This was on Digg the other day and it sparked my interest to make my own. Here is my top 10 annoyances about all things tech. I’ll try to rank them as best I can.
10. Weatherbug
Why do you insist on installing this? Want to know the weather? Go outside or find an application not riddled with spyware.
9. “I won a trip to the Bahamas!”
No, you didn’t. (thank you digg)
8. Memory and Hard drive space are two different things.
7. Me: “OK click on (anything)”
User: “Which one?”
Me: “…..What do you mean which one?”
User: “Do I left or right click?”
Me: “…..left”
6. User: “My internet broke”
Me: “I doubt that”
User: “…What?”
Me: “So you can’t access the internet?”
User: “Yes”
5. People that send the forwards with >>>>>>>> added in them. Usually seen with LARGE LETTERS
4. Me: “Ok double click (anything)”
User: click ……………click
Me: “Ok, try clicking a little faster next time”
3. User: “This really weird thing just happened and my project is due tomorrow!”
Me: “When did this start happening?”
User: “Sometime last week, but I turned it off and it went away”
Me: “…”
2. I do not want to fix your computer, your aunt’s computer, your cousin’s computer, your dog’s computer. I’ll offer if I so choose.
1. I hate calling tech support. My parent’s house had wiring issues and signal problems between there and the ISP. So I decided, rather than having my father talk to the IT dept. I would. These are not real tech’s so don’t get offended. I call them up,
“Yes, we’re having issues connecting to the internet. The computer is plugged directly into the cable modem, the modem has the PC light on, but the connection light is off.” I jumped the gun a little and they asked for my name residence etc.
“Sir, this is the 5th time you’ve called this week.”
“I know. It quit working about 2 hours after the last time we called you.”
“Ok. Well click start, and then click run. I’m going to have you type..” I cut her off
“I don’t have a start button” I’m so mean
“…In the lower left hand corner, click start..” cut her off again
“I don’t have anything in the lower left hand corner”
“…Sir, do you happen to know what version of Windows you are running?”
“I’m using Linux” Oh god I’m so mean
“Ok, I’ll have to transfer you to someone else please hold.”
From this point on I talked with someone with intelligence. The low signal to our house was boosted, a few wires replaced since they were bad (so I’m told) and out of all of this I end up with a static IP and no dropped connections. I haven’t called them in over a year 