The Wholesome Tale Of A Coworker Getting One Over On Old Joe

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Eric Lund
Nov 11, 2021 6:00 PM EST

We spend so much time complaining about terrible incompetent coworkers and sadistic bosses that it's easy to forget why our jobs can be nice. That's getting to work with like-minded, chill, funny people. This person had exactly that in Joe, a coworker who we all wish we could have the pleasure of working alongside. For another wholesome work tale, here's the story of a wholesome IT bro who revived a totally destroyed laptop.

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    Font - Posted by u/Zal_Avoi 2 days ago 2 15 e12 S 18 The day I got Joe Medium I'm not sure if this fits here since it's only sort of tech support, but here goes... This story takes place around 2005, about 15 years before I started actually working in IT. At the time I was a department lead in one of the processing plants for a large photography company. My department was responsible for very basic retouching of pictures in Photoshop using Wacom tablets, entry level stuff that doesn't require an
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    Font - While Joe wasn't a computer tech, he was very comfortable with computers and knew a TON about Photoshop. I learned a lot from him over the years. Joe also had a great sense of humor and was the type of person who could talk circles around anyone he met. When he chose to poke fun at someone, which he did often, they usually didn't even know he was joking around with them until several minutes later because he was so quick on his feet. All this meant that it was extremely satisfying that on
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    Font - I was always the go-to guy to fix computer issues in my department and the several departments that were near mine when people didn't want to open a ticket. One day Joe calls me over and says he's having trouble with his Wacom tablet. Joe: Hey, every time I try to use the healing brush it just leaves this big white smear instead. Me: Oh, I've seen this before, I know exactly how to fix it. This is going to sound weird, but just bear with me. Joe: Ok... Me: First, set down the stylus and s
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    Font - He sets the stylus down on his desk and stands up, expecting me to sit down and take over. Instead I take a step back. Me: Ok, now here's the weird part. I want you to turn around in a full circle until you're facing the computer again. Trust me, this always works. He gives me this incredulous look, like I've lost my mind. But he goes along with it. Me: Perfect, now sit back down and try again. Joe: But you didn't do anything! Me: Just try it. Like I said, this always works.
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    Font - He proceeds to pick up the stylus, try again, and when it works he looks at me like I just pulled a rabbit out of his ear. That's when I tell him he was holding the stylus upside down and when he sat back down and picked it up he was holding it correctly that time. In Photoshop if you hold the Wacom stylus upside down it automatically uses the eraser tool instead of whatever tool you have selected. I know for a fact that Joe knew this, since he's the one that taught it to me, but that day
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    Human body - Sands_Of_The_Desert · 1d Full respect to Joe as well - he asked for help, and accepted it despite the absolutely ridiculous instructions. Sounds like a great workplace!
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    Human body - edbods · 2d · edited 2d Blessed are the cheesemakers And in that moment, Joe knew who the next bearer of the torch would be
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    Font - SnowDogger · 1d How did he react? 8 Reply Share Report Save Zal_Avoi OP - 1d He swore at himself for missing that and laughed about the whole thing. Like I said, he had a great sense of humor which is the only reason I was comfortable joking with him like that.
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