Keeping Our Standards High

[guthmunder]

User: Hi, I can't get my external keypad to work on the new laptop you sent

Comments

[fyarr]

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I've really got nothing else, so I repeat

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[aehallh]

.....wow.

[eyja]

'Cause if it don't work the first time, it's not your fault. It's obviously broke... >.>

[aden_nak]

I will truly never forgive the inventors of USB for making a "hot swappable" plug that can only be inserted one way without any tactile clue as to which way it is supposed to go. Like, without making it internally symmetrical so it could go either way, or rounding off one side so the shape is the indicator.

I've seen people, live and in person, insist that their USB jack would not go into the socket. Upon suggesting they flip it around, they hold the plug, spin it 360 degrees, and continue to fail. As an IT person, over time, I have developed a facial expression that says, "I am trying my best to hide the fact that I think you are a moron." It's mostly a lot of thin lips, half-started words, and eye blinking. But it gets the job done.

[colinblackthorn]

"...I dread the day I need to guide this person through doing anything more technical than flipping a light switch..."

I imagine that sex would probably present a few issues.