Today, after weeks of complaints and an engineer call-out for our photocopier, it turns out that all faults are user errors, and it's now my job to 'idiot proof' the printer. The people I work for are all educated on a Master's / PhD level and are responsible for cancer patient treatment at a major hospital. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I told everyone at work I could fix the office printer because “I work with computers.” After pressing random buttons for ten minutes, I somehow changed the language to Korean and printed 87 blank pages. The IT guy arrived, looked at me, sighed, and fixed it in 30 seconds. FML
Today, at work on the front desk at a dental office, there was a massive system glitch. I'm now currently recreating appointments for around 300 patients, on top of checking out the patients that are currently in today from their appointments. FML
Today, I work in the tech industry so the plot is rather too long for 300 letters, but suffice it to say that my boss implemented a £3400 solution to a £7 problem, then successfully blamed me when the client questioned the sudden increase in costs. FML
Today, my 73 year-old coworker has made a mountain of work for me to plough through due to her incompetence. I had to work through over 400 emails, since she thought unplugging the router would help, and in doing so, I have picked up on hundreds of mistakes she has made with clients, and had to apologise to each one. FML
Today, I complained to my boss about how my printer wasn't printing colored ink even though I had just installed a new cartridge yesterday. Upon investigation, she noted that I forgot to take off the protection sticker from the cartridge. Good job. FML
Today, I had to visit a client because his printer had broken down. After driving for an hour, then being screamed at about how horrible my company's service is, I walked over to his printer and found the problem: there was no paper loaded. FML
Today, I went to the print shop to get some work printed. The guy serving me printed my entire order wrong because he pushed the wrong button, so it had to be done again. He tried to charge me a fine for the mistake he made because "it's not a viable business otherwise". FML
Today, I was at work copying some papers. The copier is below a shelf with lots of paper and signage, which suddenly flew off the hinge and hit me in the head as well as the copier. My boss ran in, asking, "Is the copier okay?" FML
Today, at work, my computer started acting up. I told my boss I could fix it, but he told me to call the IT department instead. Neither the IT technician or his supervisor could figure it out, so I showed them what was wrong and how to fix it. I was promptly fired for wasting 2 hours of company time. FML
Today, I was given a new responsibility at the law firm where I work. I'm now in charge of punching holes in every single piece of paper to be found in the office, estimated to be in the hundred-thousands. The reason? I finish my daily clerical work too quickly. FML
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Top comments
Leeono 26
Intellectual intelligence does not always equate to wisdom.... I work in retail with a few college graduates and their lack of common sense sometimes is staggering!
Danne696 14
How much idiot proofing can a photocopier need? Just write out instructions and tape it to the front of the machine. Do I have too much faith in the intelligence of people?
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Comments (29)
Stiggy626 25
I think they should have worded this better because it's hard to tell if they mean they're too stupid to use the printer or it's a shitty printer but, instead of getting a new one, they say its user error. either way it would suck
VeryCreativeName 3
Where exactly do you work so if I need surgery I make sure I never set foot there?
GhostFox 34
Tape over everything except for the copy/start button with tape. Put a paper saying where to put the document to be copies, and where the side to be copied should be and tape that to the wall behind the copier. My college had to do this so people stopped breaking the printers.
neuronerd 29
Don't complain about them not being able to do your job if you wouldn't be able to do their jobs.
Nova Solarius 10
Agreed.
GhostFox 34
I'm sorry, but the person physically cutting me open, taking me apart, and putting me back together REALLY should be able to figure out how a printer works.
ZellaMorann 11
Its amazing how some of the smartest people can struggle with basic things. Even a genius struggles with something
gobiteme2 34
Case in point Sheldon on the "Big Bang Theory "
onceuponatime456 16
It doesn't matter how many degrees they have or what they are responsible for, they want nothing to do with anything Techie. It terrifies them. They refuse to learn!!
tonyfan00 38
US Health Care in a nutshell.
yeongji 31
I understand the frustration all too well since I work in ED and I swear my other title is "non-certified IT worker who doesn't get paid for the stuff she fixes". It once got to the point where I was paged overhead STAT to fix a printer.
Talented73 54
I wouldn't want anyone like this operating on ME, I don't care how many degrees they have! Remember, a thermometer is full of "degrees" and you know where they shove that!!
Kiyomi Nakamura 0
It's OK, I too work with providers and have come to the conclusion they're small children.