Customer: I’d like a key to start my car Me: Okay, that’s $110 Customer: Makes a face Me: I can make one that just opens the doors for $10 Customer: That sounds better

I make the key, explain it won’t start the car They pay and leave They try to start the car with the key

  • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Honestly, some people don’t know what immobilizers are. Working in IT we vastly overestimate a user’s skill.

    Job posting: admin staff with working knowledge of Word, Excel and power point.
    New user to helpdesk: how do I change the colour of the graph I just made?

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    One time a gentleman brought in a doorknob that wouldn’t turn. I had to demonstrate for 5 minutes that it wasn’t broken, he was just holding both sides of the knob while turning it.