I Am Just Tech Support, I Cannot Help You With Your Tech Problem

Sat, 09 Jul 2022 19:16:27 GMT

Me: I'm trying to place an order and the website says "your order cannot be placed at this time. Please call customer service."

Tech Support: That's strange. Do you know why?

Me: No, that's all it says.

TS: Huh. Well, I see no reason why you can't place the order.

Me: ....

TS: [keyboard clicking for several minutes]

TS: Did you try refreshing the page?

Me: I've been trying to place this order for 2 days. Yes, I've refreshed it several times.

TS: Are you having a problem with your method of payment?

Me: I don't know, all it says is that it can't be placed at this time and to call you. So I'm calling, like it says to.

TS: Well, you should be able to place the order.

Me: ...

Me: So.... how do I make this order go through then?

TS: Uh, can I place you on hold?

Me: Yeah, whatever.

TS: [several minutes later] I can't see any reason why this isn't working for you.

Me: So, how can I place this order then?

TS: I don't know. I can't take the order for you.

Me: Well, who can take my order for me then?

TS: No one here.

Me: [hangs up]

#NotHelpfulAtAll #CustomerNONservice

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How To Instantly Upgrade Your PowerPoint Presentation To A Professional Level

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 04:44:23 GMT

#ProTip Make your desktop background the conference logo so if you need to dump out of your slideshow for any reason it looks like you did it on purpose.

(like you forgot what your last slide looked like and you hit the next button one too many times and you didn't "continuous loop until esc" so it knocked you out, or you realize you have the wrong thing loaded up and you have to quit the slideshow entirely to put the correct thing on the screen - both of which presenters did today)

In a professional show, there is a team of video engineers in the back who will switch between content sources and usually a logo. It looks very unprofessional, and very under-prepared, for your desktop with your kids or your dogs (or your wife in a bikini!) covered by a thousand folders to suddenly show up on the big screen.

Or to want to back out of Presentation Mode so that your audience sees the Edit Mode of PowerPoint on the screen, like when you want to show a video but you didn't embed it so you have to escape out of your slideshow, open up a video viewer, show the video, close the video viewer, and get back into your slide deck.

These are all unprofessional mistakes. Make your desktop the conference logo and when you plug your laptop into the projector, change your screen settings to "extended desktop". Now, the only thing that will show on the screen will be nothing but the logo background, and when you start your slideshow, it will automatically go into Presentation Mode on the extended screen so that nobody sees the Edit Mode while you start it up.

Then, escaping out of Presentation Mode or closing PowerPoint or accidentally clicking past the last slide will all default to the activity happening on your laptop and a blank background (of your logo) on the screen.

I have this and many more pro tips in my Present Like A Boss workshop.

#LiveSwitching #AlsoGoToRehearsal #OopsWhereAreMySlides?

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How To Instantly Upgrade Your PowerPoint Presentation To A Professional Level