The OFFICIAL Facepalm Thread
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The OFFICIAL Facepalm Thread
So yeah, I just received a voice mail from one of our executives because he can't figure out how to use the power supply for his external hard drive. The hard drive's power adaptor has three different plugs (one for 110V, another for 220V and a third for European connections), and you just slide one of the plugs into place until it clicks and voila, you have a power adaptor that plugs into the wall.
*facepalm*
*facepalm*
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Your avatar accompanies that paragraph perfectly.
Popin' ain't easy
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That look has become my standard appearance when performing work duties.Zlax46 wrote:Your avatar accompanies that paragraph perfectly.
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Nice traps. you been working out?Obas wrote:That look has become my standard appearance when performing work duties.Zlax46 wrote:Your avatar accompanies that paragraph perfectly.
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Obas wrote:That look has become my standard appearance when performing work duties.Zlax46 wrote:Your avatar accompanies that paragraph perfectly.
Who is that, anyways?
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Desmond Bryant
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Test Ride the Sybian wrote:Who is that, anyways?
Who's blowing him?pony_keg wrote:Desmond Bryant
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Someone from my company e-mailed me and asked if it's OK for them to order $12,000 worth of software. Did some digging, and found out they were approved to make the purchase last fall, but they're just now getting around to placing the order. So yes, in my company, someone will wait nine months between getting approval and wanting to order the software, never mind that it's a different fiscal year.
*facepalm*
*facepalm*
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I often work in banks. One of the simpler jobs I had this week was to replace every monitor on each PC in a TD branch. That's pretty much plug'n'play. Very nice new monitors, widescreen, replacing squarish out-dated old ones. Simple enough, right? Every single employee in that branch panicked. "Hang on! I have to back up all of my files!!!" No it's just your computer's television is being replaced. The PC is not affected. Not in any conceivable way. "But all of my spreadsheets! My passwords!!!".Sabo wrote:Someone from my company e-mailed me and asked if it's OK for them to order $12,000 worth of software. Did some digging, and found out they were approved to make the purchase last fall, but they're just now getting around to placing the order. So yes, in my company, someone will wait nine months between getting approval and wanting to order the software, never mind that it's a different fiscal year.
*facepalm*
"It's just . . . know what? Go ahead. Do a full back up."
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Scottie wrote:I often work in banks. One of the simpler jobs I had this week was to replace every monitor on each PC in a TD branch. That's pretty much plug'n'play. Very nice new monitors, widescreen, replacing squarish out-dated old ones. Simple enough, right? Every single employee in that branch panicked. "Hang on! I have to back up all of my files!!!" No it's just your computer's television is being replaced. The PC is not affected. Not in any conceivable way. "But all of my spreadsheets! My passwords!!!".Sabo wrote:Someone from my company e-mailed me and asked if it's OK for them to order $12,000 worth of software. Did some digging, and found out they were approved to make the purchase last fall, but they're just now getting around to placing the order. So yes, in my company, someone will wait nine months between getting approval and wanting to order the software, never mind that it's a different fiscal year.
*facepalm*
"It's just . . . know what? Go ahead. Do a full back up."
What they really meant was, "Oh fuck, computer guy! He is going to see the doggie pron I watched last week. Let me quickly delete my browser history and my pron cache just in case you look at anything in my hard drive while you switch out monitors."
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The Sybian wrote:Scottie wrote:I often work in banks. One of the simpler jobs I had this week was to replace every monitor on each PC in a TD branch. That's pretty much plug'n'play. Very nice new monitors, widescreen, replacing squarish out-dated old ones. Simple enough, right? Every single employee in that branch panicked. "Hang on! I have to back up all of my files!!!" No it's just your computer's television is being replaced. The PC is not affected. Not in any conceivable way. "But all of my spreadsheets! My passwords!!!".Sabo wrote:Someone from my company e-mailed me and asked if it's OK for them to order $12,000 worth of software. Did some digging, and found out they were approved to make the purchase last fall, but they're just now getting around to placing the order. So yes, in my company, someone will wait nine months between getting approval and wanting to order the software, never mind that it's a different fiscal year.
*facepalm*
"It's just . . . know what? Go ahead. Do a full back up."
What they really meant was, "Oh fuck, computer guy! He is going to see the doggie pron I watched last week. Let me quickly delete my browser history and my pron cache just in case you look at anything in my hard drive while you switch out monitors."
Oh man, is that a saluki hair on his shirt? I think it is, oh no, oh...oh...UUUUUUUggggggggnnnnnnhhhHHHHHH
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My favorite question was "Do I still get Google?" Yes, you still get Google.
And the weirdest question I had was from this 50-something clerk who asked, and I'm not kidding, she really poised this baffling statement: "Do you like Clint Eastwood movies?"
And the weirdest question I had was from this 50-something clerk who asked, and I'm not kidding, she really poised this baffling statement: "Do you like Clint Eastwood movies?"
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Who knows? Maybe, you were kidnapped, tied up, taken away and held for ransom.
Those days are gone forever
Over a long time ago
Oh yeah…
Those days are gone forever
Over a long time ago
Oh yeah…
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I went to a Meetup group thing tonight, and met this cool guy, who happened to be blind. When I left I said "Good to see you".
****face palm*****
****face palm*****
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Hope you flipped him off at the same time.AussieDave wrote:I went to a Meetup group thing tonight, and met this cool guy, who happened to be blind. When I left I said "Good to see you".
****face palm*****
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Are you Ryan Seacrest in disguise?AussieDave wrote:I went to a Meetup group thing tonight, and met this cool guy, who happened to be blind. When I left I said "Good to see you".
****face palm*****
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One of my users just e-mailed me to ask me what time it is.
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OK, I think they're just trolling you now.Sabo wrote:One of my users just e-mailed me to ask me what time it is.
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Camaro J got nothing on MacAdmin J.
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Here's the context:brian wrote:OK, I think they're just trolling you now.Sabo wrote:One of my users just e-mailed me to ask me what time it is.
User wrote:Scott mentioned that you needed to restart the (Mac) server today. If you can tell me when, I will let all of the staff know so there will not be any unexpected interruption.
Sabo wrote:We were hoping to do it at noon. Will that time work?
User wrote:Is it noon now?
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It was just after noon Eastern time when you posted that. Is there some time zone confusion going on?
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No, the user is based in the Eastern time zone. I think the user just lost his head for a bit. He's actually a pretty cool guy and a good designer. It's just weird getting an e-mail from someone asking me what time it is.
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A co-worker (we're a software company, not an IT group or anything like that) just got the following email from a customer, with no other context or prior discussion:
Subject: Printer problem
Body: Here is the printer with the issue
Attachment:
Subject: Printer problem
Body: Here is the printer with the issue
Attachment:
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Halloween night I was at a bar right at closing talking to this girl and complimented her on her make-up job. Then the lights went on and I realized it was rosacea.
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Ouch. How did she react?P.D.X. wrote:Halloween night I was at a bar right at closing talking to this girl and complimented her on her make-up job. Then the lights went on and I realized it was rosacea.
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I hope you didn't make any rash decisions.P.D.X. wrote:Halloween night I was at a bar right at closing talking to this girl and complimented her on her make-up job. Then the lights went on and I realized it was rosacea.
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The strange thing was she just rolled with it.Sabo wrote:Ouch. How did she react?P.D.X. wrote:Halloween night I was at a bar right at closing talking to this girl and complimented her on her make-up job. Then the lights went on and I realized it was rosacea.
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When the girl wants the pdx body, she'll overlook his comments.P.D.X. wrote:The strange thing was she just rolled with it.Sabo wrote:Ouch. How did she react?P.D.X. wrote:Halloween night I was at a bar right at closing talking to this girl and complimented her on her make-up job. Then the lights went on and I realized it was rosacea.
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Same guy just emailed my co-worker again.
Subject: Need to add this printer as well
Body: (no content)
Attachment:
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