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prabin wrote 1 month ago: This is the first blog which i have ever made. I am so happy. … more →

Tags: News

Tech Support Idiocracies #5: Dyslexic Usres4 comments

Jon wrote 10 months ago: We have a remote user that works out of his home that has trouble getting into the companies Webmail … more →

Tags: humour, Listening Skills, epic fail, Red Deer, dyslexic

Tech Support Idiocracies #4: The FIBC Strikes Again!2 comments

Jon wrote 11 months ago: What do you get when you combine 1 part fail, 3 parts incompetence and a farm animal?  You get the F … more →

Tags: clueless, FIBC, xerox, epic fail, hp printer, simple tasks

Rant: Use The Tools - Check Your Voicemail5 comments

Jon wrote 1 year ago: I can’t count the number of times I’ve left an internal voicemail with a fellow co-worke … more →

Tags: Rant, Voicemail

It's Official, Users ARE Clueless! Unleash the Hounds!3 comments

Jon wrote 1 year ago: There’s a little fact of life which I’ve only just learned now and that is ‘users … more →

Tags: clueless, IT Department, IT Support, RTFM, Simpsons reference, Unleash the Hounds

The Secret Weapon of the IT Department4 comments

Jon wrote 1 year ago: Did you know that you have a really good friend that you didn’t know about?  He’s always … more →

Tags: Don't Fear The Reaper, giyf, Google, Google Is Your Friend

Planning Skills, Or The Lack Thereof3 comments

Jon wrote 1 year ago: This is an interesting one.  Our company has contracted with a fairly large and highly reputable sol … more →

Tags: Life, planning illiteracy, x, xerox

Sticking to Your Guns2 comments

Jon wrote 1 year ago: If there’s one thing my mom taught me, it would be, stick to your guns.  Once you make a decis … more →

Tags: Forward Thinking, stick to your guns

Tech Support Idiocracies #34 comments

Jon wrote 1 year ago: Fail, incompetence, blonds and cows.  These are a few of my favorite things to hate.  Coincidentally … more →

Tags: FIBC, Idiocrasy, IWAQ, Projector

Living a Web 2.0 Life in a Web 1.0 World2 comments

Jon wrote 1 year ago: When everything on the web is shifting towards a highly integrated medium where information seamless … more →

Tags: Forward Thinking, Web 2.0, Web 1.0

Hey, HR Dept! I'm Pointing My Pointy Finger At You!9 comments

Jon wrote 1 year ago: I have a bone to pick with you, Human Resource department! My beef is that you’re hiring stupi … more →

Tags: butter fingers, Good Vocabulary, Hardware Skills, HR, Human Resource, Human Resource Dept., IT Support, Network Skills, Problem Solving Skills

The Art of Looking Busy4 comments

Jon wrote 1 year ago: I’m a hacker, a life hacker so to speak, I’m always looking for ways to beat the system, … more →

Tags: Hacker, Slacker, art of looking busy, Beat The System, conformity, restrictions, passive skills, walking in a hurried pace, look of concentration

The Travesty of Making Eye to Eye Contact1 comment

Jon wrote 1 year ago: You’re walking down the hallway, it’s empty of human traffic, a false sense of safety co … more →

Tags: Duke Nukem Forever, Human Traffic, Angry Drones, blood vessels, heart beat, Panama Canal, implosion, neutrinos, Goliath

Web 2.0 in the Enterprise - Social Collaboration2 comments

Jon wrote 1 year ago: It doesn’t take a person with an IQ of 5 to realize the advantages of shifting to a Web 2.0 me … more →

Tags: Forward Thinking, Web 2.0, social collaboration, SharePoint 2007, Google Talk, Gtalk, XMPP, jabber, MSN

Advice to Users #1 - Listening Skills & Cheese2 comments

Jon wrote 1 year ago: Yes that means you. Why is it that when I tell a user I don’t have anything to do with support … more →

Tags: Life, Citrix, cheese, Listening Skills, Helpdesk, whine, Advice

Roles & Responsibilities in the IT Dept - And Why Users Will Never Get a Clue5 comments

Jon wrote 1 year ago: IT Departments in mid-sized to large enterprises are split up into sub-departments based on roles an … more →

Tags: Citrix, clueless, GP, Great Pains, Great Plains, IT Department, IT Support, RTFM

Stupid Consultants #12 comments

Jon wrote 1 year ago: Why is it that whenever we have consultants in the building they expect me to fix their company lapt … more →

Tags: Vista, XP, tim hortons, Armageddon, stupidity, stupid consultant

Please Send Your Request into IT Support.1 comment

Jon wrote 1 year ago: Hey you, … yes you! You think I’m available to fix all of your insignificant problems ju … more →

Tags: Clueless people, Flame Retardant Suit, Incompetence, IT Support, Tracking System, Twiddling Thumbs

The Legacy of Highly Forgettable People3 comments

Jon wrote 1 year ago: There are people around whose sole purpose is to be forgettable. “Hey remember that one guy th … more →

Tags: HFP's, Highly Forgettable People, Legacy


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