• sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works
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    17 days ago

    Whenever I get a tech question its always about how to navigate a gui I am unfamiliar with. And when I can’t give them an answer, they assume I’m actually clueless about technology.

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      17 days ago

      My least favourite technical support calls were with people who didn’t know their own interface and I was having to direct them, blind, to get the information and do the diagnostics I needed.

      There were at least a couple of times where I had to ask the customer to describe literally everything they saw on the screen starting at the top left and working their way down.

      I sometimes pretend to be one of those people when I get tech support scammers on the phone because I know how tortuous it is.