Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for March 29, 2017

Trump bringing back those jobs from overseas.

Seriously, Larry’s wife. Why ELSE would tech support employ Larry?

Hullo. Dees tek soopaht. You hav probeem. Peese. Let me feex.

He’s over qualified, his English is too good.

YAY!! CROCKS!!

“You’re having trouble with your PC? Buy an Apple.”

Many of us have had to deal with a “Larry” on a tech call.

He must work for Comcast… or Tracphone. No wait… he’s the supervisor.

This is a documentary, not a comic.

True story: I once called tech support, discovered that he had never done anything with my type of computer, and when I asked if I should just call back and get someone familiar with my system, he said, “No, I need to learn how to do this for the next time someone with your system calls.”

First problem Larry no have Beer to drink……………..Croc Power !

The sad part is many users are like Larry. They have no idea what you are talking about so you can help them. If you have a device or computer learn a little about it so if something goes wrong you can understand what tech is talking about.

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

Tech support and I speak different languages, in more ways than one.

He’s better than the support I get at work.

It is plugged in? Well then I’ll have to escalate it. Here’s the reference number. We’ll get back to you in 3-4 days. (Which they don’t)

Unplug you computer and see if works now. If no, go to zeeba neighbors and plug in there, then call me and I will come and fix it.

Our tech support is so next level, we’ll totally ask you whether you’ve turned it on and back off again!

Reminds me of an old one – short version – caller had to get a flashlight to see if the PC was plugged in. It was too dark to see because the power was out….

And me out of tech support job soon, too! In fact, whoever hired Larry should be fired!

Then, that guy can sue Cartoon-Boy for causing him to lose his job! Lawyer me that, ’toon-Boy!

“Well, unplug it and plug it back in again.”

At first, this made me angry. But then I remembered that I was laid off from three high tech jobs when the companies decided to hire non-tech people because the “click-through” tool we techs were forced to develop meant they no longer needed to use people who actually knew how the equipment worked.

And I’m guessing that Larry is working from Indiana because he misunderstood what his bosses told him to do.

The boss is obviously a Croc as well.

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“Um, you say your retractable cup holder is broken?”

His brain needs to be plugged in.

Larry is now working for Comcast.