TehBamski@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat's been your most painful parent tech support moment?i.imgur.comimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1377arrow-down13cross-posted to: godzilla@lemmy.world
arrow-up1374arrow-down1imageWhat's been your most painful parent tech support moment?i.imgur.comTehBamski@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square40fedilinkcross-posted to: godzilla@lemmy.world
minus-squarePissmidget@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 day agoFriend of the family but still… Had to travel by boat to an island with no road connection to turn on a printer, after having been promised that it was, in fact, on. Once turned on it was working. Well as much as a printer can work.
minus-squarepivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 day ago Well as much as a printer can work. Only after a ceremonial blood sacrifice on the Tuesday after a blood moon. Got it.
minus-squareraynethackery@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoWaste of two goats. Better to have them mow your lawn.
minus-squareedgemaster72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoStep 6. Grab a bat and perform percussive maintenance
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoA trick for that is to tell them to now try actually unplugging it from the wall and turning it back on again. This gets them to actually do it instead of lying and/or not understanding what it means to actually turn it off and on again
minus-squarePissmidget@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 day agoThe problem was more of a disagreement between the end user and the printer in what constitutes an on button.
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoA sentence that shouldn’t be this normal.
Friend of the family but still…
Had to travel by boat to an island with no road connection to turn on a printer, after having been promised that it was, in fact, on.
Once turned on it was working. Well as much as a printer can work.
Only after a ceremonial blood sacrifice on the Tuesday after a blood moon. Got it.
Waste of two goats. Better to have them mow your lawn.
Step 6. Grab a bat and perform percussive maintenance
A trick for that is to tell them to now try actually unplugging it from the wall and turning it back on again. This gets them to actually do it instead of lying and/or not understanding what it means to actually turn it off and on again
The problem was more of a disagreement between the end user and the printer in what constitutes an on button.
A sentence that shouldn’t be this normal.