I'm a Electrical Engineer... I know what I am doing.

[Banthor the Unruly]

3) Talk about your sweet arse rig.

And what a sweet arse rig it is!

Shes got...

[sms001]

Apparently he never heard that old electrical engineering adage, "When all else fails, make sure it's plugged in."

Actually FIRST on most of the trouble shooting trees I've seen

We need some sort of password so we techies and identify each other over the phone.

Great idea!

TS: "Hi. This is Crashnburn Technical Support, what seems to be the problem?"

Us: "The cake is a lie."

TS: "Agreed. What parts do you need?"


Seriously, I used to just say something along the lines of "Hey, I'm fairly familiar with computers, you can move right along and I'll yell if I get lost." Lets them know they can skip a lot without throwing your creds in their face.

[Machero]

What? Some random douche throwing his credentials around, craziness. People don't do things like that.

Being a local tech for the national retail chain, I always appreciate it when someone says the cake is a lie and tells me what they have already tried and want a second opinion.