Tech Support People Are Sharing The Worst Cases They’ve Seen While On The Job (40 New Pics)

There’s something about humans and technology that makes them a perfect combo for a disaster waiting to happen. And even though we live in 2020, where tech has become a quintessential part of our daily lives, it doesn’t mean it’s as easy as pie. Don’t believe me?

Ask the tech support workers who have been witness to such monstrosities, it makes you wonder what on earth their clients were thinking. A client upgrading his phone and keeping his old screen protector ‘cause why not? Check. A mouse covered in hand grease up to the point that it’s just a lump of sheer nastiness? Check. Rice inside the iPhone? Sure. Cables tangled so badly, they resemble a wasp nest? Of course.

Thanks (do we really wanna thank them for dis?) to the Reddit community that goes by the all-telling name r/techsupportgore, we now have pure nightmare material for tech support workers or any other person who is no stranger to common sense. Psst! More painfully funny and cringe-worthy tech and gadget disasters waiting in part 1.

#1 4 Hrs Later…

Tech Support People Are Sharing The Worst Cases They’ve Seen While On The Job (40 New Pics)

Tech Support People Are Sharing The Worst Cases They’ve Seen While On The Job (40 New Pics)

#1 4 Hrs Later…

#2 I Said “Put It In Rice.” Not “Put Rice In It.”

#3 Apparently Someone Got Tired Of It Ringing, So The Put It In The Oven

#4 This Key After 10 Years Of Entering Orders At My Grandmothers Shop

#5 Just Set It On Fire

#6 Broken Clip? No Problem!

#7 One Of My Clients Upgraded His Phone But Kept His Old Screen “Protector”

#8 German T-Mobile Found 3 Snakes Inside Their Network Unit

#9 Customer Brought In This Imac For Not Powering On… This Is How He Apparently Uses It

#10 The Nastiest Mouse I Have Ever Seen In The Field. Make No Mistake, That Is Not Dust. That Is…uh…hand-Grease

#11 Shipping Thousands Of Dollars Worth Of Computers With No Packaging Material

#12 Do You Think It Got Too Hot?

#13 “You Can Fix Your Sisters Phone Right? It Gets Hot Sometimes And Turns Itself Off A Lot”. “What’s That Smell?” Battery Acid. Literally Battery Acid

#14 “There’s Something Wrong With The Printer In The Lab…”

#15 User Calls About Disc Being Stuck In Another Computer, Mentions Off Hand About This Laptop. They Had Been Using And Charging It Like This For Weeks…

#16 Brother Wanted A Wireless Mouse, Kid Wanted To Help

#17 After Two Days Of Troubleshooting, The Solution Was To Simply Flip It Upside Down. Of Course

#18 “My PC Won’t Turn On”

#19 Just One Of Our Printers Doing Its Duty

#20 Someone At Work Secured This Power-Board

#21 People That Use PC Cables To Rest Their Feet

#22 How Not To Transport A Laptop

#23 My Parents New WiFi Mount

#24 Came To A Restaurant With My Dad To Fix Their Internet Issues

#25 “I Forgot That I Left My Laptop On The Top Of My Truck. It Flew Off When I Was On The Highway. Can You Fix It?”

#26 Spaghetti Baguette. “I Was On A School Trip. 6 Electric Sockets For 70 People”

#27 Drilled Right Into The Battery

#28 Psu Thermal Throttling

#29 “My Tablet Is Not Charging” – Is This A Battery Or A Pillow?

#30 Customer Tried To Change The Mainboard

#31 This Beauty Came In For Repair Today

#32 My Girlfriend’s Xbox 360 Hard Drive Was Rattling… Can I Recover The Data?

#33 Some Beautiful Patchwork

#34 Dispatched About A Computer That Wouldn’t Boot, It Was Epoxied To The Desk. They Had To Cut It Out For Us

#35 Hey Boss, The UPS Had Some Crazy European Connector, But I Fixed It!

#36 He Paid Extra For The Expert Installation

#37 Teacher Was “Multitasking” And Set Laptop On Hot Stove… It Still Works Other Than A Few Lines On The Screen

#38 Customer Attempted Their Own Hdmi Repair With A Blowtorch

#39 I Tried To Use My Old Case As A Chair

#40 “I Straightened Bent Pins With Tweezer, But It Won’t Work Afterwards”