# Anyone who has ever had to run Tech Support, youll love this!!

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 30, 2001, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902 "2001-08-30T07:40:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![Phlip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Phlip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlip)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2001, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/1 "2001-08-30T07:40:24Z")

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[http://chroniclesofgeorge.nanc.com/tickets1.htm](http://chroniclesofgeorge.nanc.com/tickets1.htm)

You may have seen this site before, but this cracks me up. This is this tech guys chronicle of tech support requests he recieves from his help desk I believe. Its pretty funny. The grammer is amazingly bad. Worse than anything Ive seen on this board!! 😉

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### Author: ![bafaa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bafaa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bafaa)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2001, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/2 "2001-08-30T13:09:45Z")

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That is HILARIOUS!

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### Author: ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2001, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/3 "2001-08-30T13:13:03Z")

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Heh!

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### Author: ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2001, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/4 "2001-08-30T13:29:49Z")

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\<\<sniff\>\>

That’s beautiful, man…

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### Author: ![lno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@lno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lno)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2001, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/5 "2001-08-30T13:35:24Z")

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_Thirty-eight_ pages! Sheesh.

I want to meet this George guy and havening a drink with him.

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### Author: ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2001, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/6 "2001-08-30T13:40:19Z")

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For those of you who don’t read the fine print…

[quote]  
This page and all its contents are copyright © 2001 the webmaster, except for George’s tickets, **all of which are belong to him.** \*

BWAHAHAHAAH

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### Author: ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2001, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/7 "2001-08-30T13:42:35Z")

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Superb!

“She would like read and write access to her computer” 😃

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### Author: ![Formerly\_Bandersnatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e36b37/32.png) [@Formerly\_Bandersnatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Formerly_Bandersnatch)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2001, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/8 "2001-08-30T13:46:33Z")

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oh god… I can’t leave my cube… tears are streaming down my face… and I’m hoping I can keep from actually ROFLMAO… this is absolutely priceless… :))

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### Author: ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/9 "2001-08-30T13:51:10Z")

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[Classic E-Mails](http://classic-email.8m.com)

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### Author: ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2001, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/10 "2001-08-30T14:11:55Z")

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Hahahahaha.

George rocks!

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### Author: ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2001, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/11 "2001-08-30T14:58:30Z")

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i am hevening a goot time reeding theze storees on my cp.

Sadly, I’ve worked with people that not only type up reports like that, but speak to customers in cryptic jargon, too. This site is now bookmarked right under Tech Tales!

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### Author: ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2001, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/12 "2001-08-30T15:42:31Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by IJGrieve \*  
> \*\*[Classic E-Mails](http://classic-email.8m.com) \*\*

\*\*I spilld waddr on my kyboard and now svral kys do nod  
work. Whad is fix? {Bsd splling I can do wid kyboard} \*\*

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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### Author: ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2001, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/13 "2001-08-30T16:21:43Z")

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Another link in the same vein: [Computer Stupidities](http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/) \*\*  
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### Author: ![Kilt-wearin\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/82dd89/32.png) [@Kilt-wearin\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilt-wearin_man)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2001, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/14 "2001-08-30T16:37:17Z")

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ok i havening problem seeing what so funny…

Thirty eight pages of this…man, that’s scary.

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### Author: ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2001, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/15 "2001-08-30T16:40:30Z")

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And [Tech Tales](http://www.techtales.com/tftechs.html) of course 😉

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### Author: ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2001, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/16 "2001-08-30T16:42:15Z")

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This is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a looong while!

I’ve often thought of doing the same things with the emails I get where I work.

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### Author: ![GrandfatherTrout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f17d59/32.png) [@GrandfatherTrout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandfatherTrout)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/17 "2001-08-30T19:22:33Z")

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I showed this to a co-worker, who was wondering why I was making little snorty I-am-not-laughing noises at my desk.

She looked at it and said:

“Oh. Virgo humor.”

I had to share that.

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### Author: ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/18 "2001-08-31T00:49:12Z")

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This reminds me - does anyone have a current link the the Bastard Operator from Hell stories? Those are the best…

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### Author: ![Phlip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Phlip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlip)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/19 "2001-08-31T05:13:18Z")

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I found it to be very amusing my self. Havening? lol

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### Author: ![drewcosten](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@drewcosten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewcosten)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2001, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-who-has-ever-had-to-run-tech-support-youll-love-this/78902/20 "2001-08-31T05:44:07Z")

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Current BOFH (Bastard Operator From Hell):  
[http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/30/index.html](http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/30/index.html)

BOFH Archives (pre-2000):  
[http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard.html](http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard.html)

Good stuff.

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