Dumbest Questions Asked By (non-techie) Co-Workers?

[SleepyGuy]

I've got a few...

W(orker): Why is my 1 page word document printing off 18 pages everytime?
Me: (shakes head) You've got a bunch of page breaks near the end.

W: Where is my have a CD-Rom Drive?
Me: Are you installing software off a CD? It should be located on the front of the PC... usually with a blicking green light when a cd is being accessed.
W: No wonder floppy disk didn't fit correctly in it!

W: Why is my monitor having funny lines on it?
Me: Do you have some electonic devices near it?
W: Yeah, i have a fan beside it.
Me: Turn it off.
W: Wow! the lines are gone, thanx... (hangs up the phone)
Phone: RING!!!
Me: Hello?
W: (same worker) The monitor is doing the funny line thing again!
Me: (in disbelief)

There are many more but i'm off work now... later guyz!

 

[MichaelD]

Heh. I can identify w/you on this.

*Phone rings*
Hello?
Mike it's Barb.
Yeah, Barb, what's up?
My program is broken.
Your program is broken?
Yes, come look. *Hangs up* <Me-goes over there>
OK Barb, what?
My program is gone...I was working on it and it disappeared, just like that *snaps fingers for emphasis*
Which program, Barb?
Word.
<Me sees Word bar in taskbar at bottom of screen>
Barb, it's right here, you minimized it.
I what? I mini-ed it?
Never mind, Barb. <Me clicks on it and it magically becomes full-size again!>

Sadly, this isn't an exaggeration at all. It's no great surprise that I hang out at the Help Desk whenever I'm roaming the halls. At least they speak my language.

 

[TallBill]

hah.. well its not from a co-worker, but a friends girlfriend

sarah: hey, can you get a webcam on a laptop?
me: yeah, i dont see why not as long as you got the right hookups
sarah: well, it has a dvd drive

i just fell on the floor laughin at that point

 

[MrCodeDude]

I want your guy's job. It sounds very easy
-- mrcodedude

 

[gopunk]

well, it's not from a coworker, but here goes:

caller: i need my password reset
me: okay...
*authentication*
me: your new password is going to be lower case g, capital h, colon...
caller: whoa, hold on there, what's that? co..lon...?
me: yes. it's the one with two dots...
caller: huh?
me: okay it's right next to the 'l' key.
caller: oh!

sadly, i get about one of these every two days.

 

[Radiohead]

<< I want your guy's job. It sounds very easy >>



I wouldn't, I think I'll eventually go insane if I had to deal with all those stupid questions.

Oh wait, there are no stupid questions, only stupid people

 

[Milhouse99]

Well, this isn't a question, but my roommate was walking down the hall w/ his computer (enlight mid tower case), and this chick walks by and says &quot;Wow, that's the biggest hard drive I've ever seen&quot;

~Milhouse

 

[MichaelD]

Uh-huh-huh-huh. Uuuuh-huh-huh..she said hard_drive. Huh-huh. Couldn't resist. We must honor the anscestors,you know.