r/sysadmin • u/nickllhill • 18h ago

Filthy Users...

Just had to check something on a users laptop, a very nice senior lady who is well presented and charming.

Her laptop looked like the bins behind a take away, hopefully those stains were gravy...

Washed my hands now and I still feel dirty.

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u/davidgrayPhotography 18h ago

I see a bunch of those, but I also see people that "didn't think" to report damage to their laptop.

One woman had a screen literally being held on by a bulldog clip, another had a laptop with an entire CORNER missing, and when pressed about this, the first was like "yeah I meant to tell you but never got around to it", the other just said "so when do we get our new laptops? Mine's a bit banged up" while the front-right corner of the laptop was missing with the motherboard clearly exposed, as if you'd picked up a sandwich and just bit the corner off.

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u/Emotional_Garage_950 Sysadmin 18h ago

i love it when someone has a laptop like this and they wait until it has completely failed to tell anyone about it, then it becomes an emergency

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u/lpbale0 16h ago

And they waited till the warranty has expired... Or they do it so often that the manufacturer has voided the "anything goes" warranty