Techie Trapped Gifts

Social Media Traps

"Ok, no more Mr. Nice Guy. Grab his phone!"

"My email is down... talk to me."

Computer Room.

Bob encounters one of the bugs in the Jean Paul Sartre fan website.

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

"Quick, Lassie, go get I.T.!"

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."

"The smart toaster is down, and it took our wifi, security cameras, and entertainment systems with it."

“Someone is not muted. I'm still hearing ambient noise. Please mute your device.”

"Careful! He knows computers."

'What I don't like about computers is that you can't fire them.'

"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.'

"I wish someone would come and turn the vibrating buzzer off on that mobile phone!"

"We think we got some good CT scans, but unfortunately they're encrypted and our I.T. guy is on vacation this week."

It was her last day so Mary decided to find out something that had bugged her for years: what the button with the skull & crossbones was for.

"You've called tech-support so often that it was decided that it's more practical if I just come and live with you."

"No, not that button!"

'Sir, I've got a computer to avoid a giant mess but unfortunately I can't find the computer in this giant mess!'

Modern Calamities. Farmer in the Dell. Do something Maw

"Mrs. Beetle, Marty's screen is frozen, again."

Buy on-line - Fill in form, Fill in form again, And again, Lose form, Fill-in form a few more times, Give up and go to shop...

Cat on Computer Keyboard.

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

"A watched file never loads..."

'I did my homework on my computer and before I could print it, it crashed.'

"This is a computer speaking. I will now misconnect you and your party."

"I.T. says these new laptops they gave us come loaded with all the latest viruses."

Explosion - "About the computer, try to remember the last three keys you pressed."

'Computer crime seems to be on the rise.'

'What do you mean that you hacked into Old Faithful's computer so now it's not so faithful?'

"Don't embarrass me again, spell-checker."

"You idiot. How many times have I told you not to text while flying?"