Frustrated Tech Hero Gifts

'He's rebooting the computer '

Computer Room.

'I have a plan 'B' but that's also dependent on a working projector bulb.'

Abandoning the computer for a typewriter.

"Tech-support has confirmed it. Screaming and hitting the computer won't solve the problem. You'll have to try something else."

"This next one is a typical blues number about exceeding your data plan limit, cracking your ipad screen, and losing your new ear buds."

'Sorry, I can't help you, the computer's down again.'

"After 10 broken keyboards, I finally bought him one that's designed for someone who bangs on it when they're mad."

Tech Support/Counseling for Anxiety caused by tech-support.

"A watched file never loads..."

'Is that computer, down there, the one you were having problems with?'

"Now right-click on the icon."

STRIP Hambone: "System been down long?"

'Sorry guys! But i'm afraid we're going to have to shoot this segment again. The darn tape just ran out!'

'They call it a remote because that's the chnaces of me being able to program it.'

In case of computer breakdown break glass

"Looks like another case of someone over forty trying to understand Snapchat."

'And you get this free.'

"I'm certainly no expert on the matter, but throwing the copier out the window just may be a sign you're suffering from stress."

"Sorry, but road rage is next door. This room is for people who get frustrated with their compute and take it out on their keyboards."

Stressed Office Junior

'Are you sure that hitting it with a baseball bat will work?'

STRIP Hambone: Techinical support in layman's terms #2

"They call it the Cloud. No wonder I Can't find anything in it."

'I know the computer's slow, but this really isn't a better way to enter data.'

"My computer crashed. . . to the ground when I got frustrated and threw it out the window."

"These kid computer games are so hard to learn that I've decided to skip my second childhood."

'...and we've converted this room into a home office.'

'Blasted caller ID! I can't get through to anybody!'

'Don't get smart with me!'

The smartphone app learning curve

"If it makes you feel better...I usually don't understand what I'm doing either."

"Every time I say this computer is supposed to be 'user friendly', it lets out an evil laugh."

Computer use issues