Tech Support People Are Sharing The Worst Cases They’ve Seen While On The Job (50 New Pics)
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Trust me, tech support workers, they’ve seen it all. Witnessing the infinite amount of hard grease on a mouse pad, sorting through makeshift computer ventilations, laying their eyes on needlessly creative audio outputs and whatnot, it’s just fair to say they’ve been to hell and back.
And thanks to Reddit's corner known as TechSupportGore, we now have the picture evidence that not everyone was born into electronics. Not even every second one of us.
We have selected some of the worst offenders in the tech department as shared by the blessed tech support employees who still smile back at us after knowing what gore we just submitted for repair. Scroll down, upvote the ones that made you cringe and sigh, and be sure to share your tech gone wrong experiences in the comment section!
Psst! Don’t forget to check out our previous tech support gore posts here and here.
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When They Get Creative With The Only Working Audio Output They Have
Since its beginning in 2012, the TechSupportGore subreddit grew its community to a solid 485k members who love to “cringe to the brink of passing out after a few minutes looking at this subreddit.”
Every post screams for help from tech support here. From makeshift electronics to cases where people thought repairing their computers would be a walk in the park, the fun is both painfully funny and (secretly) relatable.
So to find out more about the community, Bored Panda reached out to its moderator Coffeechipmunk who was happy to share some insights. “I feel like the community has grown different tastes for the subreddit over time, for sure. For a while, cable gore was boring, cracked screens, etc. Now? Bad wiring is loved.”
Customer Describes A “Slight” Burning Smell
Dont Use Lemonade To Clean Your Mouse. I Thought The Acidity Would Clean Off The Buildup Of Crumbs And Cheeto Grease But It Just Attracted These Ants. I Left Home For 2 Days, Just To See This On My Desk
When asked about the term “Tech Support Gore," the mod explained that it refers to “stuff in the tech support or IT field that's a computer comparable version of gore,” and added: “Instead of a heart ripped out, it's CPU pins. Slightly less awful.”
Coffeechipmunk said that among the worst tech support gore cases he has seen while moderating the community, it's "anything with bugs in it. That's the worst.” Also, “the guy who got a laptop full of milk. Yeesh.”
Go Check The Switch Closet. We Think Something Might Have Gotten Unplugged Somewhere
A Dove Made A Nest In The Projector In My Classroom
Improvised Way To Supply Power
Server Is Down!
Trouble Ticket Read "After Office Renovation Internet Doesn't Work"
And when it comes to the subreddit’s absurdly comical touch to its submissions, the moderator believes that “it’s played up for laughs a bit, to be honest.” Having said that, he added: “There's definitely posts where it's like, 'Yikes! That's bad.' But I can't imagine anyone passing out from seeing bad cabling, ya know?”
While We're Posting Pierced Fiber Lines
It’s Actually Fully Functional
So..this Came In Today..and It’s Glorious
I Don’t Work In Tech. My Hospital Has Some Occasional Network Issues...i’ve Finally Seen Behind The Curtain
Shared On Facebook. Why Is My Mouse Not Working?
Previously, the same moderator told us that part of the appeal of the subreddit comes down to the fact that it gives honest fun and cringe to viewers. “In a time where most of the internet can be incredibly serious and most times saddening or angering, TechSupportGore is fun because you go on it and you can laugh (and/or cringe) at the crazy posts.”
After all, “Where else can you see a post like, 'Wow, these cables really are messy' to 'A lizard fried my motherboard' back to back?”
This Must Be The Work Of A Madman
Saw This In The Basement Of A Mini-Mall
This "Watercooled" PC I Found For Sale Online
Coworker Had An Important Thumb Drive Fail On Her (Solder Pads Tore Off)... Just A Little Bit Of Janky Soldering And I Was Able To Recover The Files Just Fine
To Ensure Maximum Keyboard Stability, Hp Decided 57 Screws Was The Magic Number For The X360
The subreddit is especially relevant to the current generations Y and Z who basically grew up with tech around them. For these kids and young adults, seeing the picture of someone trying to charge their new laptop without taking it out of the box is essentially priceless.
Crispy
The Way The "Electrician" Repaired His Own Mistake At My Home Without Notifying Me (Optical Fiber Entry Link). "They Shouldn't Notice"
Playstation 2 Slim "Doesnt Turn On" Also Seller Had No Idea What Happened To It
“.. No I Have Never Dropped My Phone In Water Or Anything.”
Found This On A User's Desk
Student Spilled Nail Polish On Computer. Mother Tried To Clean It And Washed Off 26 Keys
Wife Spilled Coffee On Laptop...
Another Day In Paradise
That's Not Good...
How did someone shoot an arrow through a cable, let alone a bullet. I am just surprised that it stopped the bullet.
Why Would Anyone Make This?
Hey, wasn't there a boredpanda post saying there is no such thing as a male to male cable.
Mom, Can We Get Business-Grade Ethernet Switch? - No, We Have Business-Grade Ethernet Switch At Home. - Business-Grade Ethernet Switch At Home:
1 good internet vs 4 bad ones. Argument for 4 bad ones: they can build an internet ladder.
Hang In There Baby
Cox Literally Put A Generator Up This Telephone Pole ??? Apparently To Restore Internet To My Friends Block Somehow ??? They Come By Like Every 12 Hours To Refill It With Gas ??? Pray For Dhemecourt Be This Is F**king Sketchy
Saw one up on pole like this and one on ground during last ice storm.
Not sure what the problem is if it's strapped down securely - that box would support a persona standing on it, so it's not like a 60 lb generator is going to overload it and by putting it up on the pole, no one is going to steal it.
The problem is that they have to refill fuel often unless they made an underground tank with pump
Load More Replies... I would have run an extension cord and just chained the thing to the poll.
I work for a cable company and this is actually kind of clever. we usually chain the generators to the pole, but we still sometimes have generators stolen. I don't know if we have ever thought about setting them on top of the power supply, which is usually too high for most people to get to.
Would you prefer a continuous supply of fuel?! At least now it will burn out on only whatever quantity is left. It's a safety thing!
Once, two Russian students in one of the American universities, for the sake of laughter, launched 3 pigs into the campus at night. On the backs of the pigs were written three numbers 1, 2 and 5. The police spent 2 weeks looking for pigs with numbers 3 and 4. But they were not there. It was the Faculty of Mathematics ...
Those are electrical lines and that generator is creating what from gas? Electricity. This is the dumbest s**t.
Those lines aren't magical. Electricity needs to be generated. Sometimes stuff breaks Genius
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Well At Least It’s Not Overheating
Time To Get A New Keyboard
This is traditional pc gamer keyboard wear. Especially MMOs. Notice the WASD, space, shift and alt. Most of the wear is from the left hand, because the right is holding a mouse.
I Was Not Prepared For The Discovery Of This Redneck Projector Mount
How Long Is That In Human Time?
So When My Old Build Threw In The Towel Some Time Back, It Looked Like It Was Sending Me Ransom Notes. Still Not Sure What Caused It. Mobo? Cpu?
What Kind Of Soap Were They Using? Returned After Less Than A Year Of Use
The Aftermath Of The Capitol Siege
Look At What This Spectrum Guy Did To My Poor Grandma...
The Router And Cables In My School's Server Room
New One For Me. Iron Shavings Stopped Speaker From Working
You sure it's not a yamazaki Soot Sprite? They live in unused houses, maybe they're now moving into unused laptop housing.
Facebook Marketplace "Problem With Cooling, I Cut It Open"
So My Laptop Died
Servers Are Down
Got To Keep The Press Brake Working
The Forbidden Capri Sun
I had this happen with the battery in my last laptop. It basically destroyed the damn thing. The repair guy said this happens when you don't let the battery drain periodically.
Nahh I Dont Need A Tutorial Or A Heating Gun
"Upgraded" PC
Note: this post originally had 100 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
A technician from my internet provider once told me that the bane of his life were squirrels that chewed through the cables that ran across the poles.
I read somewhere that squirrels are the #1 cause of power outages across the US. Politician corruption was the #1 cause of power outages in Texas. :) (sorry. the squirrel thing is true though)
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A technician from my internet provider once told me that the bane of his life were squirrels that chewed through the cables that ran across the poles.
I read somewhere that squirrels are the #1 cause of power outages across the US. Politician corruption was the #1 cause of power outages in Texas. :) (sorry. the squirrel thing is true though)
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