IT support/employee rant thread

[JesusHChrist]

Don't get it.
WHY WON'T YOU FIX IT

Cuz you cheap fuckers never want to pay for it.

Just a cuz I iz smart with puters don mean I fixes them without $$.

See?

Try turning it off and on for starters. Unless it's Solaris. Then, never do that.

[DramaQueen]

Don't get it.
WHY WON'T YOU FIX IT

Cuz you cheap fuckers never want to pay for it.

Just a cuz I iz smart with puters don mean I fixes them without $$.

See?

Try turning it off and on for starters. Unless it's Solaris. Then, never do that.

Or buy a new one

[JesusHChrist]

Or buy a new one

Exactly. I see you have a future in IT.

[bladevalant546]

Hahaha, It is so funny how little we actually get paid too. IT people keep the economy actually going.

[Jackalope]

I was reading about databases. I think our next database should be brown.

As long as it's MS Access. Oooo... Or Excel.

[JesusHChrist]

Actually, I get paid quite handsomely, but I do have to put up with a lot of shit. I also bridge that uber-techy/management/business user space.

Putting up with shit ought to = $$, but I know it frequently doesn't.

A long time ago, I used to be one of those IT guys they kept in a cage and threw raw meat at, but I've branched out into writing emails and talking on the phone. Yay!

[Dragonetti]

I just had user come "wanting" me to fix their TV. The user was not able to change the TV's inputs with the remote control. They remote had the brand name LG, and the TV's brand name was Samsung. So, I put down the remote they were using, and picked up the Samsung remote to fix the issue.

[Jackalope]

I just had user come "wanting" me to fix their TV. The user was not able to change the TV's inputs with the remote control. They remote had the brand name LG, and the TV's brand name was Samsung. So, I put down the remote they were using, and picked up the Samsung remote to fix the issue.

I hope you billed him at least a hundred.

[JesusHChrist]

Back in the client-server era (late 90s), I had a customer with the database on the US West coast, and another user population in Europe. Due to network latency, performance was predictably poor. Applications that generate lots and lots of SQL are not happy in high latency environments.

I explained to the CIO, latency was dependent on the speed of light and time spent in the routers/switchs. The absolute latency floor is of course the speed of light (actually a fraction of the speed of light since the signal was going through copper/fiber/whatever). A fundamental limit due to the hard physical laws.

The only way to reduce latency is bring the devices closer together. I explained all this, did the calc to show latency.

The response? Fix it! I think I actually laughed.

[popeyespappy]

Okay, I do not know if there is a thread like this, did not find one in the search thingy. Anyway here is the unofficial IT support/employee rant thread.

Okay, I am 100% getting burned out on helping people out for common shit as, logging in to your computer, attempting to find the address bar or thing as simple as mapping a drive. I feel these and a few other issues that my brain has forgotten should be common computer skills in an AGE of increase computer integration!

Then finally the most importantly to myself anyway, can we get some thanks? Behind healthcare IT jobs are among the most thankless.

/rant over

You should try being IT support from 8000 miles and 14 time zones away for your 75 year old computer illiterate mother.

Or... the government.

Does that last sentence mean you work for a healthcare company? If so which one if you don't mind me asking?