r/talesfromtechsupport • u/[deleted] • Dec 18 '19

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u/helloWorld-1996 Dec 18 '19

The punchline of this joke was excellent. Glad people like that could impossibly exist in the real world though..... It was a joke, yeah?

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u/Thutex Dec 18 '19

since i remember getting a call from a customer saying he had no internet.... while the building was out of power... alas, people like this are plenty

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u/much_longer_username Dec 18 '19

To be fair, my internet still works when the power is out. It's not an entirely unreasonable reaction, especially given how we're all carrying around wireless battery powered computers.

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u/Thutex Dec 19 '19

u/helloWorld-1996 u/much_longer_username . i will give you that.
however, his reasoning was not very logical.

he only had a fixed computer.... which, ofcourse, had no power.
he apparently knew this.
so he decided to call the helpdesk for "no internet", while knowing the power was out and he couldnt turn on the computer to even get on to the internet.

i do have so many fond (ridiculous) memories of that job, but i am glad i got out before it became like a prison (the apparently even time you and deduct your break when you go to the bathroom)