...wow.

[falnfenix]

Dear $Name,
Please give me a quote on a new, larger monitor. My current 22" monitor is full - please see attached pic.

Thanks


can't attach the pic due to sensitive data (patient names are visible all over this doc's screen), but he's got an icon for everything...every document he's ever written is on the desktop, as well as everything he's ever downloaded (some in triplicate). this doc has been told how to save to his network share...repeatedly...

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[http://users.livejournal.com/hub_/]

do they use the cup holder?

[falnfenix]

*snort* it wouldn't surprise me. this isn't one of my direct users...and the dept this person comes from is full of people lacking basic computer skills.

[kukla-red.livejournal.com]

That really is a head banger.

[falnfenix]

a good portion of the new staff brought into that particular (entirely non-clinical) department lacks any and all computer skills, even down to the most basic tasks.

[vtladyhawke.livejournal.com]

*Eyetwitch* If I have more than 3 or 4 icons on a desktop, I go batshit.

Teh st00pid, it BURNS!!

[falnfenix]

heheh

[jennlee2.livejournal.com]

Bump up his resolution and then he should be able to fit another couple months worth of icons...

Even for a doc, that's pretty pathetic.

[falnfenix]

for some reason, that dept hires a lot of staff (doctors included) from 3rd world countries. it's reasonable to believe some of them have never had to touch a computer before.

thank goodness they're only researchers, and don't deal with patients...

[awarrenfells.livejournal.com]

Sounds like my room mate.
His desktop is FULL of icons. I seriously doubt he understands any kind of basic file management.

[egearman.livejournal.com]

I had to look at my desktop and it's nearly 5 columns, mostly folders (because I have to have some organization) and that's nearly too much for me. The idea of filling a screen....

[revchris.livejournal.com]

Give him a quote on a larger monitor, but make sure that it has the same native resolution as his old one.

Or, you could introduce him to the concept of folders.

[falnfenix]

5...columns? AACK. i have ONE column and it bothers me, though these are daily-use apps/docs so they warrant being kept on the desktop.

all of my home boxes have the taskbar on autohide, and everything that would NORMALLY be on the desktop (my computer, trash, etc) is in the quicklaunch. nothing else is permitted to stay for more than an hour before deletion/rehoming.

[chaobell]

Okay, I'm notorious for having a messy desktop, but at least I know I don't have to put shit there. wtf.

[falnfenix]

as stated, this doc has been told how to save to his network share...repeatedly...

it wouldn't matter how often he's shown this concept. he's like one of my previous "special cases" from an old job: said doctor couldn't figure out how to synchronize his Handspring to his computer. the Handspring had a cradle...and all he had to do was put the device in the cradle. *eta* he'd forget and call us daily, so every day at 8:15am someone would have to be at his office, helping him put the device in the cradle.

i think the real problem is a lot of doctors lose their basic common sense abilities once they've gotten too far up the food chain.

[thecrazyfinn.livejournal.com]

5 Columns? I've got 3 at work and that much only because it's been a while since I've cleaned my desktop. My home box has 1.

Documents/home directories are where my actual stuff goes. And those are organized.

[thecrazyfinn.livejournal.com]

LCD monitors generally run at max resolution by default these days. And a 22" is almost assuredly an LCD.

[revchris.livejournal.com]

Professors do that too.

I've got one who hasn't figured out how to use a VCR in the classroom - he can get it to connect to the projector, but then he gets confused because there are no VCR controls on the projector control touchpad. Every time, he calls me at that point, and I tell him to push the play button on the VCR.

[falnfenix]

yes, i have a lot of those...

[jennlee2.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Our standard screen resolution is set to 1024x768 for all our users, but I run 1280x1024 myself. I'm not a workstation tech, though, so I'm not all that fluent in this area.

I suppose he could also switch the user to the "small icon" setting if he wasn't already using it.

[thecrazyfinn.livejournal.com]

LCD's look like crap any anything other than native resolution, so you pretty much have to run them at native resolution (which is max resolution, since LCD's have a fixed resolution unlike most CRT's).

Small icons should work though.

[kukla-red.livejournal.com]

It completely boggles my mind that anyone under the age of 40 can claim to have NO computer skills. What is with these people??!! I'm 50 and I've been doing this stuff since I was just out of college. You can't survive these days without knowing how to use a computer.

My SO works for a company with 2 guys (sons of the owners and therefore protected) who couldn't turn a computer on if their life depended on it. And they use Macs!! They both have lovely brand new shiny iMacs on their desks and don't have a clue how to read their own email.

Yes, the stupid burns.

[falnfenix]

it's surprising, really...but i encounter these people all day long.

i think some of them fake it so they can bribe us to do more for them.

[kukla-red.livejournal.com]

Lawyers do it too.

*slowly bangs head against desk*

[kukla-red.livejournal.com]

I can be bribed. Chocolate has always worked well. Roses will also do nicely.

[falnfenix]

hahaha

i WON'T be bribed unless it's in the form of cash...