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as a former tech support person I think the reason why its usually like that is that most of the people who call in are people don’t know how to use a computer at least it was for the company I worked at
True for most doesn’t mean true for everyone and not being able to switch once it is clear the person does know how to use the computer is really annoying.
Some of that is from management being strict about following the procedures we have to make sure every step is followed or we get in trouble so even if someone seems knowledgable we have to treat them like they aren’t
This. I was phone support for dial-up internet for the transition - when I started, we just did our best and frequently worked with customers at their level. I enjoyed that, the customers did too. I got promoted easily.
By the time our jobs were getting shipped overseas and we were all getting fired, they replaced that with a ‘knowledge tree’ everyone was supposed to follow regardless of our personal experience in order to make sure all customers got the exact same experience. Softened the blow. I never went back to tech support as a job.
(This was like twenty years ago. I imagine it’s only gotten more stifling since then.)
I am not in denial and am fully aware that I don’t know everything and can make mistakes. But that is a bit beyond ‘knowing how to use a computer’.
But when I call about the squirrels chewing through the line for the third time and I have pictures of the chewed line I don’t need to be told to restart my computer to make sure it isn’t that first.
as a former tech support person I think the reason why its usually like that is that most of the people who call in are people don’t know how to use a computer at least it was for the company I worked at
True for most doesn’t mean true for everyone and not being able to switch once it is clear the person does know how to use the computer is really annoying.
Some of that is from management being strict about following the procedures we have to make sure every step is followed or we get in trouble so even if someone seems knowledgable we have to treat them like they aren’t
This. I was phone support for dial-up internet for the transition - when I started, we just did our best and frequently worked with customers at their level. I enjoyed that, the customers did too. I got promoted easily.
By the time our jobs were getting shipped overseas and we were all getting fired, they replaced that with a ‘knowledge tree’ everyone was supposed to follow regardless of our personal experience in order to make sure all customers got the exact same experience. Softened the blow. I never went back to tech support as a job.
(This was like twenty years ago. I imagine it’s only gotten more stifling since then.)
That’s because most people including you and myself are in denial of how stupid we are.
This unintentional deception is the purpose of the shit test most tech support has in place.
I am not in denial and am fully aware that I don’t know everything and can make mistakes. But that is a bit beyond ‘knowing how to use a computer’.
But when I call about the squirrels chewing through the line for the third time and I have pictures of the chewed line I don’t need to be told to restart my computer to make sure it isn’t that first.
Sir, squirrels are not supported by our internet package. Until you stop using squirrels on our internet connection, I’m afraid we can’t help you.