I fixed a printer for a struggling nurse at work by pushing the power cable in all the way. It had pulled out.
"It's just not getting any power!"
Yeah.
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i've seen this or similar plug issues many, many times.
It's one of my go to fixes (I have a check list lol)
I often see a similar issue with monitor video/audio cables (and of course monitor power cables).
I think VGA had something figured out with the screw in connectors.
My worst support call ever was a person whose computer sound wasn't working. We went through the troubleshooting steps, check volume, reboot, make sure sound drivers were loaded, etc. Finally I got them to verify the speakers were plugged into the correct port.
"Speakers? I don't have any speakers."
🤦♂️
Oh my fuck.
Having run a small business for almost a decade in a capitalistic society without government contracts, I can assure you, that most people aren't just "non-technical" they're incapable.
😂
I, hand to your preferred deity, took an "I can't get on the internet" call at an ISP where the cause was a power outage.
They were on a land line phone and their mind was blown that wired telephones didn't get their power from your household electric. Determined that since the phone and computer both get plugged into phone lines they should both work.
Yeah, I know. I've outed myself as being old as fuck before.
That's pretty hilarious.
From personal experience, I wouldn't wish working as ISP support staff on my worst enemy. It's cruel and unusual punishment 😭
I was actually an electrician once. Most people don't understand the differences between low and high voltage lines, which is fine. We can't all know everything. But maybe know a little to not be totally helpless 😂
I used to see all sorts of goofy shit. Especially on old houses where people would do what I called "straight pipe" an old breaker that kept tripping. Why update the panel and wiring for modern draw when you can just burn the fucking house down? Lol
I once had a support call with the Dean of the College I was working at, he had like 2 doctorates. He called because he moved his office phone to a different jack in the room. When I got there, instead of plugging the handset to the phone then phone to the wall, he had plugged the handset directly to the wall 🤦♂️
Oh boy 😬😂
Not when you are on the call and know you are being recorded.
Wut
There should be a Doctorate of Thinking. That might actually be worth the money for most people.
/s
I always forget that's an internet thing. Maybe I'm getting old too...
How else are they supposed to find the next highest resistance component?
low voltage, your fingers are probably fine but your tongue isn't.
High voltage, do not touch this.
Good enough for explaining to idiots who only touch things in their house.
Yeah. I was told maybe I shouldn't come to work sober again by my boss. I'd rather work shovelling cow and horse shit again.
One thing I learned working ISP tech support is that 65% of people don't know that you can right click on the mouse. And once you show them it exists, they will ask you whether they should "regular click" or "right click" for the rest of the call. It's like they discovered a new world.
See also ctrl-c & ctrl-v.
I don't remember that. But I don't remember much thanks to the amount of substance abuse I engaged in at the time and number of years.
I do know I was homeless and unemployed shortly after my ISP stint and still refused to even consider jobs where I answered a phone and talked to end users.
NGL I smoked a lot of weed and drank when I worked those kind of jobs too. It goes hand in hand 😂
What's curious is many people don't even have the intuition to plug things into the hole they fit in. I assume technical literacy has only gotten worse as usb-c has become more standard and bluetooth more streamlined.
What's curious is many people don't even have the intuition to plug things into the hole they fit in. I assume technical literacy has only gotten worse as usb-c has become more standard and bluetooth more streamlined.
If it makes you feel better, friend finally walked out of his job on the second broken cup holder
Yeah and you'd think it would be a simple enough concept like "male and female" cables. But we aren't even having sex anymore so maybe that's to blame 😂
That's transphobic.
Ah fuck you got me lol
🤣🤣🤣 I can't say I've never seen that lol too common!
"Mam/Sir,...Is it plugged in?" 🤭