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    [–] [email protected] 34 points 4 days ago

    My least favourite technical support calls were with people who didn't know their own interface and I was having to direct them, blind, to get the information and do the diagnostics I needed.

    There were at least a couple of times where I had to ask the customer to describe literally everything they saw on the screen starting at the top left and working their way down.

    I sometimes pretend to be one of those people when I get tech support scammers on the phone because I know how tortuous it is.