*headdesk* 101 is back in session today (for me)

[darkblade1.livejournal.com]

How many times to do I have to hear this today:

"It was working before!"

-or-

"It was working yesterday"

*headdesk*

Listen dumb shits, you just changed your modem and computer! Something has changed right?

As Carlos Mencia says, "Dee Dee Dee!!"

It's going to be a long day...

Comments

[gevauden.livejournal.com]

The other thing I love about the "It's worked for [however long]!" comment is that it has no bearing on the actual issue.
I don't care if it was working yesterday, last month or 5 minutes ago. It's not working NOW is it? That's why you called!
If these people were driving to work when suddenly thier brakes failed, I can imagine them slowly bleeding to death, and saying "My brakes can't have failed. They worked yesterday".
I'm often tempted to say "Oh,well in that case there must be nothing wrong. Goodbye"

[lordchaos.livejournal.com]

I hear that so often. I just want to say to these people: "Well it's not working now."

How about "My computer is not working, what's wrong?" Do you get that a lot?

[reddalek.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. The "My computer is not working, what's wrong?" question. One of my general pet peeves.

Heaven forbid that there can be hundreds if not thousands of things that could be wrong with their computer. No fucking shit it isn't working. That's why they can call me: to tell me that something isn't working. I need more information than vague statements. It is damn tempting just to say "I don't know" and hang up.

[darkblade1.livejournal.com]

I've been wanting to do that all day.

"You broke it. Now shut the hell up so I can fix it."

Lol.

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

I have actually used "Is it working now?" when confronted with that one.

"No..."

"Well then, let's see if we can get it fixed then."

"But why isn't it working?"

"Same reason light bulbs burn out and garages exist."

[harry-whodunnit.livejournal.com]

I once snapped at a user "Then hop in your time machine and use it yesterday!"

His reply: "What do you mean? I don't understand."

Sarcasm is wasted on starfish.