Stupid CoWorkers

At my last job, I was a do-everything. I fixed the copier when the secretary added more paper to the ventilation slots. I explained to the custodians that vacuuming the small pile of nails, tacks, and wire would actually be BAD for the vacuum. But to this day, I still have arguments with my boss over one topic. She believes that if you sit too near or too long in front of a computer, it will give you cancer. I cannot convince her otherwise, simply because HER DOCTOR told her this, and therefore, it MUST be true. What the hell is the medical profession coming too???

Stupid CoWorkers

I work in a local hardware store. Recently, a new employee was hired to work at the store. On his first day on the job he announced to everyone that he was mechanical genius and smarter than everyone else. After several days on the job I realized he was a complete moron. First, he misspelled grease. He spelled it G-R-E-E-S. Second, he put together a wheelbarrow with the handles on backwards. The final convincing argument that he had the intellect of a 3 year old child was when he put together an extension cord with the same part on both ends(both ends could plug into a socket). When I told him he made a mistake he simply asked, “What’s wrong with it?”. All I could manage was a laugh.

Stupid Tech Support

I had a job at my local school board doing on-site technical support. We had just recently replaced all the Macintosh machines with Windows NT machines. While showing one of the secretaries the Windows environment, she asked where all of her icons were. I pointed to the two columns of icons on the left side of her screen.

Her: “Yes, but on my Mac they were all over here on the right.”

Me: “Well, by default, Windows arranges the columns on the left side.”

Her: “But I’m right handed!”

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Stupid Tech Support

I had just bought a new laser printer in the US when I received a very good job offer for the summer in Europe. So I called the printer manufacturer’s help desk to find out if I could use the printer in Europe with 220 volts, or if they had a low cost transformer.

Me: “Hello, I have just bought your new (printer model), and I was wondering if I can use it in Europe with 220 volts?”

Tech Support: “Hmmm…let me see…. Here, ok, it says that the printer works with 120 volts, so 220 volts should be enough.”

Me: “What?! If it is made only for 120 volts, and I hook it up to 220 volts, it’s going to fry.”

Tech Support: “Hmmm. You may need a surge protector.”