Greetings my fellow Miscreants,
I have managed to find gainful employment again, contract work but still it’s a job. I am now a level 2 tech support specialist. This means that I no longer get calls from receptionists reporting their solitaire games were broken because they’ve never won a game – they instead these poor souls call tech support who send over someone, and if they cant figure it out then they call me.
I stupidly hoped that this meant I would not get any more inane phone calls, after all Tier 2 at a major company, with offices all over the country the techs they use have to have some level of skills.
Today’s proof from the universe that this isn’t true came from a small office (10 part time users and no IT) so the company called in an external contractor to help them. This contractor as it turns out runs the local computer & carpet cleaning operation. So when they called for a VERY simple task (adjusting the screen resolutions and refresh) I was shocked. During the call, I told the tech to open the windows control panel. He asked what type of screwdriver he would need to do that.
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This is why they need to relax the whole no drinking at work policy.