Meme transcription:

Panel 1 of 3: A cute dog looks asks, “pls fix problem??”

Panel 2 of 3: The dog has become upset and says, “No Info!!”

Panel 3 of 3: The dog looks very angry and says “only fix”

  • Spzi ( Spzi@lemm.ee ) 
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    3 years ago

    Me in tech support.

    Customer calls: “Internet is not working!!”

    Me: “Router lights status?”

    Customer: “Can’t tell.”

    Me: “Why?”

    Customer: “Router still in box.”

    Me: “…?”

    Me (pretends it was just an error of communication): “Can you please describe the lights on your router?”

    Customer: “I can’t. It’s still in the packaging. The box is on my table.”

    Me: “…??? … You … need at least electricity to power this device.”

    Customer spirals into rage and madness: “I ordered wireless internet!! I won’t plug any cables in! I did not want any wires!!!”

  • Having worked as a phone monkey and letter monkey previously, this is painfully accurate. The first skill you have to learn is effective questioning, as you only get a certain number of question attempts and the number is different per user.

  • golden_zealot ( golden_zealot@lemmy.ml ) 
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    3 years ago

    Used to do outsourced IT for a lot of different companies including some large law firms.

    Literally had one asshole lawyer put in tickets every time which consisted of something like:

    “There’s something wrong on my computer. I’ll be away from my desk from 6:22 to 6:27, have it fixed by the time I get back.”

    Queue nothing getting fixed and this removed trying to leverage that as a reason why their law firm of 250 people didn’t need IT services.

  • luciferofastora ( luciferofastora@lemmy.zip ) deleted by creator
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    Had a 1st level rep call me once about a ticket I’d submitted (apparently they’re required to initiate contact at least once?), say “Right, I see your ticket notes here, does the issue persist? Alright, I’ll escalate it to the 2nd level, have a nice day!” and I’m pretty sure I’ve never heard any rep so cheerful.

  • My first tech job was with a place that did net security mostly marketed to fast food places. Some of the evening shift calls had me questioning reality since most of the people I talked to where fry cooks first, shift managers second, and by default of seniority the tech for a site as needed.

    Countless ‘the computer won’t turn on’ calls which ended up being them pushing the power on the monitor.

    The one that called up just to listen to our hold music until I answered, which was actually pretty good, sort of an industrial/techno thing.

    CS: The system just crashed, can I turn it back on? Me: Sure go ahead and let me know if there are any errors. CS: Hold on I can’t see the button, the power is still out…

    CS: Our internet is being really flakey. Me: What lights are on at the gateway? CS: It’s hard to tell, it’s underneeth the pop machine, by the way the pop won’t stop spraying, how do I fix that?

    And the one who got so frustrated with trying to fix things they hucked the firewall/gateway into the deepfryer and asked for a RMA.

  • Also, submit daily hourly progress reports providing a detailed accounting of the steps you are taking to work on this. But please, no more than half a sentence, bc I won’t be reading them anyway.

    • jaycifer ( jaycifer@kbin.social ) 
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      3 years ago

      I actually think this is one of the few times I’ve seen the template used 100% correctly. The original comic had the dog wanting to play fetch, then saying “No ball” when the person tries to get the ball they need to play fetch. The dog then demands fetch again, despite having denied the person what they need to do so.

      Regardless of this meme’s accuracy, I do not understand how it misuses the comic template as a user asks for a bug fix, refuses to share the details needed to complete the bug fix, then demands the bug fix once again, just as the dog does with playing fetch and the ball. Could you please explain your thinking?