A light-hearted post today!
“Half-pink, half blue” was the answer I saw to an IT question from an end user, and for some reason it amused me. I decided to ask on twitter, what people thought the question could be that lead to this response:
Pop quiz: “Half-pink, half blue”. What IT technical question could you ask a user that would get this response? :)
— Adam Fowler (@AdamFowler_IT) August 17, 2017
Jess has a reasonable guess:
Is it something to do with microphone and audio in cables?
— Jess Ambrose 🌈 (@printfJess) August 17, 2017
Shane however may need to reconsider what interactions he has with users:
pregnancy test?
— Shane Bryan 💬 (@ShaneBryan_Aus) August 17, 2017
John may have been having a bad day:
What ratio of medication do you take to ask such a dumb question from the IT department?
— John Robb (@JohnRobbphoto) August 17, 2017
Daniel however, came up with a pretty good guess. Wrong, but still good:
“I’m placing an order for 50 CAT5 Ethernet cables. What colours do we need?”
— Daniel Kipping (@DanKipping) August 17, 2017
Tim decided to use a word that made me google it, and even then I’m not sure what’s going on, but I’m sure Tim does:
Nice typing.What colour are your cutaneous plates? :-)
— Tim Keegan (@ITNinjaGuy) August 17, 2017
Daniel came back with another good guess, I’m sure I’ve seen a CRT similar to this:
“Oh! You’re having trouble with your monitor? Strange colours, you say!? Describe what he display looks like…”
— Daniel Kipping (@DanKipping) August 17, 2017
David however, decided he’d rather a visit to the HR department:
How would you describe your sexual orientation ?
— New Model Tours (@DavidNnmt) August 17, 2017
Jim expected the worst from a user, and assumed self injury through poor choices. Maybe he’s been here before:
So you opened the case of your PC while it was still on and stuck your hand inside. What does your hand look like now?
— Jim Katoe (@jimkatoe) August 18, 2017
However, nobody actually guessed the correct answer.
The answer was:
“How much disk space do you have?” https://t.co/GPJsfiaXUf
— Adam Fowler (@AdamFowler_IT) August 17, 2017
Tough to guess since the colour’s actually red, not pink, but I still liked the answer.