How To Please Your I.T. Department

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How To Please Your I.T. Department

1. When you call us to have your computer moved, be sure to leave it buried

under half a ton of postcards, baby pictures, stuffed animals, dried flowers,

bowling trophies and children's art. We don't have a life, and we find it

deeply moving to catch a fleeting glimpse of yours.

2. Don't write anything down. Ever. We can play back the error messages from here.

3. When an I.T. person says he's coming right over, go for coffee. That way

you won't be there when we need your password. It's nothing for us to remember 700 screen saver passwords.

4. When you call the help desk, state what you want, not what's keeping you

from getting it. We don't need to know that you can't get into your mail

because your computer won't power on at all.

5. When I.T. support sends you an E-Mail with high importance, delete it at

once. We're just testing.

6. When an I.T. person is eating lunch at his desk, walk right in and spill

your guts right out. We exist only to serve.

7. Send urgent email all in uppercase. The mail server picks it up and flags

it as a rush delivery.

8. When the photocopier doesn't work, call computer support. There's

electronics in it.

9. When you're getting a NO DIAL TONE message at home, call computer support. We can fix your telephone line from here.

10. When you have a dozen old computer screens to get rid of, call computer

support. We're collectors.

11. When something's wrong with your home PC, dump it on an I.T. person's

chair with no name, no phone number and no description of the problem. We love a puzzle.

12. When an I.T. person tells you that computer screens don't have cartridges

in them, argue. We love a good argument.

13. When an I.T. person tells you that he'll be there shortly, reply in a

scathing tone of voice: "And just how many weeks do you mean by shortly?" That motivates us.

14. When the printer won't print, re-send the job at least 20 times. Print

jobs frequently get sucked into black holes.

15. When the printer still won't print after 20 tries, send the job to all 68

printers in the company. One of them is bound to work.

[CarolineM 0]

HAHAHA I love #7!!

I feel badly for our IT guys - they are so sweet and work so hard and get treated like #######

[almaty 19]

i do those things all the time...

Edited February 13, 2006 by almaty2004

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

i do those things all the time...

[CarolineM 0]

I am the only one in my department under...55 or so.

So...if IT isn't available...since I know how to use excel and e-mail - guess who is next on the list?

I swear I feel like I AM IT half the time the way I get treated.

Actually based on how i'm treated I am:

50% Secretary

25% IT support

10% Child (They treat me like I am one....i'm 28 years old FFS)

10% Scheduling...I'm the only one who knows how for some reason

5% Guidance Counselor/Professional

Irritating.

[wally 0]

at my old job, every year we were issued a generic password and had to individualize it...our IT person was a good friend so one year a gang of us females got together and sent in....TAMPON, KOTEX, SANITARY NAPKIN etc.

also, we learned that in order to get a nice hue on your monitor, place a radio right beside it

[ceriserose 1]

For several years in a former job (before they started doing massive network and remote applications) we had custom-built (spec-wise) computers that were nothing close to company standard. Our IT people were as lost as we were and troubleshooting became a collaboration.

They trained me very well to make sure I had info for them in later years when things were more standardized. They also let me know that I don't have the patience to be an IT person.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

also, we learned that in order to get a nice hue on your monitor, place a radio right beside it

Oh Lord

[wally 0]

that's what he said!

[almaty 19]

my pasword is... f##k IT geeks.... i am popular with them

[Sister Fracas 5]

good stuff there Ari...I sent it to someone in our IT dept...she'll appreciate it...

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Why would anyone want to please IT folks? Everyone knows that all they do all day is post on message boards. Ain't that right, AS?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Where's thet "bite me" emoticon when you need it?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Where's thet "bite me" emoticon when you need it?

I take that as a YES.

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Like I said....