Karen Freaks Out On IT Over Standard Procedure, Whole Call Gets Recorded

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    Font - r/talesfromtechsupport - Posted by u/Dunnachius 11 days ago No Karen, You have to go to cybersecurity for a password reset, yes i'm sure... no you're not going to get me fired Karen Medium So at stupid industries LLC... we have an IT department and a cyber security department. These two departments both have admin access to entire system/network but cyber security falls under the security department and whereas we handle IT issues not related to security.
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    Font - One of the many things that Cyber Security handles is password recovery and password resets. Namely if you forget your password you have to march yourself down to cyber security's office and face them in person to get your password reset. The upside to this is that any issue related to passwords isn't my problem. Yesterday i'm in the bat cave stoopervising the IT interns and running the help desk. I get a phone in call.
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    Font - "IT department, how can we help you?" "THIS IS KAREN, assistant VP of the Bean counting department" "How can we help you Karen?" I ask. "YOUR STUPID SYSTEM isn't taking MY PASSWORD!" "OK Karen, can you have an office neighbor take 5 seconds and try to log themselves into your computer to see if there's a problem with the computer?" I ask.
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    Font - I patiently wait for the banshee to strong arm someone into doing it. "He got logged in just fine, it's just me" "Well Karen I think you're going to have to walk down to cyber Security to get your password reset" I explain. "BUT I ALREADY CALLED YOU! WHY CAN'T YOU DO IT FOR ME?" she shrieks. I swear I can hear her across the building.
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    Font - "I'm sorry Karen, Cyber Security handles password recovery, don't forget to take your company ID when you walk down to cyber security" I explain. "At MORON Corp. the IT department handled password recovery over the phone, Why can't you DO IT?" "Well Karen, here at stupid industries only cyber security can recover passwords" I explain. "But they said they would write me up if came in another time to get a new password, Can you please do it for me?"
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    Font - "Well Karen I don't know what to say, But you're just going to have to go down to cyber security" "I"ll have your job for this you pimple faced nerd!" She proceeded to use some naughty words before hanging up on me. I wrote it up as a ticket in the ticket system and closed the ticket out, making notes of the time she called in and her abusive language. That afternoon my boss calls me into his office. "Got a call from HR, you have a complaint Dunnachius"
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    Font - "Karen in the Bean Counting department?" I ask. "Why yes... care to explain yourself?" he asked. "Trouble shot her issue, referred her to cyber security for a password reset, wrote up the ticket, #22022439" I say reading it off a notepad in my pocket. "Uh huh" he mutters. He looks it up on the computer. "OK let's listen to the call log" he tells me.
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    Font - 7-8 minutes later we are having a laugh about it and he emails the head of the bean counting department the call log from the IT-line. We also had a call into HR about her abusive language over the phone. Moral of the story... Call logs are your friend.
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    Font - Finn-windu - 11 days ago She knew what the policy was, but more importantly, knew she'd get in trouble if cybersecurity knew she messed up again. It's easier to yell at someone else to do what they're not supposed to, to avoid your mistake being known, then it is to fess up and deal with the consequences. Especially if you're high enough up on the ladder that you're used to other people dealing with your mistakes.
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    Font - gbiypk · 11 days ago I can see a lot of upsides to working in a place with a seperate cybersecurity department. It's just one less hat for the IT department to wear. And yes, call logs are your friend, you pimple faced nerd.
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    Font - le-battleaxe · 11 days ago What gets me, is the total and complete lack of respect for IT Departments & Personnel. I'm not "in" IT, but I handle a lot of IT related things around our branch/division. Our two person is two hours away. The shit that I hear from upper management about these guys is just insane. Does our IT Manager understand our industry or what we do? Of course not, that's not what he was hired for. Just because you have 30 years industry experience doesn't mean you get a f

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