elilla, quarantined on Nostr: kid: "uh I'm sorry to bother you with this on a Sunday and all but do you know how ...
kid: "uh I'm sorry to bother you with this on a Sunday and all but do you know how devices can be damaged if there is a power surge? so I accidentally turned off the extension cord for the computer and now it's not turning back on again and now I'm worried and..."
me: "that's ok, let me see it"
kid: "I tried turned it back off and on again and on a different plug and I was looking online if there's anything I can do but—"
computer: vrrrrrr
kid: "wow, what? what did you do?"
me: "nothing much I guess. flipped the switch on the back a few times, fiddled with the cable to see if anything has bad contacts"
kid: "but but I don't understand, I already did all that!"
me: "oh that's always like that. computers are scared of systems administrators. they only start behaving after we arrive, happens all the time at work"
me: "that's ok, let me see it"
kid: "I tried turned it back off and on again and on a different plug and I was looking online if there's anything I can do but—"
computer: vrrrrrr
kid: "wow, what? what did you do?"
me: "nothing much I guess. flipped the switch on the back a few times, fiddled with the cable to see if anything has bad contacts"
kid: "but but I don't understand, I already did all that!"
me: "oh that's always like that. computers are scared of systems administrators. they only start behaving after we arrive, happens all the time at work"