• PoastRotato@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    If I had a nickel for every time I was troubleshooting with a friend and discovered they thought turning the monitor off and on again was “rebooting the computer” I’d be depressingly wealthy.

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      4 months ago

      “What do you see when it’s coming back up?”

      “Right back to the problem I’m having!”

      “So you don’t see [insert OEM logo here]?”

      “Nope. And it’s still frozen!”

      “Where’s the power button you’re holding down?”

      “On the monitor!”

      Open the window and throw it out, please

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      4 months ago

      *Shuts the laptop lid and opens it.
      “Ok! It’s restarted”
      IT person: “Well that was certainly quick. Are you sure you restarted it?”
      Person: *Feels smug about how they were able to restart quicker than most people.

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      4 months ago

      I once did a house call over an hour away to turn on elderly couples monitor back on. Didn’t feel good about giving them the bill.