Tech Support Employee Expects Speakerless Computer To Make Noise

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mattstaff
Oct 10, 2021 2:00 PM EDT

Look, some people end up coming to learn that they're just not cut out for certain gigs. It sounds like this dude might've landed himself into a job that just doesn't play off his strengths. That's perfectly alright. It's totally fine to toss the ego aside, embrace sweet humility, and try out something new. That could be the advisable move for this employee. The fact that they somehow got confused over a computer not making sound, after being told that it didn't have speakers, kind of escapes explanation. Check out another tech support tale with this story about a coworker who demanded a mathematically impossible computer, and got proven incompetent.

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    Font - Jordan - FNG Thomas - Me, the manager and network admin John - The older of my two other reports, primarily responsible for server maintenance, major application upgrades, and supporting our smaller off-site locations and their specific applications Daniel - The younger of my two original employees, though here for the same amount of time as John. Both longer than me, actually. Desktop and server support, document management and phone system support, phenomenal people skills.
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    Font - User: "Yeah, we can't hear sound when we play videos." Me: looking at the desk "Ah, no speakers. That explains that. We'll go grab you a set." We leave the office to head back to ours. Jordan: "So what's the problem?" Me: "What do you mean?" Jordan: "Well, do you think it's an internal problem or something?" Me: "What? No."
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    Font - Jordan: "Then what's the problem?" Me: visible confusion "Do you not know what the problem is?" Jordan: "Well they said the speakers weren't working, but you said there were no speakers." Me: visible confusion intensifies "OK..." Jordan: "Isn't there an internal speaker?" Ме: "No." we enter our office Jordan: "So what's the problem with it?"
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    Font - Bewildered. Confused. Mystified. I could empty a thesaurus into this story and not have the words to adequately describe the feeling of my brain doing a hard reset in that moment. Jordan has lied, he's misunderstood, he's failed to follow instructions, wasted countless hours, driven users from his presence with his awkwardness, and otherwise proved himself incapable of faithfully discharging his duties. But this? This is a new low. This is an unprecedented, heretofore never seen level of
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    Font - I turn from him, averting my eyes from the dull look upon his face. Silently weeping with the knowledge that humanity could produce a 20-year-old ostensibly normal adult incapable of understanding "computer with no noise-maker no make noise" I slunk back to my office. He managed to install the speakers. The speakers managed to produce sounds. I do not know if he managed to understand the connection. 1k Q 171 ↑, Share
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