I’m a software developer. All my relatives assume that I know how to troubleshoot every computer problem they have. From cleaning up crapware-ridden ancient Windows XP laptops to replacing failed hard drives, they call me for help.
I mean I do, but that’s not the point!
I have a degree in computer science. Today I was defeated by my mother’s laptop not detecting its fucking webcam. Downloaded the official driver from HP but I have no clue whether that one even got installed because the install scripts always ended weirdly fast without a success or error message. I will never buy a cheap HP laptop again.
I consider cheap laptops to be on par with a raspberry pi. It’ll get the job done, but it’s going to take some work to get there.
HP inkjets. Nightmare fuel.
My job title is “IT support engineer”. No, I don’t know why your email is slow. No, I don’t fix stuff on your work laptop. Call me when you have a 1.8PB storage volume that is throwing errors, or when the robotics and automation can’t talk to their controller.
Luckily I’m getting a new title next month, along with a new employer.
Making sure your fruit and veg is washed, half the time we’ve dropped it on the dirty floor and just do a quick dust off.
If you’re not fully washing your fresh produce when you get home, do it from now on, people are fucking disgusting and will sneeze in their hands meer seconds before picking up, handling and then putting back the stuff on the shelf, contaminating the rest.
I work retail. Contrary to popular belief, I DO NOT always know whether a particular item is in stock or not, unless I consult the computer. I do not have the exact price of every item committed to memory. I don’t even know the expiration date of every single coupon. Some customers think I suck at my job, but I haven’t gotten any complaints from the people who pay me, so…
- intensely_human ( @intensely_human@lemm.ee ) 4•5 months ago
I worked a Lowe’s and people honestly seemed to think I knew everything about every product in that store.
I’m an electrician, a lot of people assume electricians are lighting specialist. We are not.
I have lighting vendors calculate photometrics for commercial jobs and I do what is common sense for residential.
Why does my mini fridge keep tripping my GFCI outlet? Is it a bad motor or is it just never good to put a compressor motor on a GFI?
Edit: Actually this comment made a lot of sense and is making me think through some things. Home run comes into the GFCI outlet first then daisy chains over to where the mini fridge is.
Mental health crisis clinician: dementia is not considered a “mental health” issue
Also, we can’t force people to get help just because they are acting wildly “crazy”… Even if it’s clearly psychosis, mania, etc. Even if the cops are getting called everyday because the person keeps trashing stores or harassing people. (And, in my state, the cops aren’t allowed to arrest them either, BECAUSE the behavior is due to mental illness).
There’s some serious issues with our mental health system in the US.