AllOutOfBubbleGum@lemmy.world to Sysadmin@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days ago"I hooked up a second monitor and neither are working!"message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up184file-text
arrow-up184message-square"I hooked up a second monitor and neither are working!"AllOutOfBubbleGum@lemmy.world to Sysadmin@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
I go to investigate, and they had managed to plug the HDMI cable of one monitor into the other monitor.
minus-squaresalacious_coaster@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·22 days agoI once had a person refuse to troubleshoot a monitor issue over the phone. 2.5 hours away. Swore to me that they hadn’t messed with the monitor cables since it last worked. They had both ends of the HDMI plugged into the same monitor.
minus-squareMidnight Wolf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day ago“that will be a $3,000 emergency support call. Will that be cash or check?”
minus-squareisles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 days agoThat does sound like a good prank to pull on a co-worker.
I once had a person refuse to troubleshoot a monitor issue over the phone. 2.5 hours away. Swore to me that they hadn’t messed with the monitor cables since it last worked. They had both ends of the HDMI plugged into the same monitor.
“that will be a $3,000 emergency support call. Will that be cash or check?”
That does sound like a good prank to pull on a co-worker.