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  • kingarthur
    Service Manager

    1,000+ Posts
    • Feb 2008
    • 1336

    #31
    Re: I work with imbeciles!!!

    Originally posted by Debs1964
    I will bend over backwards
    Sorry Debs....out of everything you wrote...I just keep going back to this...
    Tip for the day; Treat every problem as your dog would.....If you cant eat it or f*ck it....then p*ss on it & walk away...

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    • DAG COPIERS & COMPUTERS
      Senior Tech

      500+ Posts
      • Oct 2010
      • 860

      #32
      Re: I work with imbeciles!!!

      Originally posted by fixthecopier
      On the subject of techs who cannot do for themselves, The last class I went to Atlanta to attend, I was dumbfounded to watch as the instructor had to take class time to show some of the class how to copy a file from a thumb drive. Let me repeat that, COPY AND PASTE. It took more than a little while for him to do that. Am I wrong in thinking that a copy repair person should have basic computer skills?? Maybe that is why senior tech field a lot of calls. The junior ones are computer illiterate and don't know how to look it up. I may not be the sharpest tack in the box, but I left that class feeling like a gennie. wait, I meant geanious. Hold on, geinouss, damn it, can someone tell me how to use spell check?
      Who told you that people any longer want to read? The culture of reading is dying out in our society. People simply want to be entertained; watch tv programs, be on social websites etc.

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      • Eugene74
        Technician

        50+ Posts
        • Jan 2010
        • 70

        #33
        Re: I work with imbeciles!!!


        .... and here I am thinking this happens only in our branch, our company, our country..... You have my sincere empathy.

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        • glewisme
          Trusted Tech

          100+ Posts
          • Nov 2009
          • 240

          #34
          Re: I work with imbeciles!!!

          I work for and with them. I'm surrounded!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!

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          • ZOOTECH
            Senior member of CRS

            Site Contributor
            2,500+ Posts
            • Jul 2007
            • 3375

            #35
            Re: I work with imbeciles!!!

            Originally posted by glewisme
            I work for and with them. I'm surrounded!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!
            Agreed, hence my signature.
            "You can't trust your eyes, if your mind is out of focus" --

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            • Debs1964
              Service Manager

              1,000+ Posts
              • Oct 2010
              • 1690

              #36
              Re: I work with imbeciles!!!

              Originally posted by kingarthur
              Sorry Debs....out of everything you wrote...I just keep going back to this...
              Trust you LOL
              There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary maths and those who don't

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              • MR Bill
                Senior Tech

                500+ Posts
                • Jan 2010
                • 532

                #37
                Re: I work with imbeciles!!!

                Hello Debs. I have a question for you. What is a hard drive. Thanks

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                • Debs1964
                  Service Manager

                  1,000+ Posts
                  • Oct 2010
                  • 1690

                  #38
                  Re: I work with imbeciles!!!

                  Originally posted by MR Bill
                  Hello Debs. I have a question for you. What is a hard drive. Thanks
                  It's when you need to travel several hundred miles, over a bumpy road, at night, when you're tired and have a full bladder. Hope that helps
                  There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary maths and those who don't

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                  • fixthecopier
                    ALIEN OVERLORD

                    2,500+ Posts
                    • Apr 2008
                    • 4713

                    #39
                    Re: I work with imbeciles!!!

                    Originally posted by MR Bill
                    Hello Debs. I have a question for you. What is a hard drive. Thanks
                    As long as you have a hard drive you are in good shape. It's when it reverts back to a floppy that you got problems.
                    The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

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                    • wajoname
                      Junior Member
                      • Jul 2009
                      • 5

                      #40
                      Re: I work with imbeciles!!!

                      Some people float around in a delusional state and believe they are just as smart as others who have put in the effort to really understand how to research and solve problems.

                      I do believe we live in a world full of mindlessly selfish people who have no concept of how much work goes into fixing problems where there is no clear cut answer to be found.

                      Somehow they believe you must have all the answers to any random question/problem that pops up.

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                      • Debs1964
                        Service Manager

                        1,000+ Posts
                        • Oct 2010
                        • 1690

                        #41
                        Re: I work with imbeciles!!!

                        Originally posted by wajoname
                        Somehow they believe you must have all the answers to any random question/problem that pops up.
                        Unfortunately, I usually do, I have the sort of brain that remembers useless facts and figures, but ask me to be observant or to identify someone from a photo and I'm hopeless
                        There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary maths and those who don't

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                        • Jules Winfield
                          Senior Tech

                          500+ Posts
                          • Jul 2009
                          • 821

                          #42
                          Re: I work with imbeciles!!!

                          Originally posted by Debs1964
                          Unfortunately, I usually do, I have the sort of brain that remembers useless facts and figures, but ask me to be observant or to identify someone from a photo and I'm hopeless
                          The key is to refrain from opening your mouth whenever you know the answer to a question except in rare cases where it might benefit you (like in front of an important customer or your boss or something like that). Let everyone else think you're a moron and it'll save you a lot of time...
                          But I'm trying, Ringo. I'm trying real hard... to be the Shepherd.

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                          • Debs1964
                            Service Manager

                            1,000+ Posts
                            • Oct 2010
                            • 1690

                            #43
                            Re: I work with imbeciles!!!

                            Sometimes when I'm asked if I know a part number, I make one up and wait for them to write it down before I tell them that I don't really know it.

                            One of the guys I work with got so fed up with the phone calls before someone got on site to look for the solution themselves, that when he was asked if he had any idea what was causing copy quality problems on a high volume copier, he told them to look for an obstruction in the finisher LOL. When the other tech asked if that could really cause CQ? He told him to stop being so bloody stupid, and to go and try to sort it out himself!! LOL
                            There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary maths and those who don't

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                            • Jules Winfield
                              Senior Tech

                              500+ Posts
                              • Jul 2009
                              • 821

                              #44
                              Re: I work with imbeciles!!!

                              I've found that sometimes even when you give a tech a good suggestion that will probably fix the problem, they'll see how much actual work it would take (taking apart the machine and such) a end up asking someone else hoping for an easier fix.
                              But I'm trying, Ringo. I'm trying real hard... to be the Shepherd.

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                              • Debs1964
                                Service Manager

                                1,000+ Posts
                                • Oct 2010
                                • 1690

                                #45
                                Re: I work with imbeciles!!!

                                Originally posted by Jules Winfield
                                I've found that sometimes even when you give a tech a good suggestion that will probably fix the problem, they'll see how much actual work it would take (taking apart the machine and such) a end up asking someone else hoping for an easier fix.
                                Oh yes, I've known ones like that, we had one, a few years ago, that would call round at least 3 or 4 of us, and get the same response from us all, what he was really fishing for was for one of us to offer to come and help him
                                There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary maths and those who don't

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