Today, at work, I had to explain to a customer that she can't connect her tablet to her home WiFi while she's at work. I went to MIT for this. 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 had to explain to my boss that using a wired connection instead of wifi won't stop his computer from getting viruses. He looked at me, open-mouthed and wide-eyed, like he was a 13-year-old boy and I was a pair of tits. Then he called me clueless and told me to get back to work. FML
Today, my coworker told me when we got to work that she purposely left her phone at home. I then had to suffer 8 hours of listening to her constantly whine like a toddler about how much she missed her phone. FML
Today, I spent 20 minutes arguing with the class dipshit, trying to convince her that wifi hot-spots are not in fact saunas powered by wifi. FML
Today, I was in a video call with my boss when my Wi-Fi decided to take a vacation. I thought I could salvage the situation by using my iPhone’s hotspot. But then my phone ran out of data mid-sentence, and my boss got a glimpse of me cursing at my phone while frantically waving it in the air. FML
Today, my computer stopped connecting to the corporate network. I know what the problem is, but our tech support is so clueless that the only thing they do is utter the dreaded words, "Did you try turning it off and back on?" Meanwhile my boss is yelling at me for not getting any work done. FML
Today, I went to work 300 miles away from where I live. I couldn't find my customer's address, so I decided to call him. I'd picked up my wireless house phone instead of my mobile. 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, my boss - whose intelligence level hovers a hair above "Herpity derpity derp" - got up my ass and accused me of lying to him. All because I said that just because I'm a network admin, I can't make his 7 year old piece of crap Blackberry magically be able to use 4G networks. FML
Today, I was showing my Mom how to use the Internet on her phone. As there was bad reception, it said "Unexpected Failure." Seeing it, she muttered under her breath, "Just like you, then..." FML
Today, after two weeks with no internet, we had a technician repair our service at our apartment. An hour later, one of my neighbors at the same complex yelled at us because the same technician disconnected her service by mistake. FML
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RichardPencil 32
Wolowitz? If you went to MIT, you should be able to hack into her home WiFi from anywhere.
hpandher 16
Apparently Sheldon was right. Engineers aren't real scientists.
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_parth 20
Don't worry OP, it will pay off in long term!
RichardPencil 32
Wolowitz? If you went to MIT, you should be able to hack into her home WiFi from anywhere.
edmunson 22
That's not how any of it works...you can hack a network but that doesn't give someone access to their own Wifi. Bottom line here is you can't fix stupid OR ignorant, just explain how things really work!
RichardPencil 32
You're the ignorant ass here. It is totally doable. For instance, he could have sold her a bunch of repeaters which she could have placed between her home and work. It would be expensive, impractical and insecure, but the customer's always right.
BrotherPhil 35
Or you could explain to them how to set up a VPN to their machine at home, and then connect to a local network and proxy to home.
zainman13 26
While you are at it you could advise her not to goolge the word google, else she could break the internet.
hpandher 16
Apparently Sheldon was right. Engineers aren't real scientists.
meheem 13
That's right though, Engineers are not scientists. They are Engineers. They are the one who actually put the theories the scientists come up with into work. Without the Engineers, science would have been just another expensive hobby. :D
hpandher 16
Don't be offended. I'm a Software Engineer myself. I'm just quoting
meheem 13
I am not offended though, it's just my thought :) Engineering is practical science where Scientists do the discovery part. I personally find being a scientist is the coolest job, though every one has their own significance!
Lalala579121 28
"Engineers are not scientists" "Engineering is practical science" ._.
RichardPencil 32
I define engineering as "applying science to solve practical problems." Science and engineering are symbiotic. If science ended tomorrow, engineering would slog on for decades and grind to a halt. If engineering ended tomorrow, interest in science would plummet much more rapidly.
myGRAM 14
Ah, but if she moves really really close to her workplace, she CAN connect to her WiFi!
spirithound 13
MIT and still working retail... good luck...
OhPuhleeze 23
McDonalds Institute for Technology? I can't believe you went to THE MIT and are working at BestBuy..
chirstinap325 23
"Ma'am, did you remember to put the router in the car with you? Surely it'd work then."
jessicasoho 13
Barney Stinson went to MIT: Magicians Institute of Teaneck. He even got a perfect score on his ACTs! (Advanced Card Tricks).
LtCmdrData 11
Not her wifi, but could totally access her home network with a number of affordable options.