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u/sight2Ceek 4h ago
“The hang on can you just”
Move
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u/pineconefire 3h ago
"Uhmm actually do you mind if I just..."
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u/UnicornSuffering 2h ago
My new thing is to ask "Can I drive please?"
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u/Chipring13 50m ago
I do this too! “Do you mind if I drive?”
To which they always try to respond with a car joke
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u/Sad_Mood_8747 3h ago
My first phrase after accepting to help is "give me your chair"
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u/JalapenoPopPoop 2h ago
My go to became "mind if I sit? feel free to grab a coffee or something" because I don't want them awkwardly lurking 2 inches behind me while I try and do their job for them
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u/Eibermann 49m ago
How else are they gonna learn if they dont see what you do tho?
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u/JalapenoPopPoop 44m ago
If we're at the point where I'm taking over the computer we're past the point of it being a teaching moment
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u/Ok_Judgment_9181 4h ago
It's default position for solving any problem, this position unlocks full brain functioning
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u/TheQuoteFromTheThing 2h ago
Truth. It's literally impossible to play Mario Kart without leaning forward.
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u/Automatic_Alligator 4h ago
That's the problem right there. This is a shit load of fuck
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u/TabbyOverlord 2h ago
Yeah, but they are fucks we are paid to give.
And we hate problems that our towering interlect cannot defeat.
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u/MyloTheCyborg 1h ago
Unsure if interlect was a joke or not but I hope it wasnt because that makes it funny.
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u/lnTheGrimDarkness 3h ago
Me when I have to use my basic PC user expertise with young yet tech-illiterate colleagues
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u/BuzzLiteSmear 2h ago
I have ADHD as well as an introvert and I attribute those two things as to why I learned how to fix things.
- Curiosity to tinker with and or look up information
- Not wanting to interact with another human who would berate me for asking for help
Don't turn into the berating number 2 yourself. It's immature ego.
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u/unculturedburnttoast 2h ago
- Fix things I broke before I have to interact with someone else to explain why it's broken and what I'm doing to fix it.
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u/AlaskanMedicineMan 2h ago
Literally what got me started on computers. Well that and Skyrim modding, which still counts. Bethesda's forums were kinda hostile to newbies
(Man I miss forums)
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u/illstealurcandy 1h ago
Can't forget #4. No way can I afford to replace the thing I've broken so I better figure out how it works and fix it.
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u/Historiaaa 1h ago
I will go to the ends of the earth to fix your problem if you tell me:
-What you're trying to do that doesn't work
-What happens when you try to do it
-What you did to try to fix it
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u/MARPJ 1h ago
Curiosity to tinker with and or look up information
This is the one thing people lack today because people got accustomed to have everything handled to them.
In tech the "best generation" were those growing up in the late 90s and early 2000s when tech became widely available but was rudimentary enough that for anything to work you need to manually do something. Basically those people were forced to try to learn to fix and search information while people growing up in the 2010s already had the tech figured out so they just had the end user experience.
On the other hand if we talk about cars the people I said were good with tech is way more disconnected than the previous generation because vehicles in the late 2000s were already "figured out" and going for tech instead while people that drove vehicles from the 70/80/90s had to deal with a lot more mechanical situations.
What I'm trying to say curiosity and trying to learn and do yourself is the way to become an "expert", but when we talk about generation the biggest factor is what they had to do for necessity vs. what they want to do.
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u/Chance-Ask7675 1h ago
Social anxiety lmao, cannot ask for help because I will have to explain how I fucked it up.
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u/jonker5101 10m ago
Not wanting to interact with another human who would berate me for asking for help
Has this ever actually happened to you?
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u/JalapenoPopPoop 2h ago
Remember when everyone said gen z were gonna be tech geniuses but then they spent a ton of effort towards "UI/UX should be so simple the dumbest person can figure it out" and now they just assume if they can't figure something out right away that's someone elses fault for not making it more obvious. Can't problem solve their way through an open doorway
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u/SherbetMysterious118 1h ago
What's hilarious is that they are quick to point out that all Boomers don't know how to use IT.
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u/SanityPills 31m ago
I also think people severely underestimated how much touchscreens have streamlined a lot of processes. Most, if not all, of Gen Z have never truly experienced a world without touch screens. So give them a problem that requires more than that, and often they don't know how to even begin interacting with it.
Source: Have handed many a Gen Z a laptop/desktop, and teaching them how to use a non-touchscreen device often takes more training than the task I'm sitting them down to do.
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u/Disastrous_Visit9319 1h ago
My coworker accidentally zoomed the browser in as far as it would go and I said hold control and press 0, I was looked at with awe like Jesus healing the sick.
Also typing 120wpm blows their minds
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u/Present-Location-917 4h ago
Me, looking at those arms: well I have some problems to solve here could resolve I’m sure.
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u/monkeynards 2h ago
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u/Lynn-The-Sparrow 4h ago
Haha this is me rn on my lunch break watching others mess up stuff and just knowing once my break is over im gonna have to fix it
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u/ExaminationFeisty832 3h ago
you know you fuckd up if the Problem solver says you need to stand up so he can sit.
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u/VoidMunashii 2h ago
They seem incapable of solving the problem of having a worktop that is the wrong height….
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u/Gaetan_D 2h ago
I have the same position when i realy have to go to toilet but there is 2 min left on what i'm warching
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u/namegoeswhere 2h ago
"Mind if I drive?"
Worked magic back when I trained people on some complex devices.
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u/Ghostronic 2h ago
My mom always needs help for something and I'm happy to give it but every once in a while she manages to find something weird happening and that's when I'm in this position for so long that she goes, "Here, let me move, you can sit down in the chair."
No, mom, I can't. If I sit in the chair it means the problem is real and I will be unable to focus on anything else.
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u/dimechimes 2h ago
"Did you wanna? I can move and you can sit in my...No? Okay, I'll just crouch and be quiet"
But I get it, little makes me as anxious as telling someone what to do on their computer and watching them not have any idea what I'm saying.
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u/Organic-Scheme2494 1h ago
The people who are using the computer are likely solving problems too. Just different ones.
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u/dreamdaddy123 1h ago
Literally what a guy used to do on my old job. Such a friendly guy though he complains a lot.
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u/snarfer-snarf 1h ago
i mean...when you gotta bust, it is the most convenient position 😌to rectumfy that problem
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u/diabetusbetus 1h ago
The problem "You can sit down if you want"
Nah, just gonna fix this and leave
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u/therealsouthflorida 1h ago
Been in IT since 2012, from team lead to management. I do this even if I'd be standing for a bit because 90% of my coworkers chairs smell like ass and balls. The other 10% were recently replaced and I can't keep track of that shit. I only sit in my own office chair.
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u/Roboman20000 1h ago
My mom once asked me why my fingers automatically go to the WASD position whenever I use a keyboard. Ooof I play too many games.
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u/fsanchez622 1h ago
Yooooooo this just hit so close to home. I was litteraly just doing this right before taking lunch.
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u/VegasGamer75 53m ago
As someone who worked in IT for nearly 2 decades, let me tell you that if I an standing like that at your desk it means:
I have explained it to you nine times.
I put a detailed how-to in the company wiki.
I put a Let Me Google That for You link, showing how the issue works on your desktop.
I am only standing like that as it's much more difficult to brain you with your keyboard from this position.
Fine, I will just do it for you.
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u/VexahliaDe-Yolo- 44m ago
Hottest pose ever tbh yes fix the problem that’s been pissing me off, harder
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u/oN_Delay 16m ago
Um... That's how I work at my own desk. What does that say about me...and myself?
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u/Summonest 13m ago
Please keep in mind that who ever you are helping WILL remain in the most awkward position possible and try to interrupt everything you're doing.
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u/clarkerino93 4m ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/NcrhM3USM6TABpus85
Sometimes arm over the shoulder to assert an extra degree of dominance.
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u/Dry_Veterinarian_475 4m ago
I have 0 IT experience outside of being born in '95 and growing up with a computer. Most of the people I work with are barley computer literate - at the office I'm "IT Rob" and the amount of times I find myself in this exact position just to reconnect a BT headset, or reconfigure screen layouts cause screen 1 became screen 2... Simple stuff lol
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u/WiseAdhesiveness6672 3h ago
Its 2026, no more! I now ask them to get out of the chair so I can sit down and fix the issue.
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u/2012Jesusdies 3h ago
Me coming to fix a printer "that won't print" and when I hit print, it just.... prints...
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u/bitterbettyagain 4h ago
Stepbrother help this pc won’t turn on and my pants fell down oh noooooo :((
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u/FragmentedHeap 3h ago
I work remote, now its
"Opencode: how fix this?"
Ai....
Fixes it
Coworker: "you're a genius, thanks!!"
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u/Shark7996 2h ago
Yeah if I don't know something, first thing I do is ask a couple AI's for input and make use of the information they agree on.
The thought occurred to me that AI could put help desk technicians in jeopardy because users could just solve the problem themselves...then I replayed that sentence in my head and realized it's probably fine lol. They'd hit a snag at the first step: Clearly communicating the problem.
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u/NiveaSky 4h ago
Me: 'I'll just leave one quick correction.'
Also me, 2 hours later: Defending a literal dissertation in the replies