I MESSED UP!! (Subtitle: UNPLUGGED)

dorothytd
dorothytd Posts: 1,138 Member
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Let me just say this first. I am a reasonably intelligent person. I have a career, I take care of a home, family, etc. I even did ok in school.

Last Saturday when the cable service went out, I was the one who spent AN HOUR on the phone with tech support, testing, resetting and unplugging and all that. Still had a problem with the channels, so had to schedule a visit. They couldn't make it until today - WEDNESDAY.

Turns out, after being without TV for five days (which was kind of nice, actually), the problem was simple. After all the unplugging, I failed to PLUG IN the main source. Five days. All my fault.

So, there will be much mocking in my house for some time, I'm sure. Make me feel better and tell me how you messed up!!

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  • hbrittingham
    hbrittingham Posts: 2,518 Member
    LOL. Don't feel bad, I am sure that's happened to lots of us. Not that I am admitting anything...
  • EEfromJersey
    EEfromJersey Posts: 219 Member
    Blaaahaaa, Dorothy you might be in for some mocking on here too and yup sometimes it the simplest things we overlook can't say it's happened to me :)
  • coliema
    coliema Posts: 7,646 Member
    I've plugged my charger into my phone and never plugged the charger into the wall plenty of times. You aren't alone.
  • AwesomelyAmber
    AwesomelyAmber Posts: 1,617 Member
    Oh Dorothy, not that I am laughing AT you (but...:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: ) that is hands down the AWESOMEST thing I have read today! :heart:


    OH edited to add MY OWN screw ups... :blushing:
    I have been known, not once or twice, but MULTIPLE times to SCREAM AND YELL for MyBoobar to come to the bathroom to help me find my glasses after waxing my eyebrows (because I am blind without them or contacts) only to have him remove them from my HEAD. Now he just yells back... "I'm not getting up to come in there until you touch the top of your head!"
  • dorothytd
    dorothytd Posts: 1,138 Member
    THANK YOU to those who admit you're a dope from time to time as well!!
  • Capt_Inzane
    Capt_Inzane Posts: 733 Member
    KISS
    Keep It Simple Stupid

    Was something I had to engrave into my brain when I first became a mechanic. That common phrase is something I repeat daily as now I'm a computer nerd and always have to remember that most the time it's the easiest/simplest thing to resolve the issue.

    So are you allowed to touch the television now :P
    lol
  • dorothytd
    dorothytd Posts: 1,138 Member
    So are you allowed to touch the television now :P
    lol

    The funny thing is - I DON'T touch the tv!! This box was out in the garage and "boosts" the signal. So we still had internet, and oddly "On Demand." Just no tv. At one point my husband said, "You have NO idea how to play a show from On Demand, do you?" Uh, no, no I do not. Probably why I didn't miss the tv so much, either! :blushing:
  • karl39x
    karl39x Posts: 586 Member
    One time when I was getting gas, I kept putting in my pin when it asked for the pump number. I struggled for like five minuets until my sister had to help me and now makes fun of me forever.
  • mank32
    mank32 Posts: 1,323 Member
    i yelled at my mom because she'd borrowed my (1979) mustang and couldn't get the key out of it. i had forgotten to tell her that you have to push up the button at the bottom of the steering column to release it... :frown:
  • Nana920
    Nana920 Posts: 51 Member
    Oh boy...now I feel better!! Now to tell you my story. Last week the pool pump
    gave an error message that I thought meant add more salt. And no, I didn't look
    it up in the owners manual. Just kept adding salt and more salt and more salt...
    6, yes six, 40 lb. bags. Turns out the error message meant the filter needed changing.
    Duh!! Now I am draining and adding more water.
    It helps to be able to laugh!! ????
  • Iron_Lotus
    Iron_Lotus Posts: 2,295 Member
    LMAO :heart: you
  • ruth3698
    ruth3698 Posts: 305 Member
    I went to do laundry the other day and the washer I usually use was being used.so I go to one I haven't used before and it cost 4 dollars in quarters only.The washer had these slots where you put the quarters in and then push the whole tray in to start it.Well I put my soap and softener in and then put my quarters in.The washer didn't start... so here I am taking the clothes out and putting them in the washer next to it.again, I put more laundry soap and quarters and push the tray in and again it doesnt start.So here I am cursing and yelling at the machines and looking for number to get the " 8 dollars" I lost back...and then it clicks....I only put 2 dollars in and didn't realize that the slots only took 2 bucks at a time so I had to do it a second time.I felt so stupid.I should of been born a blonde lol
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,173 Member
    My mom always rents a car when she comes out here...we stopped for gas & she was standing there getting frustrated trying to open the the door on the gas tank. So I got out, went over & looked at it. I then proceeded to hunt all over the dashboard for the elusive button that open the damned tank. My part in this went on for like 5 minutes before, out of sheer frustration, I pushed on the gas tank cover...opened right up.

    Oh & I'm guilty of the whole epic panic attack of "WHERE'S MY CELL PHONE?!?!?!" while I'm talking on said cell phone...

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  • Lovdiamnd
    Lovdiamnd Posts: 624 Member
    Let me just say this first. I am a reasonably intelligent person. I have a career, I take care of a home, family, etc. I even did ok in school.

    Last Saturday when the cable service went out, I was the one who spent AN HOUR on the phone with tech support, testing, resetting and unplugging and all that. Still had a problem with the channels, so had to schedule a visit. They couldn't make it until today - WEDNESDAY.

    Turns out, after being without TV for five days (which was kind of nice, actually), the problem was simple. After all the unplugging, I failed to PLUG IN the main source. Five days. All my fault.

    So, there will be much mocking in my house for some time, I'm sure. Make me feel better and tell me how you messed up!!

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    On behalf of all of the call center reps and techs you spoke to.... they hate people like you.

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  • dorothytd
    dorothytd Posts: 1,138 Member
    I am starting to feel MUCH BETTER, folks! Thanks again!!!
  • dorothytd
    dorothytd Posts: 1,138 Member

    On behalf of all of the call center reps and techs you spoke to.... they hate people like you.

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    Until now. Let me say, however, there WAS a problem to begin with. And all of the interaction was very pleasant. Maybe a more positive spin is, "job security."
  • BigDaddyRonnie
    BigDaddyRonnie Posts: 506 Member
    I am the one who manages the team of field support techs that talk to customers such as yourself.

    Everyone is correct, things like this happen ALL OF THE TIME.

    Now if you added to this scenario that you answered the door naked, or had porn playing on your laptop, or you left your toys out...well, that is common too. Call center reps, and field techs, love these situations...gives them stuff to talk about.
  • sc10985
    sc10985 Posts: 347 Member
    When we lived in our apt, there were a hundred cable wires all over and around the house from the past (and present) tenants. Lazy landlords I guess. Anyway, my bf was outside mowing the lawn and kept *****ing about cables on the lawn near the house. So what did he do? Grabbed a pair of scissors and cut said cable. Needless to say, it was the only live cable connecting our tv to 200 precious channels. The cable company couldn't come out for like a week and I didn't let him live it down the whole time lol.
  • dorothytd
    dorothytd Posts: 1,138 Member
    Now if you added to this scenario that you answered the door naked, or had porn playing on your laptop, or you left your toys out...well, that is common too. Call center reps, and field techs, love these situations...gives them stuff to talk about.

    Darn, sorry I couldn't oblige! On the flip side, when it was installed, I guess the tech decided to "test" our internet ... on a porn site. (Saw it right after he left.) So he gave me something to talk about as well! :smile:
  • Begood03
    Begood03 Posts: 1,259 Member
    You are not alone, we all have done dumb things like that. And our friends just love to point them out.
  • Capt_Inzane
    Capt_Inzane Posts: 733 Member
    lol@tech that's awesome.

    yea I do tech support amongst other things

    I've seen it all, once saw a man who was really happy with his wife apparently and had a video playing on his laptop...I was like Ahem I can see your screen to which he replied "You're Welcome thats my wife"...

    I laughed a lot.

    I had a youtube celebrity call me and apparently she got in on some bad acid and thought we were electrocuting her through the phone and that we raped her and just went off the deep end. I ended up cancelling her warranty and blocking her # but not before I got a lot of good laughs.

    I nearly killed a man once, he was around 70-80 years old and was on his first computer. After spending some time with him trying to get windows to load I asked him for the S/N of the computer. As he leaned down to give me the information he fell and hit his head on his desk. How do I know all this you ask? His wife came in screaming about blood and I could hear him moaning in pain. I sat there for at least 5 minutes thinking I killed him and I'm going to jail for accidental manslaughter or something. Then he gets on the phone while his wife is calling an ambulance and does "now where were we?" .. I explained that all he had to do was hit down on the keyboard and the EULA (law crap) would let him hit next and go away... but yea

    I got tons..can't even think of all of them and some local legends who people swear by

    Person: "My computer won't turn on I've tried everything"
    Tech: "What is the serial number of the computer?
    Person: "Hold on a second I have to get a flash light."
    Tech: "Why do you need a flashlight?"
    Person: "Oh the powers out and I can't see the #" ......
  • busybee507
    busybee507 Posts: 37
    LOL! I have had those moments too! We all do!

    My oldest is a blond so every time she has a "moment" we all tease her a bit about being the only natural blond one in the house!

    For example, when my husband was talking to the kids about fire safety recently, my oldest child (a walking talking barbie doll with athletic skills) says, "I don't understand why they tell you to 'stop drop and roll', wouldn't it just be faster to run??" We all sat there in stunned silence for a few seconds before my husband was able (with a straight face) to explain that 'stop drop and roll' applies only when you're actually ON fire. Otherwise, drop low and crawl out as fast as you can...

    We still tease her and I'm sure we will continue to tease her for some time to come :wink:
  • chelstakencharge
    chelstakencharge Posts: 1,021 Member
    You are not alone... A few weeks ago my hubs asked me to help him do yard work. I was asked to trim the hedges. I confident I won't be asked again being that I cut the cord.....for the 3rd time!!!!!!

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