What’s something that annoys you every time you deal with it?
Posted by ExoticStrain6348@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 34 comments
Been deep in backend/infra work recently, and it’s surprising how many clunky or frustrating things people just accept.
What’s one thing you regularly deal with that feels more painful than it should be?
I’m exploring problems worth building around.
SlowkayCoomer@reddit
Being asked if I'm busy or if I have a minute.
Literally feels like someone is holding a gun to my head and any answer will get me shot.
Late_for_Supper_@reddit
Just a sec......
PoeTheGhost@reddit
Users who call me to hear themselves think out loud.
They call me and just. keep. talking.
I can’t get a word in, and they’re besties with the C-Suits, so unless I immediately steamroll the convo to push them to the solution I had ready ten seconds in, they will waste an hour+ of my time thinking AT me, not wanting to listen at all, so I have my mic muted and scroll Reddit.
Jamesmoltres@reddit
Humans
Geek_Wandering@reddit
My job and life would be so much better if I could threaten and beat humans like I do the machines. I suspect the humans would be much better behaved if I could.
netboygold@reddit
Came here to say that.
Evening_Plan_2302@reddit
Printers are a close second right?
Lightofmine@reddit
Yes
Grumpy-Troglodyte@reddit
the most correct answer in all of history
No-Pound6836@reddit
Saying "my internet is not working" when it is only one specific thing not working, like a singular website/app.
Kumorigoe@reddit
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phoenix823@reddit
Sometimes companies are fine operating with a certain level of risk. Not everything needs to be perfect. I know a lot of tech people who can't reconcile that.
arensb@reddit
Outlook. Anything Microsoft, really.
apandaze@reddit
microsoft is like a drunk uncle these days
rager_meister@reddit
Windows
pmd006@reddit
Folks that blame me for not having access to something, or don't know what they need access to but they need me to just do it and not ask questions. Conversation always goes something like:
"Hey, umm, why doesn't Shelly have access to the HR Folder on the server?"
Because she's a receptionist and doesn't work in the HR department.
"Yea well we need her to fill in for Sue this week so she's going to need access to everything Sue has."
Sue, our head of HR? She's filling in for all her duties and needs access to everythign she can access including all the payroll software and employee records?
"Oh well no, not that, we just need her to be able to update some contact lists"
Okay so you don't want her to have full access to all the HR functions, just one specific document? Lead with that next time.
Private_Dingo@reddit
One of my clients expects this of us for all onboarding. "The managers don't know what they need access to!" Seems like a management issue to me.
ElectroSpore@reddit
Trying to raise a support ticket with ANY vendor keeps getting WORSE.
Embarrassed-Gur7301@reddit
Now I just pray I can understand them.
florence_pug@reddit
Printers.
Users.
Vendors.
Embarrassed-Gur7301@reddit
Condoms
Anonymous1Ninja@reddit
Users? quit then if you don't like dealing with the reason you have a job
Dense-Land-5927@reddit
I think printers would be my number one pet peeve of mine. It seems that the quality of printers are going downhill, and now some of them are even rejecting third party cartridges. And I'm on the unlucky side where apparently everyone just has to have a printer on their desk. And we don't have a universal printer brand that we use across the board. Everyone has their own preference, so I'm stuck troubleshooting multiple different brands at times.
When we move buildings, I am going to push for some sort of printer cap per department. If Sue can't walk 20 steps to get a document, we have other issues to handle.
Ecstatic_Score6973@reddit
When people write "loose" when they mean "lose"
Outrageous-Charge869@reddit
Car issues especially overheating
nytel@reddit
Application support. Every time our in house built applications fuck up, I have to sit with the end user and figure out what's taking place and open a ticket with the dev team. When in reality, the end user should be dealing with the dev directly. Fuck I hate it
Anonymous1Ninja@reddit
Security people who got their start without knowing how a network, infrastructure, or basically anything that has to do with running a business works.
Hurri1cane1@reddit
When being brought on as one thing but your job duties quickly change to you being a help desk with a fancier title.
(Dealing with this rn)
HugeButterfly@reddit
Re-resizing a column in a preference window that I've pulled up a thousand times before and it's always reset to a useless viewing width.
GloveLove21@reddit
The decreasing level of quality, or just level of effort, I see in others work. Especially vendors.
AnonAqueous@reddit
Agreed 10,000% Frustrating as hell when you're trying to fix an issue and the end result is "Well, it shipped broken, and this feature has never worked."
TheToodlePoodle@reddit
Microsoft's licensing structure
a1155997@reddit
at my work, you need to put in a MFA code every 3rd click or 20 seconds it seems
bobmlord1@reddit
MFA Reset "This QR code has already been used"