Joys of working as technical support...

[Diello]

New teacher being given laptop by one of the techs the other day.

Teacher: “So, is this one of those battery operated laptops then?”
Tech: “...yes”
Teacher: “So it never plugs into the mains then?”
Tech: “...yes, to charge the battery"
Teacher: “O, I see”

...Me: *hiding behind screen so he can't see my laughing!

[solitaire89]

That is, indeed, VERY worrying

Now you see why I don't believe that there is no gender bias in IT I'm a blonde young woman, he's a man who's been "in IT"* most of his working life


* For "in IT", please read "He's been an IT Teacher"...

[witch]

Now you see why I don't believe that there is no gender bias in IT I'm a blonde young woman, he's a man who's been "in IT"* most of his working life


* For "in IT", please read "He's been an IT Teacher"...

Ah - but that explains it...why do schools think IT teachers are necessarily the right people to be NMs? (yes garethedmondson I know YOU are -but you are the exception!)

I don't have an NM - there's just me, but the head of ICT is nominally my boss - he wouldnt dream of muscling in on my patch - and he knows very little about the network infrastructure anyway.
But we work well together because he knows about things that I don't such as VLEs and webby/media-y stuff, and he listens when I tell him what we need to do to make the system better.

He is also somewhat younger and a bit shorter than me, and that helps!!

[solitaire89]

He is also a bit shorter than me, and that helps!!

I'd better buy some taller heels then What a good excuse for another pair of shoes [/GIRLY-NESS]

I agree about the teacher and NM thing (and yes, I know there are exceptions to every rule! ), put it this way - You can be the best driving instructor in the world. It doesn't make you a car mechanic.