Weirdest Request from the end user?

[davyboi]

a teacher asked me to go with her to a wholesalers to help her fetch aload of bottled water back, for kids in exams i think,

 

 

the network manager and schools headof IT said no lol

[Friez]

The entire support staff got asked to sing I Get By With A little From My Friends when the old head left. When I told them how much beer I needed before I was prepared to sing in public (not to mention a taxi home) I got out of it.

 

That's a total WTF in my books.

[Pyroman]

That's a total WTF in my books.

 

I agree, unless they were a close personal friend, not a chance

[ChrisC]

A couple kids knocked on my door asking for glue sticks, I said we're the it department, why would we have glue sticks? Turns out the head of science told them to "go find the technician and get some glue sticks"

 

Chris

[laserblazer]

Last week, one of the teachers asked me if I would collect a lady from a nearby town who was coming in to give dance lessons. I asked where she lived and then said isn't that on your way in to school. Oh yes she said, I hadn't thought of that, what a good idea.

 

Having seen said dance teacher I'm kicking myself. She is stunning

[Lee_K_81]

A couple kids knocked on my door asking for glue sticks, I said we're the it department, why would we have glue sticks? Turns out the head of science told them to "go find the technician and get some glue sticks"

 

Chris

 

Ah yes, the amount of times kids have come to us for the daftest of things when they meant to go to D&T or science techs!

[LeMarchand]

Got in one morning when I was supposed to be recording the Year 6 end-of-year performance; the teacher was in a panic as the kid playing the Chair of Governors had phoned in sick. Guess who ended up with the part?

[Friez]

Got in one morning when I was supposed to be recording the Year 6 end-of-year performance; the teacher was in a panic as the kid playing the Chair of Governors had phoned in sick. Guess who ended up with the part?

 

So you're chair of governors now? Congratulations! You're going up in the world!

[Sirbendy]

"Here are the keys to Miss X's car..it won't start. Can you get it going? You're handy with Vauxhalls, aren't you?"..

 

I *OWN* a Vx..yes...and even if I didn't I can say that a slack auxilliary belt and no rev counter on a 1.7TD = battery flat. I ended up charging the battery for her, refitting it and tensioning the belt.

 

One from a member of SMT:

 

"can you explain to me what all these buttons in my SAAB do? "

 

Another:

 

"Someone nicked the stainless wingmirror cover off my Rover 75..find me another on the net."

 

Yet another:

 

"My car needs a service- find me a good local garage and get it booked in.."

 

And the oft-heard bane of our lives...

 

"My home internet is playing up..the wifi isn't working. Nip over to my house and sort it out..."

[laserblazer]

Just this lunchtime had a good one. Can you take a look at the blood all over the floor and walls in the Boy's toilet and see if you can find who it belongs to.

[Sirbendy]

!

 

Health and Safety says "bog off..".

[JJonas]

A company I once worked for asked me to drive 270 miles to the Isle of Wight site to put a computer in a box. I just said I thought I was overqualified to do that job but offered my telephone support services in the event that had problems putting a computer in a box.

[mullet_man]

I have done about 8 wifi installs for teachers at home, I don't mind really usually get some beer or chocs in return.

[tech_guy]

I have done about 8 wifi installs for teachers at home, I don't mind really usually get some beer or chocs in return.

 

Staff here know that the required payment for doing this is beer, sex or chocolate. We get a lot of beer and chocolate.

[RabbieBurns]

I charge £20 an hour for sorting out the teachers home computers

 

Do a lot of the parents home stuff as well.. Nice little earner.

 

Not really had any wierd requests I can think of

[Hightower]

I've just been down to SEN. It seems every time I go in there one of the staff suddenly starts talking about "My computer isn't working you know at home, I've been struggling on for weeks" to their colleague.

 

I just stand there, do what I gotta do and walk out without battering an eye lid. I don't like hints. Drop hints at me to do a job for personal use and I'll ignore you. Now on the other hand, if you come and ask me politely to do a job at home for you, I'll politely tell you to "Bog off and take a look in the p*ssing yellow pages!"

[conehead]

Counting sheckels as Potiphar in a school production of Joseph;). Quite good fun and not a singing part I was pleased to hear.

 

Though I would like to play Fagin if Oliver ever gets into production.

[SpuffMonkey]

A company I once worked for asked me to drive 270 miles to the Isle of Wight site to put a computer in a box. I just said I thought I was overqualified to do that job but offered my telephone support services in the event that had problems putting a computer in a box.

 

I used to get a business rate of 40p per mile - so a job like that would've been a nice day out and quids in!

[somabc]

I used to get a business rate of 40p per mile - so a job like that would've been a nice day out and quids in!

 

Not at current petrol prices!

[SteveB_NI]

I have been asked in the past to go collect costumes & props for a school play, and collect the school xmas tree!

 

Not to mention endless calls to go to the bank for non-technician related money, post office for non-technician related parcels etc!

 

I keep getting asked for Tip-ex in my office though by teachers - I love informing them that my preferred form of Tip-ex is the backspace key

[laserblazer]

Two further good ones, phoning Birmingam Air Traffic Control to see if it was ok to let off some helium filled balloons and checking to see if it was ok for a Y5 girl to bring in her pet tortoises.

 

Question: how many balloons will it take to launch a tortoise?

[chrbb]

Helping to recover an escaped dove. They were supposed to be kept under netting for 4 weeks to get used to their new home and one escaped.

 

One 7 month pregnant teacher (not me:)) , two learning mentors, me, a tablecloth and a butterfly net.

[Edu-IT]

Just this lunchtime had a good one. Can you take a look at the blood all over the floor and walls in the Boy's toilet and see if you can find who it belongs to.

That's a good one.

[amfony]

I've just been down to SEN. It seems every time I go in there one of the staff suddenly starts talking about "My computer isn't working you know at home, I've been struggling on for weeks" to their colleague.

 

I just stand there, do what I gotta do and walk out without battering an eye lid. I don't like hints. Drop hints at me to do a job for personal use and I'll ignore you. Now on the other hand, if you come and ask me politely to do a job at home for you, I'll politely tell you to "Bog off and take a look in the p*ssing yellow pages!"

 

 

Exactly right mate. Couldnt have put it better myself.

 

Another one from the vault:

 

"Ive locked my keys in the car, ill ask IT they look like they know how to break into cars ..." not a joke either.

[Guest Guest]

Exactly right mate. Couldnt have put it better myself.

 

Another one from the vault:

 

"Ive locked my keys in the car, ill ask IT they look like they know how to break into cars ..." not a joke either.

 

Look at it this way; they must know in themselves, even if they will not admit it, that we it bods are cleverer people than they are.