And they wonder why kids these days are stupid.

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Checking if something is plugged in when it's not working is "common" sense...

Really? So do you check if the wiring is okay if a light won't turn on? "common" sense does not apply to everything.

[Vizardlorde]

Please, please say you're joking.

I want to sleep tonight without tossing and turning over such stupidity existing in the world

Please...

People also wonder why a microwave starts shooting sparks when you put aluminum foil stuff or metallic eating utensils inside...

[Sivick]

there is no evidence that "kids these days" are stupid. considering the ease at which they pick up the latest technology they may be smarter than ever before. Certainly the adults these days aren't anything to talk home to about. (look at the morons they gave us in congress)

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Also I bet one of those teachers could use half a red marker on OPs post... Oh the irony

[Payday]

Nick Burns is that you?

[Ratboy]

I worked in a computer store for a few years and so many "stupid" questions or comments. The most common we would get a call from a customer because their computer wasn't working and they did everything they could to fix it so we would set up a service call, about 5 to 10 mins later they would call back to cancel because they restarted and it works fine now.

My personal favorite will always be one old woman that came in, I was in the back a co-worker helped her;
Customer: I need a UBS
Co-worker: Do you need a USB cable or a UPS?
Customer: *throws her hands up* you're to smart for me *storms out*
Me: What just happened"
Co-worker: Honestly, I don't know.

[Vizardlorde]

Really? So do you check if the wiring is okay if a light won't turn on? "common" sense does not apply to everything.

I'd check the breaker 1st if its on check the light bulb and lastly the wiring. That order comes from personal preference, however common sense would lead me to think that if something that runs on electricity isn't turning on I should check whether its receiving power or not.

[Payday]

I worked in a computer store for a few years and so many "stupid" questions or comments. The most common we would get a call from a customer because their computer wasn't working and they did everything they could to fix it so we would set up a service call, about 5 to 10 mins later they would call back to cancel because they restarted and it works fine now.

My personal favorite will always be one old woman that came in, I was in the back a co-worker helped her;
Customer: I need a UBS
Co-worker: Do you need a USB cable or a UPS?
Customer: *throws her hands up* you're to smart for me *storms out*
Me: What just happened"
Co-worker: Honestly, I don't know.

What's a UPS?

[Ratboy]

What's a UPS?

Uninterruptible power supply, a back up battery

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Really? So do you check if the wiring is okay if a light won't turn on? "common" sense does not apply to everything.

Common sense would dictate that you would check the most obvious/common failure points first. The wiring is the hardest thing to check and isn't that likely to be the failure point.

[Deleted]

Please, please say you're joking.

I want to sleep tonight without tossing and turning over such stupidity existing in the world

Please...

nope, that one is true. happened April 2013 ... ^^ and no, i don't keep book about the hillarious things that happen, i just remember the extraordinary ones ^^

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I'd check the breaker 1st if its on check the light bulb and lastly the wiring. That order comes from personal preference, however common sense would lead me to think that if something that runs on electricity isn't turning on I should check whether its receiving power or not.

And not all think this way. Same with your microwave example, it is common sense once you know how microwaves actually work.

[Rixis]

1) Computer won't turn on.... A) It wasn't plugged in

2) The volume isn't very high... A) Turn up the system sound

3) My screen keeps going black when i leave it alone for an hour. A) Screen saver......

4) Why when i stretch this photo dose it go tall blurry. A) It was a 2 Mega Pixel camera on a phone.

I got these 3 questions in the space of 2 days from 3 different teachers in this school.

There are 4 questions there?

[Katchii]

Oh someone isn't computer tech savvy, must be an idiot...

Whlie I understand the sentiment behind this statement, in today's world where computers are everywhere and are used for so many different things, not being tech savvy (I don't mean PC whiz kid, I mean know wnough to troubleshoot basic problems like those described by the OP) is really a sign that you don't pay attention and are probably an idiot.

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Common sense would dictate that you would check the most obvious/common failure points first. The wiring is the hardest thing to check and isn't that likely to be the failure point.

And where does that common sense come from? If you'd never changed one or don't know how lightbulbs work, what is common sense then?

[Felya]

And where does that common sense come from? If you'd never changed one or don't know how lightbulbs work, what is common sense then?

I'm guessing the common sense would be to unscrew it going left, after seeing the ridges on the base of the lightbulb.

Edit: It could also be two people standing on a chair holding the blob and two other people turning the chair.

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And where does that common sense come from? If you'd never changed one or don't know how lightbulbs work, what is common sense then?

You should at least know it runs on electricity and thus you'd check if lights and/or other items work in other rooms or not to rule out an outage (which would also be the first step if you knew how it works).

[Vizardlorde]

And where does that common sense come from? If you'd never changed one or don't know how lightbulbs work, what is common sense then?

No one taught me how to use a computer, or check a light bulb or install a ceiling fan. I watched someone and I learned. I don't think computers are scarce enough in 1st world countries to have people( who teach others) who have never seen one.

[Mayhem]

what this guy said ...

i work for a mobile communications company in austria and the best question i ever got was:

Customer: "My USB Internet Stick doesn't work."
Me: "What do you mean, it doesn't work? Describe it to me."
Customer: "I plug it into my PS3 but i get no internet connection."
Me: "Really?! .................................................."

to be fair, if you have no clue about what system requirements are needed for a usb-inet stick to work this is not at all stupid, what answer did you give?

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No one taught me how to use a computer, or check a light bulb or install a ceiling fan. I watched someone and I learned. I don't think computers are scarce enough in 1st world countries to have people( who teach others) who have never seen one.

wut? no one taught you, you just watched and learned? who? no one was there to teach you

ghosts? witches? voodoo???

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Whlie I understand the sentiment behind this statement, in today's world where computers are everywhere and are used for so many different things, not being tech savvy (I don't mean PC whiz kid, I mean know wnough to troubleshoot basic problems like those described by the OP) is really a sign that you don't pay attention and are probably an idiot.

Really, so how come cars have been around in most households for 50 years, yet something as changing an oilfilter proper is a problem for a major part of car-owners? It'd say cars are rather vital for a lot of people, yet basic troubleshooting is something few can do?