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A pie chart labelled "How I fix stuff working in IT"
The biggest segment is "Restart whatever isn't working2 The second biggest segment is "Quick google search" The last segment is "IT placebo effect: My mere presence has fixed the issue"
My mother has the opposite effect. Her mere presence makes electronics behave oddly. The number of times IT has said to her "I've never seen this before" is ridiculous. One of my favorites was when spell check on word started flagging everything as a spelling mistake. This was of course because she SOMEHOW changed the reference dictionary to Portuguese. With key shortcuts. Unknowingly. More than once
That is a PEBKAC right there.