I was the printer goddess of my office. All I did was change the paper default from Letter to A4. I could also change the toner cartridges.
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I was in vacation in Guadeloupe, trying to rent a bike on a small island, when the guy at the rentals asked me what I was doing for a living. I stayed vague and just said I worked in IT but it was enough to move the conversation about his broken printer and the fact that he had to buy a new one. He asked if I could take a look at the broken one, I replied that I was on vacation, and he said that it wasn't very nice of me. There was no language barrier as we both spoke French natively, but I'm socially awkward and maybe it was just a joke. I'm still not sure if he was just making small talk, or expecting me to check the printer.
I obviously didn't, and I recommend touring the island of Marie-Galante on a bike, it's worth it.
I still sport my old Think Geek T-Shirt: 'No I Will Not Fix Your Computer' to family functions.
The IT guy plight is real.
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Shoot
First me then the printer
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Its a WiFi inkjet printer you say? You haven't used it in six months you say?
Please Shoot!
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He looks like he works in IT.
I used to work as it support and i still have nightmares from the customers' printer problems.
Eh I never minded. I preferred printer problems. Fixing the default printing source made me cool. Downloading a driver or pointing a user to the right network printer made me a hero. Replacing a roller or a fuser so the printer stopped jamming elevated me to legendary. Much more relaxing then fixing someone's janky SQL "formula" because their "excel is broken."
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Looking at printers is how I got into tech maintenance
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