>>>/buzzfeed/

so did you at least buy a prostate massager?

alright you got me there.
>he doesn't buy his used dildo's on CL

Tech as in technology?

AFAIK user

An onahole

o bby

basicly Sup Forums
try to tell them it doesn't matter if amd or intel ; 730gt or 1080+
but faggots will be faggots

Absolutely full wigger status. Has several sets of supreme outfits and 4 of their hats, rides around in a riced out Honda Civic, has never had a job more than two months but sells really shitty weed at $40 an eighth (and im talking like really shit weed).

I've moved out of state since that incident so I don't have the chance to spread shit about him, but it's still funny to hear from some of my friends who I kept in contact with that he still bitches about it.

how the hell does he make ANY money at all?

Apparently hes able to sell to all the shitlords who pissed off plugs with good product, so he basically scrapes the bottom of the stoner barrel for all of his sales. Also his dad is a doctor, that's how he got his car and riced it out ( by asking him for it)

>son of a DR
God, how do people let that shit happen? If I were his dad I think I would have kicked his ass and told him to get his shit together.
Rapping? OK fine, but have a stable career/job
Smokin weed? Sure ok but make sure said career isn't going to piss test you and at least try to be a productive member of society. This aint hard

>m8ure lithuanian m8 tells me to not send him 7z archives cuz he has WinRAR only
>tell him to fuck over, give him link to 7zip site
>"user I can't use unlicensed software"
>"print GPL license and hang it on wall"
>"no user license is not GPL license is payment confirmation"
>"user I my HDD was seized few years ago and I was almost fined"
>what the fuck
>"give me link to government website with this law published"
>gives me the link to the article describing how many people were punished for unlicnsed use of software
>proceed to being vocabulary substitute for him and explain that "unlicensed usage" is not "unpaid usage"
>"no user you are lying"
>continues to beg me to not use 7z
>tell him to go fuck himself and request better support for 7z which is already mentioned on official website
>he tells me that gasoline cars should not be able to consume diesel
>7z is actually mentioned on WinRAR description page which is what he paid for unironically
>post screenshot
>"y r u mad user"

And yes, he was not joking.

(you) tried

In the 25 years I've been using pc's I've never witnessed static damage. I've only ever read forum posts recounting a tale about it.

>did you ever get Hackintosh to work easily for you? I've heard stories of it taking only like an hour or so

The ease of making a hackintosh depends mostly on how you go into the project. I built a new pc using parts off the suggested build list, and looked up on the forum to see people's experiences with the configuration. So I went in knowing that the only issues I would experience is needing an audio kext. Honestly installation was quicker and easier than installing Windows 7 on the same computer.

Allot of people that have the most issues are people that just blindly jump in with no research or want osx to just work on their 3 year old hp or some cheap shit Dell.

>computer scientist
>SSD drive
pick one, user

>putting it on a dell or something
At that point, just install Mint or Ubuntu.

>drop out of school because other people are retarded.
>now you have no degree and they will be hired over you for jobs


Lmao.

Back.

>grandpa calls me up
>"HEY, HELP ME FIX MY COMPUTER"
>okay, I'll go help him so I drive on over
>enter the door
>he puts me in a room with his old desktop computer
>tons of adware, malware and toolbars
>computer looks like it fell into the suburbs of Detroit
>I just say "fuck it" and plan on reformating everything whilst keeping his files
>grab all his files, put them on a usb-stick and restart the computer
>grandpa keeps coming in and patting my back saying "good work, son!", gives me a beer
>restart computer
>go into bios and set to boot from - wait, there are two drives?
>boot normally
>there is a second boot OPTION
>ARCH LINUX!?
>boot into it
>lights go off in the room
>hear my grandpa snicker
>"Nau mai, youngling. Tumanako koe rite ki te kia moea a koutou"
>what?
>Look on screen
>numbers flying by so fast, see my server being hacked
>EH!?
>YELL "WHAT IS THIS?!"
>pull the plug on the machine
>IT'S STILL GOING
>GO INTO THE LIVING ROOM
>GRANDPA SITS THERE WITH HIS TEMPLEOS INSTALLED, GOING CRAZY IN THE TERMINAL
>"GRANDPA, WHAT IS GOING ON!?"
>TURNS AROUND AND LOOKS AT ME
>"...you're already dead"
>see "RM -RF /" shine up on the monitor of every device
>all my electronic devices explode
>"heh- baka nero arigato gosaimas ititakimas..."
>he then pushed me down the stairs

Fucking old people.

I laughed a little too hard at this.

DELID THIS

This is getting too meta.

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>ME intern for the waymo project back when (had connections)
>supe was EE
>working on hvac and air induction
>hvac module runs off some shitty single board computer with a retarded spider web of cables soldered to the i/o
>no gui or frontend itjustwerks
>for two weeks the module was shitting out monsoon gale force winds at ambient temperature and wouldnt react to the temperature changes
>supe was pming the software guys which were literally across campus that our controller was baked
>two weeks no one would come over
>got real sick of just picking over things and resetting things to get it to work and supe was busy with other shit
>get in to work early usually so i just go over first thing and hunt down the geniuses
>no one is at their desk
>lights arent even on yet
>someone with way too much coffee sees me leaving and asks what i need
>after i explain she pulls out her laptop and plugs the board in
>searches for the project on the intranet
>opens an ino file and goes to one of the tabs labeled "configuration"
>she scrolls through it for like 10 seconds then jumps and comments out a bunch of shit
>makes a new tab and puts in a few lines and includes some shit
>sends it to the board
>with bagel still in her mouth she says "whoever wrote that is a fucking idiot"
>runs up the stairs literally tripping the whole way
>wander back and plug the board in
>module turns on and starts giving cool breezes
>text my supe with a picture
>responds with single ellipsis
>tells me to go home and enjoy the weekend

>Be engineer
>Client escalates a case and I take on this project of figuring out what is wrong
>Call with tech onsite, IT manager and myself on the line
>Issue is some server can't communicate to the network and its all "connected correctly"
Noticing traffic on all of our devices to be only STP traffic
>Tell the client only STP traffic tell me what we are connected to
>I have a mac address of a Dell switch and he says impossible they don't use Dell
>Guy is going nuts, screaming at me on the phone
>Tell him again the switch is a Dell you mentioned you didn't know they are using a switch you didn't authorize
>fyi it is their issue
>They keep me on the line as long as they can and wont let me get off the line
>They get angry and say listen we need a solution, can you come up with anything to make this work?
>First words out of my mouth
>Disconnect this unknown switch and plug the server directly into the the devices we manage
>How will this work
>Step 1, buy a 50ft cable, reason for long cable is currently they are using a cable patched into the wall somewhere and they don't know where it goes..
>They go to walmart
>Pick up a cable
>Get an email
>Switch disconnected and now everything works....

Another day getting yelled at :)


Another story
Server doesn't work, our devices must be causing the issue
>Take on the case
>Notice something odd as the address for this location sounds familiar
>Do a ticket search
>Issue goes back middle of last year
>Inform them that this issue has been reported for a year and they never called back to investigate it?
>Yea ticket was close but they don;t respond for a month, that is what we will do
>Long story short, investigated as best as I could and provided them the answer that some software on their machine is causing the issue
>Everyone super nice and they don't know how that could be
>I explain again something like this our device wont prevent from "working"

>They investigate for over a week with their "Dev teams"
>They say again it isn't them they can't find anything...
>Week goes by, I don't even respond to emails anymore since its not my concern their shit doesn't work and they can't troubleshoot with their team
>Get an email, IT WORKS!!!!!
>Dev team copied code from a ......... that does work correctly and this one started working
>Issue on their side for over a year and they want to put the blame on us...

>Other story
>Migration project
Nothing works
Well we don't manage those servers those changes have to be made by the company who manages those servers
>company on the phone
>they notice some nat rules on their end
>everything is fixed
>i'm blamed again for not finding the issue
>I don't manage the server...

>Other issue
>my coworker is troubleshooting for 3 hours on the phone
>IT manager on the other end goes nuts
>Give me someone else right now, escalate this case ASAP!!!!!
>I take the call, before even saying hello or going through the bullshit
>I keep the guy on hold
>Found the issue within 3 minutes of being brought on this call
>Unhold, he says, UMMMM so why does everything work now?
>I explain another coworkers was working with him and I just found it
>Simple mistake, some people just can't troubleshoot for 3 hours and figure it out
>coworker goes home with a sad look on his face
>I didn't mean to make him look unqualified but truth is you have been troubleshooting for hours and I looked at the issue and found what it was easily...

Reddits pretty cool too.

>force all daemons and proessces, x windows, etc required to be manually started (like they SHOULD BE)
Gets me every time.