TehBamski@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhat's been your most painful parent tech support moment?i.imgur.comimagemessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
arrow-up14arrow-down1imageWhat's been your most painful parent tech support moment?i.imgur.comTehBamski@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square68fedilink
minus-squarePissmidget@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoFriend of the family but still… Had to travel by boat to an island with no road connection to turn on a printer, after having been promised that it was, in fact, on. Once turned on it was working. Well as much as a printer can work.
minus-squareBeacon@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoA trick for that is to tell them to now try actually unplugging it from the wall and turning it back on again. This gets them to actually do it instead of lying and/or not understanding what it means to actually turn it off and on again
minus-squarePissmidget@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoThe problem was more of a disagreement between the end user and the printer in what constitutes an on button.
minus-squarebleistift2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoA sentence that shouldn’t be this normal.
minus-squarepivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days ago Well as much as a printer can work. Only after a ceremonial blood sacrifice on the Tuesday after a blood moon. Got it.
minus-squareedgemaster72@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoStep 6. Grab a bat and perform percussive maintenance
Friend of the family but still…
Had to travel by boat to an island with no road connection to turn on a printer, after having been promised that it was, in fact, on.
Once turned on it was working. Well as much as a printer can work.
A trick for that is to tell them to now try actually unplugging it from the wall and turning it back on again. This gets them to actually do it instead of lying and/or not understanding what it means to actually turn it off and on again
The problem was more of a disagreement between the end user and the printer in what constitutes an on button.
A sentence that shouldn’t be this normal.
Only after a ceremonial blood sacrifice on the Tuesday after a blood moon. Got it.
Step 6. Grab a bat and perform percussive maintenance