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I worked at my college's computer help desk while earning my undergrad. Since the college distributed laptops to every student over half time (or by request if
by Batsu 16y ago
I worked at my college's computer help desk while earning my undergrad. Since the college distributed laptops to every student over half time (or by request if half or less) and every professor, lots of people needed help.
Not to pick on the gender, but girls who came in almost always started the explanation of their problem with some variation "I have no idea what I'm doing with this thing" or "You must think I'm a total idiot, but..."
A lot of the time, problems were simple and I could show them how to fix it in a matter of minutes. All I could ever tell them was that if they played with computers for a living, they'd get the hang of it too.
- ErrantX 16y agoThe girl in my office almost always starts off a request for tech support with the words "tom, you're clever". Out of the two people she shares an office with she is definitely the most tech literate by far... People do undersell themselves.
- cryptnoob 16y ago... always starts off a request for tech support with the words "tom, you're clever". ,,, It's the strangest thing, since none of us are named Tom.