Behind-the-Scenes Secrets From Different Professions

Sher 1 weeks ago

#12
When I did IT support this was always our first question before someone would be dispatched deskside, always got assurances that computer was shutdown every night and had just restarted and they didn't know why they always had issues. Get deskside check uptime (in front of user) and find it had been running for 45 days with no restart, restart computer and suddenly everything is working fine (always made sure to document in ticket resolution)...

Ron 1 weeks ago

Sher,

I work in IT. I know I need to restart and I will. But if I run into a problem that needs an external helpdesk, and they tell me to restart, I will continue to play solitaire while muttering "Yes.. it's restarting... almost there.. have to log in... just a sec.."

Antoinette 1 weeks ago

#4 Expert craftsman know how to fix mistakes. I had a half woven basket chewed up by my pup, and learned how to repair a basket as an extra lesson. Same for a painting I worked on... 2 years and my dog bumps my elbow on the main characters face. Had to fix it without damaging the paper surface.

Melody 1 weeks ago

Would be good to add a little note from which country and state those tips come from. I assume it's mostly applicable in America.

“From the Coast Guard:

If you get swept out to sea or fall off your boat in the middle of the ocean, you had BETTER be wearing neon bright orange/yellow.

Believe it or not, we are in the helicopters and planes looking for you with our literal eyeballs. You are a tiny speck surrounded by the navy blue water – so you had better be a bright orange speck and not a navy blue speck.

One time we rescued someone who told us that we flew over him multiple times without seeing him before he remembered he had red board shorts on under his wetsuit.

He took those off and out and waved them at us. We saw the red and were able to get him.

Pointing + throwing trash/items overboard when someone falls in the ocean is good advice. The trash creates a larger visual landmark so we can follow the trail of debris towards the person in the water…”