For people working in IT (or any job really) - dumbest remarks you've heard from higher up people?

[TheKosherCoder]

I don't know if this happens to anyone else, and I only have about a year's worth of job experience as an IT intern so maybe I shouldn't be talking, but some people make me wonder how they got their job at all...

Here's mine:

"What is this Linux thing you're talking about? Is it expensive?" followed by "What's a Linux distribution?"

-Senior level network/hardware guy, who works in the server room all day with Solaris machines, who claims to have a Master's in Computer Science and routinely spouts off about how smart he is...right.

[Netshroud]

"What's Virtualisation?"

"How do I add a network share to the filer?"

"What's an IMAP server?"

- my school sysadmin

[Rkiver]

Me: "We need to do X, if we don't Y will happen and take a lot of time and money to fix."

Them: "But X costs $$"

Me: "Yes, but if we don't spend $$ on X we'll end up spending a lot more when things go tits up"

Them: "Oh it'll be fine".

A few weeks later.....

Them: "Y has happened! How could this happen, why didn't you warn us about it?!"

Me: "I did, check your email, you said it'd be fine."

That little fuck up cost the company I worked for €2million Euro and 2 days downtime. If they'd done what I suggested? €50,000 and 2 hours downtime.

[VaKo]

I'm lucky, most of my superiors are fairly on the ball about IT.

[shonen]

lol fellow help desk worker in school IT department was handed a cisco WAP, plugs in network cable cant access gui. I watched him for about 15 minutes and asked if he wanted a hand. No I am fine I have a degree in comp science I can work this shit out.

I thought well fuck ya and left him to it. Watched him for around an hour chuckling to myself until I thought I would be nice and got a console cable and dropped it on his desk saying this may help you. =P

[deleted]

"What's this LAMP thing your talking about? I don't think the budget allows us to buy new software." - IT Manager, old job

[Burncycle]

Basically, anything that comes out of my bosses mouth.

[foo]

lol fellow help desk worker in school IT department was handed a cisco WAP, plugs in network cable cant access gui. I watched him for about 15 minutes and asked if he wanted a hand. No I am fine I have a degree in comp science I can work this shit out.

I thought well fuck ya and left him to it. Watched him for around an hour chuckling to myself until I thought I would be nice and got a console cable and dropped it on his desk saying this may help you. =P

^haha...that's great.

i work with several idiots too. there's honestly not enough room in these text fields to dump all the ridiculous inaccurate shit i hear from them on a daily basis. but i also work for a state government dept. - it's not what you know .. it's how long you've been there.

[ansichild]

Had a lady call me on her cell phone...

"Our computers are down, and our phones won't work, what should we do? Power is out for the entire block!!"

My Response...

"Wait for the power to come back on."

[Anti419]

"Do we really need an Anti-Virus program? I thought the firewall protects us."

"Why is your computer the only computer with a CD burner?" or "Why does my computer not recognize my flash drive?" and "Why can't I work on this (confidential) report at home? My computer came with Norton when I bought it. (5 years ago)"

"My computer doesn't work--I want a new one."

"Nobody will ever find my password under my keyboard."

"I sent this to the printer 20 times and it's still not printing."

*Calls my phone from the phone in question* "My phone isn't working."

[h3%5kr3w]

"What is this virtualbox?" -gives explanation

..... one week later

"ok, so I downloaded virtualbox, but.. I just don't get it"

network technician for a fortune 500 co......

[MRGRIM]

"I'm getting ghost emails" - Turns out they where not medium but simply spooked by Outlooks new email alert.

"Bio-metrics isn't working on my PC" - User had a Lenovo PC which has finger print stlye background and was pushing their thumb on to the monitor.

[dr0p]

"Bio-metrics isn't working on my PC" - User had a Lenovo PC which has finger print stlye background and was pushing their thumb on to the monitor.

Lol'd.

[IOSys]

"Why bother with encryption, it's only safe if it deletes the hard-disk after 3 wrong passwords .."

Sometimes you gotta wonder how people can still have a job :)

[h3%5kr3w]

Here is another one:

"Why even have a password? No one would guess that."

-Networking Student

[5c4r3cr0w]

I used to work in a mom and pop computer repair shop. My first day was doing a ram upgrade.

client:"shouldn't you be wearing gloves?"

me:"not really. why?"

client:"can't you get a computer virus like that?"

I quickly walked away and laughed until i cried.

[h3%5kr3w]

I used to work in a mom and pop computer repair shop. My first day was doing a ram upgrade.

client:"shouldn't you be wearing gloves?"

me:"not really. why?"

client:"can't you get a computer virus like that?"

I quickly walked away and laughed until i cried.

Lawl!!!

Yah, cause you know.. That's what set off the H1N1.. because h1: is ok, cause it's within standard hex parameters, but n1: is like a rogue hex bit er something.

[Anti419]

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