Years ago, my team was in a meeting room and the presenter was struggling to get his laptop connected to the TV display. There’s normally a HD cable on the desk which goes under the carpet and into the TV. Although there’s often multiple cables, some go to other devices like the projector.
There was also a Playstation 4 next to the TV. I don’t think anyone actually ever played it since it was in a meeting room, but I think it was added because another one of our offices had a “breakout” room with a PS4, and someone complained about how unfair it was.
There were a few technical people trying to decipher the problem, then a manager (who often seemed a bit clueless) picked up a PS4 controller and started pressing buttons whilst declaring “is this doing anything?”.
I think the situation was so absurd that it then became unfunny. That situation should have caused me to howl in laughter, but instead, I actually felt concerned…
Why would pressing buttons on a PS4 controller help connect a laptop to a TV?
A similar situation happened with another old and clueless member of staff called Ron. Ron wanted to dial Steve in on the standup, so he was supposed to open Skype For Business. However, he went to Google Chrome and randomly clicked one of the shortcuts on the bookmark toolbar, and was like “where is it?” and Paul was like “wut? you need to click the Start button and open the application”.
It’s strange when you work in the Tech Industry and some colleagues aren’t comfortable using hardware and software.
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