It's rare that I loathe users

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You know, most of my users are pretty awesome. They stay out of the way and let me get their stuff fixed. I get back to the office (or home) faster, and they get back to their lolcats. Some of them are a bit impatient, but they still stay out of the way for the most part. They're easy to deal with too - send them off with a loaner laptop or something else temporary and they'll stay busy until I get them up and running.

However, there's one type of user... they rarely leave their seats. If they do, they don't leave the immediate area, no matter how long it takes. They refuse any help or temporary workarounds.  Nothing calms them down except a return to the status quo, and even then they've got a complaint.

( The typical conversation goes like this... )

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[jecook]

Seeing as it's a bit slow here, I've got a poll for the rest of the brethren court:

What's the goofiest/funniest/stupidest marketing gag that your vendors have given to you?

The one I got today was amusing and ironic, considering whom I work for: a largish box of (fake) money, obstinately to get us to buy HP's networking kit. (also completely Not Gonna Happen; We, like a large number of other businesses, are a Cisco shop for our networking infrastructure.)

I'll get pictures posted tomorrow, I think, if anyone wants to see. Also accepting (amusing) suggestions for what to do with it. :D