Actually a nice story
When I was a young tech support bloke, I supported a research lab in a uni. One of the computers in the lab died while the researcher using it was demonstrating something to his boss. Can’t remember the fault beyond it being an actual hardware failure. The researcher was quite rude while I was attempting to fix the problem.
When I went back to my office (which was literally next door) to get a part, I heard the following convo:
Boss : “You were a bit rude to that technician.”
Researcher : “He’s just an oily rag.”
Boss : “That ‘oily rag’ knows far more than you ever will about computing and deserves respect. Apologise to him.”
I got a very reluctant apology,
Biting the hand that feeds IT
