[Tired of Taxes]

did you overhear the tech reporting back to his boss: "I'm all done here...it was a standard computer problem, the ID-10-T error."

Haha. No. But I would hear the tech say under his breath: "Oh my g--."

It was the mid-1980's. I worked the night shift. In case of computer trouble, we had to call a number and talk to this tech on the phone. Always the same guy.

He learned to explain things to me like this: "Are you in the computer room? There should be a big box with blinking lights..."

Another time:

TECH: There should be a box high up on the wall.
ME: We see it.
Coworker stands on a chair to reach the box.
TECH (to me): Turn it off.
ME (to coworker): Turn it off.
COWORKER (to me): Okay... how do I turn it off?
ME (to tech): How do we turn it off?
TECH: Oh my g--. Okay. Okay. Look for the button that says on and off...

Heehee. We had so much fun with him.

[rlmorel]

There is a good amount of humor in IT work!

It is rich and fertile ground, no doubt...:)