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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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'Working properly and correctly' is no obstacle to your average office drone mashing the keyboard in despair and phoning IT
About 50% of my office phone up panicking every time a piece of software they use every day pops up with an upgrade notification.
(, Thu 8 Aug 2013, 9:11, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
I'm having Java woes at the moment

(, Thu 8 Aug 2013, 9:13, Reply)
try instant

(, Thu 8 Aug 2013, 9:14, Reply)
I can only open one excel doc at a time or it has a spas

(, Thu 8 Aug 2013, 9:23, Reply)
"Hi, I've had a message pop up on my screen"
"What does it say?"
"To finish updates restart, with buttons that say 'now' or 'later'"
"OK?"
"So what do I do?"
"I don't follow"
"Do I restart now or later?"
"Er...well, do you want to restart now?"
"No"
"Then maybe hit the 'later' button".

^This conversation happened.
(, Thu 8 Aug 2013, 9:42, Reply)
How did you NOT hunt them down and punch them in the face?

(, Thu 8 Aug 2013, 9:43, Reply)
I honestly don't know.
But the amount of stupid conversations I'll take before going on an office shooting spree are now measured in single figures.
(, Thu 8 Aug 2013, 9:45, Reply)
I do feel sorry for you
but wonder if perhaps this line of work is really 'you'?
(, Thu 8 Aug 2013, 10:07, Reply)

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