When was the last time you suffered IT rage?

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― Bob Six (Bob Six), Monday, 12 February 2007 00:06 (seventeen years ago) link

thorntons direct

― Bob Six (Bob Six), Monday, 12 February 2007 00:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Last night, when I was fucked off with my wireless network dropping all the time.

― Forest Pines (ForestPines), Monday, 12 February 2007 07:04 (seventeen years ago) link

Every time the spinny multi-coloured wheel comes up I experience it to a small degree.

― Chap (chap), Monday, 12 February 2007 14:41 (seventeen years ago) link

It's more NTL Support (or lack thereof) rage than IT rage, but it's been going on for a week now :(

So far the only difference I can find between NTL's old crap support and Virgin's all new shiny crap support is that support calls are now 10p/min instead of 5p/min - presumably to pay for perspex boxes in Covent Garden.

― onimo (nu_onimo), Monday, 12 February 2007 14:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Well, it's your own fault for emailing him pish about David Blaine rather than asking him to sort your broadband out.

― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Monday, 12 February 2007 14:54 (seventeen years ago) link

He answered that quicker than NTL answer their fuckin phones :(

― onimo (nu_onimo), Monday, 12 February 2007 14:56 (seventeen years ago) link

About weekly, when I have to scan slides for work. I cannot believe there is ANY piece of equipment more finicky than a slide scanner, in terms of breaking and scratching slides, getting them stuck, not noticing they exist, and refusing to communicate with computers at completely random times.

― Maria e (Maria), Monday, 12 February 2007 14:57 (seventeen years ago) link

whenever i use firefox, that shits' overrated. IE is no better.

when media player plays through my playlist and decides on its' own accord to stop showing things in Fullscreen

when Norton does a random file scan in the middle of watching episodes of king of the hill

the fact my pc doesn't recognise my linux installation disks

when my hard drive doesn't boot up for no apparent reason

ie, at least once a day

― Ste (fuzzy), Monday, 12 February 2007 15:04 (seventeen years ago) link

You know what computery thing I really hate? The self-service scanner checkout in our local Tesco. Scan something, it tells you to put the item in a bag, you put it in a bag, its stupid fucking voice goes "unexpected item in bagging area" really loudly, then you remove the (surely expected, since you've just scanned it) item and it goes off on one at you for not scanning it and placing it in a bag, even though you did that and it shouted at you for doing so! Also, when your bag's full and you take it away to start putting other stuff into a second carrier bag, it shouts at you for removing the bag, then starts again with its "unexpected item in bagging area" shite if you put it back. FUCK OFF, MACHINE. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO MAKE SHOPPING EASIER!

Grrrrrrr.

― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Monday, 12 February 2007 15:16 (seventeen years ago) link

Use proper checkouts. Save jobs.

― onimo (nu_onimo), Monday, 12 February 2007 15:18 (seventeen years ago) link

I share your frustration alisa but when available I always use those. I don't like making small talk with people!

― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Monday, 12 February 2007 15:20 (seventeen years ago) link

It used to be soooo much quicker in our local Sainsbury's to jump the queues and use those machines, even with their constant "unexcepted item in the bagging area" complaints. But then they redesigned and took the machines away ;_;

― ledge (ledge), Monday, 12 February 2007 15:21 (seventeen years ago) link

The crappiness of the machines is totally keeping people in jobs, because they are all hanging around ready to intervene when machine fucks shit up. I do only use them rarely, when queues for people who get paid to know how to work tills are all really long. Then I remember why no-one is using the self-service one.

― ailsa_xx (ailsa_xx), Monday, 12 February 2007 15:30 (seventeen years ago) link

for people who get paid to know how to work tills

see this is a problem. Half the time the people checking me out are clueless about how to do their job. I want to shove them out of the way and do it myself. it would be quicker.

― Ms Misery (MsMisery), Monday, 12 February 2007 15:31 (seventeen years ago) link

In the last week, new office slang has emerged in my workplace: having a rhino (ie. a long, angry, rather nasal growl at yr screen).

― Madchen (Madchen), Monday, 12 February 2007 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link

This is because our new website launched on Wednesday and the content management system can be a little unhelpful (read stupid) sometimes.

― Madchen (Madchen), Monday, 12 February 2007 15:36 (seventeen years ago) link

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