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Dying a little inside with each phone call (infosec.pub)

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[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 24 points 2 years ago (9 children)

I remember working tech support for creative labs through college. "Please try rebooting your computer, and call us back when it's done". You learn to recognize the people who will take hours to do simple troubleshooting..

[–] 0x0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Years ago, I convinced my parents to ditch the phone line and use an early VoIP company. When things went wrong with our ISP, I would call the 1-800 tech support line, who would immediately ask me to reboot the modem...

It was nearly impossible to get them to understand (a) of course I already tried that and (b) that would disconnect the phone call we are currently on.

[–] BluesF@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

Man, I remember the mid 2000s when I feel like internet service was way worse than today... hours of tech support going through all the steps I'd already explained I did, and then eventually a reluctant appointment with an engineer 6 weeks later.

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