There is a legendary phrase from one of our favorite shows, ‘The IT Crowd,’ that we absolutely love. The members of the IT department pick up the phone and immediately ask, “Have you tried turning it off and on again?” And it encapsulates the essence of tech support in just 9 simple words!
However, what they have to deal with pales in comparison to real-life professionals. The r/techsupportgore subreddit is a fantastic place that’s dedicated to documenting the very worst things that tech support peeps have ever had to deal with while on the job. We’ve collected some of their most hilarious and bizarre posts to share with you, so don’t be shy, scroll down. Oh, and this post might convince you to treat your IT crew to lunch—they really do deserve it.
#1 Coworker Said She Would Only Accept An Official Apple Mouse So I Dug This Out Of Storage And Left It On Her Desk
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#2 When You Don’t Listen To Your Parents, When They Tell You Too Keep The Music Down
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#3 Xfinity Came Out And Installed Cable In A New Room. This Is How They Did It
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#4 I’ve Tried Putting It In Rice But It Hasn’t Helped. Any Ideas?
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#5 Customer Told Me They Were “Tired Of Hearing The Vibrations”
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#6 Wall Anchors
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#7 Came Across This Atrocity
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#8 “Structural” Cabling
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#9 Spilled Acetone On My Laptop And Now It’s Mocking Me
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#10 Yo
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#11 I Think My Psu Has Some Kind Of Error
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#12 Mullet PC, Business In Front And Party In The Back
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#13 Is This How Monitor Arms Work?
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#14 The Things You Find Working A Helpdesk Job At A Failing University
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#15 ‘How Do I Turn Off Sticky Keys?’
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#16 Touch Grass
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#17 Ticket Said “Second Monitor Stopped Working”
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#18 Laptop Screen “Upgrade”
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#19 My Mom Hasn’t Cleaned Her Computer Since The Day She Got It, And She Got It 6 Years Ago
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#20 Just Found Out A Sales Rep’s Laptop Has This Going On. I Freaked And Told Them It Needs To Leave The Building And Shouldn’t Be Used. Was Told They’ll Just Order A Battery I Shouldn’t Start A “Panic” Meanwhile She Brings This Thing Home And Told Me She Leaves It In Bed And On The Couch
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#21 Bonfire Lit
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#22 What Horrors Were On This Drive?
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#23 Someone Found This By Magnet Fishing In A Lake
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#24 Co-Worker Decided To Wipe The Monitor With Clorox Bleach Wipes
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#25 I’m Getting Tetanus From Looking At That
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#26 Customer: My Laptop Turns Off After One Or Two Minutes After I Press Turn On Button. We Diagnosed Laptop, And Found That After Few Seconds, Vent Of The Laptop Gets To 75°c So, Opened A Laptop And Found “Piece Of Carpet” (Brand: Cat&human Carpets) Blocking The Cooler
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#27 Thats Peak Explosion Risk
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#28 Running The Front Desk Phone And Internet
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#29 Business Grade Is Usually 48+ Ports. Need 44 More Of These
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#30 Oops
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#31 I Can’t Believe I Work Here
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#32 The Network Installation At My Job. It Is As Stable As You Think
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#33 The New Shielded Twisted Pair Cat 7
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#34 Imagine The Smell
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#35 Burn In So Bad, You Can See The Colors Of The Original Image
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#36 Ftp “Server” In A Client’s Mop And Broom Closet
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#37 The Ceiling Leaked All Over The Computers At Work
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#38 Modern Flip Phones Are So Revolutionary, It’s Now Hitting The Gpu Market At Well
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#39 Welp
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#40 Farewell Rickety Rack, You May Be Cheap And Nasty But You Did The Job
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#41 I Present To You This. They Put It Inside An Oven, Forgot About It And Then Turned The Oven On
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#42 This Cool Asus Device Allows 2 External Displays. Theoretically
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#43 Self Melting LCD
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#44 Dual Channel Doesn’t Work
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#45 Rtx 3080 Ultimate Gore Cooling Edition
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#46 The Amount Of Disassembly Required To Replace The Hard-Drive In A Cheapo Walmart Hp Laptop
#47 Mullet PC, Business In Front And Party In The Back
#48 You Win Some, You Lose… One. One Pin That Is
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