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adam.riggins: A question I deal with every day

  • Kim · 11 months ago
    No lie - the other day I had ask me if their name was on the roster for a class we're holding next week. I told her yes. She then said, "So I'm registered for the class?" Again, I said yes. She couldn't let it drop and again said, "So my name is on the list?"
    BITCH, WHAT PART OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS GIVING YOU SO MUCH TROUBLE???
  • Kim · 11 months ago
    I left out the word "someone" in that first sentence.
    See what I get for making fun of idiots? A big ol' typo!
  • adamriggins · 11 months ago
    haha, that's ok, I laughed, so we'll see if I make a typo. That's really funnu!
  • adamriggins · 11 months ago
    ok, so mine was intentional. But still, your comment had me LOL-ing. Or is it L-ingOL. Either way, I was audibly laughing!
  • Kim · 11 months ago
    No lie - the other day I had ask me if their name was on the roster for a class we're holding next week. I told her yes. She then said, "So I'm registered for the class?" Again, I said yes. She couldn't let it drop and again said, "So my name is on the list?"
    BITCH, WHAT PART OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IS GIVING YOU SO MUCH TROUBLE???
  • Kim · 11 months ago
    I left out the word "someone" in that first sentence.
    See what I get for making fun of idiots? A big ol' typo!
  • Adam · 11 months ago
    haha, that's ok, I laughed, so we'll see if I make a typo. That's really funnu!
  • Adam · 11 months ago
    ok, so mine was intentional. But still, your comment had me LOL-ing. Or is it L-ingOL. Either way, I was audibly laughing!
  • KrAzE · 11 months ago
    I work in tech support and just last weekend in 2 days I got:


    "I lost my contact under the keyboard key" I told her she could pry the key up and retrieve her contact and the key would press right back in. I came in to check on her later when I wasnt with another person and she had taken every key off the keyboard.



    One person was working from home and wanted the portal to the applications, I told her to enter in her address bar access.mhsil.com , she called back three times, one because she spelled access wrong, one because she put www. before access (who ever invented the www. crap needs to die) and another time because she didnt remember her password.



    One of the dr's that I have personally seen 8000+ checks a week to asked me how to check his email from home. His computer was giving him grief so I asked him to go to start, shutdown and choose restart. As soon as I asked him if it was restarting, he told me nothing was happening. I asked him how he restarted giving me all the steps and he informed me he held the power button in until it turned off.



    I work tech support and alot of the nursing staff I work with is in the baby boomer age range. I am completely fine knowing they know nothing about computers and I am glad to help. Sometimes however, its just sad and funny.



    P.S. I work weekends exclusivley (it was an entry position) and I work by myself. I try and take my lunch at a random time. Granted my days are usually pretty slow... maybe even 2 hours between calls. Every time I go to the kitchen, as soon as I pay for my food, the phone rings, EVERY time.
  • adamriggins · 11 months ago
    Yeah, I bet in a position like that, you hear a lot of stupid questions. I am not the IT guy here, but people still come to me with IT questions since I know more than almost everyone else about computers. I just have such a low tolerance for dumb people!
  • patrick · 11 months ago
    Man, every single day I hear things like that. We launch these online forms that pretty much go from August - February. Each person (over 600 total) has to fill out about 10-15 forms - and I'm the only IT person!


    One gentleman tried to print his form, but his form wasn't printing. Turned out that he never had a printer!



    Imagine the things I hear....
  • adamriggins · 11 months ago
    Have you ever gotten the "it says to press any key. Where is the "any" key?"
  • KrAzE · 11 months ago
    I work in tech support and just last weekend in 2 days I got:

    "I lost my contact under the keyboard key" I told her she could pry the key up and retrieve her contact and the key would press right back in. I came in to check on her later when I wasnt with another person and she had taken every key off the keyboard.

    One person was working from home and wanted the portal to the applications, I told her to enter in her address bar access.mhsil.com , she called back three times, one because she spelled access wrong, one because she put www. before access (who ever invented the www. crap needs to die) and another time because she didnt remember her password.

    One of the dr's that I have personally seen 8000+ checks a week to asked me how to check his email from home. His computer was giving him grief so I asked him to go to start, shutdown and choose restart. As soon as I asked him if it was restarting, he told me nothing was happening. I asked him how he restarted giving me all the steps and he informed me he held the power button in until it turned off.

    I work tech support and alot of the nursing staff I work with is in the baby boomer age range. I am completely fine knowing they know nothing about computers and I am glad to help. Sometimes however, its just sad and funny.

    P.S. I work weekends exclusivley (it was an entry position) and I work by myself. I try and take my lunch at a random time. Granted my days are usually pretty slow... maybe even 2 hours between calls. Every time I go to the kitchen, as soon as I pay for my food, the phone rings, EVERY time.
  • Adam · 11 months ago
    Yeah, I bet in a position like that, you hear a lot of stupid questions. I am not the IT guy here, but people still come to me with IT questions since I know more than almost everyone else about computers. I just have such a low tolerance for dumb people!
  • patrick · 11 months ago
    Man, every single day I hear things like that. We launch these online forms that pretty much go from August - February. Each person (over 600 total) has to fill out about 10-15 forms - and I'm the only IT person!

    One gentleman tried to print his form, but his form wasn't printing. Turned out that he never had a printer!

    Imagine the things I hear....
  • Adam · 11 months ago
    Have you ever gotten the "it says to press any key. Where is the "any" key?"
  • MTAE · 11 months ago
    It this where I type the comments I want to leave?
  • adamriggins · 11 months ago
    yes, MTAE, that is correct. If you have any other questions, shoot me en email at iDontHaveTimeForIdiots@gmail.com
  • MTAE · 11 months ago
    It this where I type the comments I want to leave?
  • Adam · 11 months ago
    yes, MTAE, that is correct. If you have any other questions, shoot me en email at iDontHaveTimeForIdiots@gmail.com
  • Dube · 10 months ago
    Awful. How can someone even be confused about that? I don't understand!
  • Dube · 10 months ago
    Awful. How can someone even be confused about that? I don't understand!
  • Adam · 10 months ago
    You've got me, Dube. Some people should probably not reproduce.
  • adamriggins · 10 months ago
    You've got me, Dube. Some people should probably not reproduce.
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  • Peyton · 10 months ago
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  • Adam · 10 months ago
    ha! That's a math wizard right there. Glad you like the site man!
  • adamriggins · 10 months ago
    ha! That's a math wizard right there. Glad you like the site man!