There’s something about humans and technology that makes them a perfect combo for a disaster waiting to happen. And even though we live in 2020, where tech has become a quintessential part of our daily lives, it doesn’t mean it’s as easy as pie. Don’t believe me?

Ask the tech support workers who have been witness to such monstrosities, it makes you wonder what on earth their clients were thinking. A client upgrading his phone and keeping his old screen protector ‘cause why not? Check. A mouse covered in hand grease up to the point that it’s just a lump of sheer nastiness? Check. Rice inside the iPhone? Sure. Cables tangled so badly, they resemble a wasp nest? Of course.

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Thanks (do we really wanna thank them for dis?) to the Reddit community that goes by the all-telling name r/techsupportgore, we now have pure nightmare material for tech support workers or any other person who is no stranger to common sense. Psst! More painfully funny and cringe-worthy tech and gadget disasters waiting in part 1.

#1 Customer Brought In This Imac For Not Powering On… This Is How He Apparently Uses It

#2 I Said “Put It In Rice.” Not “Put Rice In It.”

#3 4 Hrs Later…

#4 One Of My Clients Upgraded His Phone But Kept His Old Screen “Protector”

#5 The Nastiest Mouse I Have Ever Seen In The Field. Make No Mistake, That Is Not Dust. That Is…uh…hand-Grease

#6 Do You Think It Got Too Hot?

#7 This Key After 10 Years Of Entering Orders At My Grandmothers Shop

#8 German T-Mobile Found 3 Snakes Inside Their Network Unit

#9 Someone At Work Secured This Power-Board

#10 “My PC Won’t Turn On”

#11 User Calls About Disc Being Stuck In Another Computer, Mentions Off Hand About This Laptop. They Had Been Using And Charging It Like This For Weeks…

#12 Just One Of Our Printers Doing Its Duty

#13 Some Beautiful Patchwork

#14 Shipping Thousands Of Dollars Worth Of Computers With No Packaging Material

#15 Broken Clip? No Problem!

#16 After Two Days Of Troubleshooting, The Solution Was To Simply Flip It Upside Down. Of Course

#17 I Tried To Use My Old Case As A Chair

#18 He Paid Extra For The Expert Installation

#19 Spaghetti Baguette. “I Was In School Trips. 6 Electric Sockets For 70 People”

#20 “There’s Something Wrong With The Printer In The Lab…”

#21 My Parents New WiFi Mount

#22 “You Can Fix Your Sisters Phone Right? It Gets Hot Sometimes And Turns Itself Off A Lot”. “What’s That Smell?” Battery Acid. Literally Battery Acid

#23 Dispatched About A Computer That Wouldn’t Boot, It Was Epoxied To The Desk. They Had To Cut It Out For Us

#24 My Girlfriend’s Xbox 360 Hard Drive Was Rattling… Can I Recover The Data?

#25 “My Tablet Is Not Charging” – Is This A Battery Or A Pillow?

#26 How Not To Transport A Laptop

#27 “I Straightened Bent Pins With Tweezer, But It Won’t Work Afterwards”

#28 Customer: My PC Is Overheating

#29 “I Forgot That I Left My Laptop On The Top Of My Truck. It Flew Off When I Was On The Highway. Can You Fix It?”

#30 Just Set It On Fire

#31 Hey Boss, The UPS Had Some Crazy European Connector, But I Fixed It!

#32 Psu Thermal Throttling

#33 Brother Wanted A Wireless Mouse, Kid Wanted To Help

#34 Customer Attempted Their Own Hdmi Repair With A Blowtorch

#35 Today’s Spicy Pillow Is Brought To You By: My Dash Cam

#36 This Beauty Came In For Repair Today

#37 Dear Clients: When I Tell You Good Thermal Paste .. It Is Not Tooth Paste 🙁 This Is The 3rd This Month That The Apu Has Close Up Tooth Paste

#38 Powered By Static Electricity Through The Carpet While Pacing Around In Socks Waiting For Installs

#39 Never Buy “Refurbished” Controllers

#40 Painters: It’ll Be Fine

#41 It’s For Curved Monitors, Right?

#42 My Husband’s Delicious Cable Management And He Works In It

#43 It’s This Kind Of Stupid That Will Forever Keep Me Employed

#44 Came To A Restaurant With My Dad To Fix Their Internet Issues

#45 Customer Tried To Change The Mainboard

#46 Yikes… Flooded Bitcoin Mining Farm

#47 Drilled Right Into The Battery

#48 Teacher Was “Multitasking” And Set Laptop On Hot Stove… It Still Works Other Than A Few Lines On The Screen

#49 Xbox Optical Drive Stopped Working. I Have Twin Toddlers

#50 Dj, Spin That [crap]!

#51 Melted Monitor. “But I Have To Have A Lamp At My Desk. I Just Push It Behind My Monitor Because It’s Too Bright”

#52 Some Genius Who Closed Last Night, Thought It Would Be A Good Idea To Put Notebook Paper In Our Printer

#53 Go Check The Switch Closet. We Think Something Might Have Gotten Unplugged Somewhere

#54 People That Use PC Cables To Rest Their Feet

#55 My Grandmother Used My Ps2 For Her Iron Stand

#56 Talk About A Security Risk. I Stopped At A Gas Station, And Their Sole, Family Bathroom Hosted The Rack For The Whole Station

#57 You Guys Probably Get This All The Time But Here Is Mine

#58 “Geez I Lost My Charger, Welp I Guess It’s Time To Take The Danger Wire Out Of The Drawer”

#59 A Slight Burning Smell

#60 New Servers Have Red Cables. Can’t Miss It

#61 Lightning + HDMI = bad

#62 I Remember, Why I Had So Many Bad Memory’s About 2000′ Era Pcs

#63 Just Keep Yankin’ Pal

#64 Apparently Someone Got Tired Of It Ringing, So The Put It In The Oven

#65 Gym Teacher Made $2,000 Mistake

#66 My Laptop Won’t Close And My WiFi Isn’t Working

#67 Me: What Happened?!? Customer: I Don’t Know

#68 A Computer Tower Needing An External Power Supply. There Is Nothing Behind The Power Supply “Cutout”. Basically A Laptop Motherboard In A Case. Also, The Card Slots Aren’t Removable

#69 Well It Still Plays Music

#70 Why Is My Wireless Mouse Not Working?

#71 Customer Came In Because Their Phone Said No Sim. I Wonder Why… (Old Sim On Bottom, New Sim On Top For Comparison)

#72 Found Out Why My Monitor Stoped Working

#73 Our Server Room At Work Is A Closed Metal Cabinet With No Ventilation. If This Picture Had Sound Those Fans Would Be Deafening

#74 As Soon As The Expanded Battery Was Replaced, The Hard Drive Started Working Again! It’s A Ipod Classic 1st Generation (10gb Model)

#75 Does This Count?

#76 F You Are A Smoker, Do Not Buy A White Case

#77 Ticket Saying Label Printer Has Stopped Printing

#78 Apparently I Type Too Hard

#79 I Found Out Why Internet Has Been Spotty (Yes, I Have A Rabbit)

#80 Customer Said They Opened It To Unplug Battery? This Image Is Cursed