Fun fact: Computer bugs are called that because they used to be caused by actual bugs inside the computer. So yes, the client in the last one was, quite literally, experiencing bugs.
That's actually not true, though the first computer bug, back in the days of giant room-sized computers with vacuum tubes and stuff, was in fact caused by a bug. For the unfamiliar, the first computer bug was actually caused by a moth that got stuck inside the computer, disrupting the electronics until they found and removed it. The term "bug" to describes flaws in the design or operation of technical systems though, apparently dates back to Thomas Edison, who coined it 140 years prior. spectrum.ieee.org/the-institute/ieee-history/did-you-know-edison-coined-the-term-bug
@@aliciacordero7436 I had always read that Grace Hopper first coined the term "bug", but Google verifies that it was that old larcenous reprobate Edison that did it.
when he hits the wall (i assume) you can here a faint jingle alongside so I imagine Yugo was just staring at him with his head turned to the side in confusion 😂
"Computer filled with bees. Sending to deskside support." That is the most impressive sentence, as an I.T. worker I've ever read in my whole 12 years of experience.
That CPU is going to be a riot to work on. They'll need a beekeeper to remove the hive before they can assess the damage they might need to junk everything but the case
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That’s wonderful! I may be a stranger but I’m very happy that you’re doing better! Have a wonderful day and remember there is always someone who loves you ❤️
Oh dear God I started giggling like and over sugared two-year-old when he did the part where he yelled from a distance, "oh my God over there" and stuff like that. This right here is why some UA-camrs are so much better than reading the stories! Rslash is definitely one of the great ones because of all his voices
He wasn't at work. "I don't care!" He wasn't on call. "I don't care!" He's free to do what he wants. "Not if he works for me!" Alright then. When you get home, I'm gonna fire you for not doing your job, at home, without me telling you. Why? WELL! You're not at work, not on call and doing what you want to! How DARE you have free will and time off! YOU'RE FIRED!
OH MY GOD! 😂 That last story was freaking hilarious!😂 R/Slash’s echoey and believable delivery is what sells it. I swear, if I weren’t laying on my bed, I would have collapsed on the floor and laughing my lungs out. Seriously, my throat is hurting.
My husband once got to tell someone to turn their monitor to the west for an hour to fix it (after someone told him to do the same with his own not long before). He's worked with a guy who was discovered to be popping all the keys out of his keyboard with a letter opener... which might be reasonable possibly except that he was letting each one launch unimpeded high into the air as he went. But as far as I know, my dude has never come across a computer filled with bees...
Did you hear about the Wii U with spiders Inside of it? It was a post on 4chan( I think) and OP opened the Wii U because it wasn’t working and there was a Dirt Dauber nest of brown recluses that were momentarily paralyzed.
The parts where rSlash goes above and beyond for the sound effects and *distant yelling* are the reason I will never watch any other youtube reddit compilations. Keep up the great work!
User: "You just withdrew money from my account without my permission! What is wrong with you?" Me: "Uh. It's a subscription? It's how it works." Not only once - but twice, have I been through this over the last week.
Same here my friend. I’ve been trying to do some exposure therapy through UA-cam videos as I’m afraid of being stung and if I panic while I’m around bees it’ll just make it worse.
@@mariafox9226 you know, honestly, it’s like i’m physically scared of bees. I think they’re cute, so while my brain is saying “Aww, that’s cute…” my legs are already moving me away.
@@RazzBeri1 I understand. I think there’s cute photos of them but the minute they fly towards me I scream and jump back. I had a couple incidents with wasps when I was a kid so now I think I’m going to get stung even though I know that bees only sting to defend themselves.
with that violent a reaction, it’d sound like wasps, but I feel like wasps would have made their presence known WAYYYY before opening up their home. Bees are pretty chill beings, after all, until you threaten them. Wasps just hate you.
@@poisonedkilljoy9304 they are VERY relaxed most bees don't really bother you. Heck I've had them fly around me and just do whatever. That and my x girl friend had one land on her glasses.... it literally just chilled than left.
Fun fact, the term bug actually comes from the fact that during the making of one of the first ever working computers, the scientists making it noticed that there was an error being popped up and it wasn’t working correctly, they started to troubleshoot and take it apart to see what the issue is before one guy found a dead moth in the wiring or something that was causing the issue. The term has stuck ever since
Hey guys did you know that the first "bug" found in a computer was also an actual bug? To be exact, a moth. Sorry if I'm just spewing facts, but it's just knowledge.
Copypaste from Wikipedia: The term "bug" was used in an account by computer pioneer Grace Hopper, who publicized the cause of a malfunction in an early electromechanical computer. A typical version of the story is: In 1946, when Hopper was released from active duty, she joined the Harvard Faculty at the Computation Laboratory where she continued her work on the Mark II and Mark III. Operators traced an error in the Mark II to a moth trapped in a relay, coining the term bug. This bug was carefully removed and taped to the log book. Stemming from the first bug, today we call errors or glitches in a program a bug en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug#History
yeh, remember that from my computer classes as well. apparently the radio tubes (direct translation, not sure if thats the correct term for em in english) they used as early transistors had a tendency to attract bugs. which would then proceed to crawl into them and cause a shortcircuit.
Sam,Lenny and Michelle are mvp, James can work during his own free days for the rest of his life if he thinks that no one deserves free time. Also, a 20% pay cut to do the same job? That's a reason alone to go away. But also working again with the same shitty boss? Hell no.
"They got in! And they build a hive!" "Sir, are you under attack of Zergs?" But yes, never assume. Don't worry, whenever you thing customers cannot be more stupid, you will get hit by other techs. Once I assumed that one of super important servers died. No, local tech accidentally disconnected it and waited for a ticket to plug it back.
My colleague was opening calls with "Thank you for calling Satan's service desk, my name is [name]. What seems to be doomed today?" for two weeks before somebody noticed. It was hilarious.
The bees story reminds me of a story from my days in tech support for Australia's biggest pay-TV company. This before they went digital and were operating an analogue cable network. The customer had an increasingly fuzzy pics problem and all my phone support techniques were to no avail so I booked a technician. I noted the account number and kept an eye on it for the result. What the Tech found was rather similar to the bees story. The cable junction box was on the outside of the building and when the tech opened it out fell a quite large ants nest. As there was no prospect of cleaning out the ants he replaced the cable junction box and all was well again. From the notes on the file it seemed that the customer was rather amused by the cause but most grateful for the resolution!
That’s actually why it’s called a bug. When the first computer was being built, it stopped working. So they went through and found a stink bug that had been squashed in some of the parts
@@skeltonslay8er781 actually it was bugs that were eating parts of the computers, it wasn't just the first. It was very common, hence why it became a trope for "computer error". Back in the day you didn't put ones and zeros in, you had to manually operate resistors that were glass tubes. Apparently, something about these tubes is REALLY tasty for insects. These days though, those glass tubes are replaced with "MOSFETS" which are so tiny that no insect could ever eat them^.^ EDIT: I just did some research and it turns out that PS4s are having this problem again, but not because they are tasty, rather they make perfect nests by their form factor and the fact that they get pretty warm.
The bees in the computer story reminded me of when I worked at a rent to own company. Our area is almost all electric so dryers were electric, not gas. People would call all the time about the dryer spinning and not heating, or heating but not spinning. Usually it was a circuit breaker that popped. In some cases it would get "warm" but not hot enough to dry. This would tell me it was either the thermostat going out, or something was blocking the vent. In this particular case, the person refused to do the troubleshooting I suggested, saying it was "our problem and we needed to get a repair person over there, now!" So i told my boss i was walking around the corner to check this person's dryer. (They lived literally half a block away down a side street) I knocked on the door...the guy was FURIOUS that we sent "a girl". I said trust me...if i can't fix it in 10 minutes or less, we will have one of the guys out later in the afternoon when they get back from deliveries. He said he wanted a new one. I asked where the vent was. (This was a little 2 block community of duplexes with a management office and a maintenance crew.) I walked to the vent, and see the problem IMMEDIATELY. Bees are flying around and i can see something sticking out of the vent. I see a maintenance guy working on the lawn, so i ask him if he can contact someone about getting a beehive removed...he comes and checks and sure enough....beehive. Still relatively small, but you know bees work hard! I went back inside to tell the customer there was a beehive blocking the vent outflow so heat was building up and the thermostat was adjusting down so it wouldn't over heat. He didn't believe me so went outside, KICKED the vent opening, and pissed the bees off........LOL....I told him to call us back after maintenance removes the bees so we can re-assess if the dryer needs actual service and sauntered my ass back to the shop.
I wonder if the tower gave any buzzing noises when they turned the computer on. That has to be the best tech support story I've ever watched/listen to😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lol. Loved the story with the bees. Reminds me when my dad was a transmitter operator for a TV station up in the mountains. He had the fun of dealing with mice in the electronics and birds flying into them as well.
Rslash is the best reader, he truly commits to his craft and it's amazing to listen to him go to the back of the room to scream or make noises to tell the story on a new level
I am honestly shocked J didn't get shit canned himself for trying to fire an employee for unjust cause in the story where he tried to fire a guy for not being on call in a time where he wasn't assigned to be on call. Pretty sure that is the kind of thing that gets companies sued and gives them a shit reputation that makes it so nobody competent wants to work for them once it gets out that they pull that kind of shit. Sure they managed to work it out this time by catching onto his shit mere moments after he pulled it and stopping the firing from actually going through but what happens next time if they don't? Guy was a clear liability just from listening to story 1 and its no surprise that the little shit did something like go behind his bosses back to give everyone a pay cut (probably thought it would make his numbers look better and just assumed that nobody would ever bother looking into how he got costs down to see that he disobeyed an order and gave a pay cut against instructions).
I worked in computer repair and bug units aren't entirely uncommon. we even would receive units with mice. For anyone wondering we wouldn't work on these and would take a picture of the infestation and send it back to the customer requesting the don't send it back to us. I have seen mites, cockroaches, bed bugs, fleas, mice and so much more.
Reminds me of a scene from the Fairly Odd Parents from when I was a kid. Those that watched the episode will know exactly which one I’m talking about. Aj’s Dad wearing a virtual reality goggles with a camping simulation displayed: Bees!!!! Too many bees!!!! Cosmo: I guess his program had a few bugs in it (Cosmo laughs) That joke absolutely had me in stitches
Working in a Help Desk myself, and having read stories over the years about Tech support jobs, this was delightful. I did almost spill my coffee at your little snippet at the very end about "multiple bugs." Thanks for keeping me laughing! Love your channels.
Regarding the last story, over my long history as a programmer, I learned that one should never, ever change working code just because there doesn't seem to be any reason it was written that way and you know a better way it could be done. The original coder may have known something you don't know, but will find out the hard way.
The bees thing is hilarious. I really hope that poor guy wasn't allergic. Also, how would you remove a computer full of bees from an office? I guess you could have a professional beekeeper in to smoke the hive-computer, then remove it. I feel sorry for the bees, tbh. I hope they weren't killed.
me on the phone with James. M: since your on speaker phone I can safely assume someone higher up is there with you so I'll just say this, James you make the work environment far to Toxic for me, I'll only com back if you resign, preferably fired.. have a good day guys. "click"
After more than 10 years working in technical support call centers I learned to let the customer talk and to listen. They either figure out the issue on their own (i just give them minimal guidance) or they reveal an important clue (like in this video). Other coworkers tended to argue with customers or get aggravated because they think they knew better. But not me, I'm really patient and calm.
Funnily enough the original use of the term "bug" and "debugging" for tech stemmed from literal bugs. A literal moth was the source of problems and had to be removed. A previous teacher of mine also went into another story about how when he was learning about coding (very early stages) there was long sheets that would have holes punched and fed into a machine to be their code as they didn't have enough access for everyone to make digital code at a computer to be tested. He also had to debug during that when small bugs would fill in holes he punched. Not sure on any exact details about that, his story not mine, and it has definitely been phased out of practice.
The bees thing kind of happened to me, a customer brought in a computer he said had been sitting around for a while and wanted me to see if it was worth anything. I put it in my work space and worked on projects that were ahead of it. It was winter but the work space was warm and as the day went on I began smelling honey BUT I HAD NOTHING WITH HONEY AROUND! Finally I got around to opening the old computer and found inside was filled with a bee's nest!!!!!!!!! Fortunatly because it was winter the bees were gone though!
Why would you throw it away like this? You nearly had it, the logically correct amount of obvious facts formulated casually, but no, you got greedy, and thus you finished in bullshit.
"Hey you scrolling through the comments, i know you're watching this on UA-cam so good on ya for..... Having NOTIFICATIONS ON, REMEMBER TO LIKE THE VIDEO AND SUBSCRIBE SO UA-cam CAN GIVE ME MOOONEEEY"
That's how i wanted to write it but didn't think it was original enough. Will try to be original next i apologise for being so useless, going to commit toaster bath as my punishment. Im so sorry.
Listening to this in 2022- oh my god, your change of voice acting for the last one with the bees was something that literally had me bursting out into laughter!!!
But the OP in the bee story was completely right in suggesting that the computer might be running slowly because it needed cleaning. That's exactly why it was running slowly. The fact that it was clogged with bees/wax/honey/pollen rather than dust is just a nitpick. I'd say OP should have continued feeling like a genius for that diagnosis.
My very first job was with a huge IT company, or rather a company that designs and develops a lot of tech. Phones, PC components, laptops, etc. I won't say a name as not to advvertise, but we're one of the biggest ones out there. I was part of the repair process. My task would be to clean and check motherboards that came in for repair. At first, we all took whatever MBs we wanted, usually the ones we had equipment for at hand, and everything was working. Guys behind me always took gaming laptops, I usually took X555 models, since nobody liked working on these, but I did not mind. If someone was done sooner, he took MBs from others and worked on them. This way, we usually finished before the shift ended, sometimes even before half of the shift. But our boss, figured that he would try to fix up the system we had. So all of us got exactly same ammount of MBs, with exactly same ratios of all models. So... the result was as you'd expect. Not just someone had to come in early to distribute the MBs, giving people more work and delaying entirre process, we all had same ammount of work, but equipments were all over the place and nobody could get their work done. We had to pull overtimes like crazy to at least keep things from getting worse. And when we complained, we were just "whiny little workers". Mind you, he let it go this bad RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, the busiest time of the year. Luckily for me, a position among Planners opened up. Planners are our logistics specialists. They make sure repair centers all across Europe have parts they need. So I did an interview, they took me in without any problems and damn am I glad I jumped the ship. I stayed in contact with my ex-coworkers and it continued to be hell for them. Luckily for them, the boss got moved to another department and they got back to their previous system and... you guessed it, it works like clockwork again. Do not fix what ain't broke. as they say.
I'd like to report a bug
Nice one
Ok, I came early
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When people liked the comment but seeing that part of the video is impossible
Wow i cant bee-lieve how good that was
14:50 Did rSlash just shout at his computer from across the room to record the dramatic effect? He deserves an Oscar.
I effing love that scene 🤩🤩
I think you can get that effect by just shouting away from the mic instead of towards it
It's possible, and I think video-editors also do include built-in function that you can add an echo effect to audio.
LOL
Fun fact: Computer bugs are called that because they used to be caused by actual bugs inside the computer. So yes, the client in the last one was, quite literally, experiencing bugs.
That's actually not true, though the first computer bug, back in the days of giant room-sized computers with vacuum tubes and stuff, was in fact caused by a bug.
For the unfamiliar, the first computer bug was actually caused by a moth that got stuck inside the computer, disrupting the electronics until they found and removed it.
The term "bug" to describes flaws in the design or operation of technical systems though, apparently dates back to Thomas Edison, who coined it 140 years prior.
spectrum.ieee.org/the-institute/ieee-history/did-you-know-edison-coined-the-term-bug
@@aliciacordero7436 At least something in computers NOT named after Monty Pythons.
@@aliciacordero7436 I had always read that Grace Hopper first coined the term "bug", but Google verifies that it was that old larcenous reprobate Edison that did it.
@@lancerevell5979 Well, google isn't always accurate...
@@aliciacordero7436 In the moth story, the technician taped the moth to the entry in the computer log.
I like to imagine when rSlash acted out the bee story, Yugo is staring at him like “WTF is Dad doing now?!”
Once again, rSlash going the extra mile (or at least the couple dozen feet across the room) 😆
same
when he hits the wall (i assume) you can here a faint jingle alongside so I imagine Yugo was just staring at him with his head turned to the side in confusion 😂
Or his wife.
@@kittykat832 I'll bet his wife took Yugo out just at the time rSlash was doing that bit.
"Computer filled with bees. Sending to deskside support."
That is the most impressive sentence, as an I.T. worker I've ever read in my whole 12 years of experience.
My husband had a great one - laptop warping, battery overheating and expanding.
His sound effects get me every time, along with the away from mic screams!
I can only imagine their confusion. "Bees?! What in the?"
My friend actually somehow managed to get ANTS in his computer. Desktop type. And by ants, I mean an actual queen was present.
That CPU is going to be a riot to work on. They'll need a beekeeper to remove the hive before they can assess the damage they might need to junk everything but the case
IMPORTANT NOTE FOR R SLASH
Hi R Slash! You probably don’t remember me but I commented about a year ago about how you were helping me through depression, an abusive father and POCD, I just wanted to tell you I’m better now. I’m away from my dad and no longer depressed. Thanks a lot my man
Congrats!!! I’m happy you’re away from your dad!
Thats great
That’s wonderful! I may be a stranger but I’m very happy that you’re doing better! Have a wonderful day and remember there is always someone who loves you ❤️
Congrats Hope You Feel Better
I'm glad you're doing better. Never give up and be proud of what you've done.
rSlash must have loved doing that scene in the last story.
Freebird bit part 2
Must've been a confused pupper in there...
I certainly loved listening to it. 😂
We need more of that kind of energy and playacting. It was fun
It did sound like he was having lots of fun with it! lol I love that he does this now with his own sound effects!
Karen: *Why are you in-Stalin this blue background on my computer?*
Gawd, that’s AWFUL LOL.
quit Stalin and give me a straight answer!
Hahahahahhahahaha
Get out.
Ba dum tss!🥁
Ha you get a singular chuckle
Oh dear God I started giggling like and over sugared two-year-old when he did the part where he yelled from a distance, "oh my God over there" and stuff like that. This right here is why some UA-camrs are so much better than reading the stories! Rslash is definitely one of the great ones because of all his voices
My computer has been making this buzzing sound lately...
Have you tried turning it on and off?
@@crawley.crowley4630 accurate name
@@crawley.crowley4630 Yeah... but I can just hear the buzzing better!
Rebrutez
*theres a beetle in my juice what do I do* (DOES ANYONE GET THE REFERENCE)
Bug-In-My-Beverage Beetlejuice?
J: "No, you're not allowed to do whatever you want even when you're not working. I'm a no fun robot."
That's basically J in that drunk OP story.
@Alexander Steel Why not? Lol. I like listening to rslash while I work/game. XD
I’m just waiting for someone to complain about their having honey installed.
lmao that killed me dude
Oww needed the good laugh
I was actually gonna comment complaining about huney (the browser extension, just so no one can call me an idiot or tell me it's spelled wrong), lol
Ppapp
@@thefavoured1411 What does the "huney" extension do? I've only ever heard of Honey (which automatically finds discount codes).
He wasn't at work. "I don't care!"
He wasn't on call. "I don't care!"
He's free to do what he wants. "Not if he works for me!"
Alright then. When you get home, I'm gonna fire you for not doing your job, at home, without me telling you. Why? WELL! You're not at work, not on call and doing what you want to! How DARE you have free will and time off! YOU'RE FIRED!
sadly i could see many companys these days using the same excuse,
Woulden't he be shooting himself in the foot with firing op though? 'i don't care i fired you go fix this problem now !'
@@velvety2006 they would but back then the feild was limited so he would have to beg them to come back if he couldn't find work elsewhere.
I would mark all my time as overtime then.
Lol you're fired for being naked on the job
OH MY GOD! 😂 That last story was freaking hilarious!😂 R/Slash’s echoey and believable delivery is what sells it. I swear, if I weren’t laying on my bed, I would have collapsed on the floor and laughing my lungs out. Seriously, my throat is hurting.
“I could’ve kissed her.”
Chill OP you have a wife
Maybe it's more like the cheek kiss thing more common in other countries.
Just a figure of speech
I bet the wife probably felt the same after he told her 😂
~figure of speech~
It’s.....it’s a figure of speech there, champ
I feel like "Computer filled with bees" is one of those things you never thought you'd say
My husband once got to tell someone to turn their monitor to the west for an hour to fix it (after someone told him to do the same with his own not long before). He's worked with a guy who was discovered to be popping all the keys out of his keyboard with a letter opener... which might be reasonable possibly except that he was letting each one launch unimpeded high into the air as he went.
But as far as I know, my dude has never come across a computer filled with bees...
As soon as he said Washington state, I was like, yeah makes sense to me. Growing up, I'd find bees in all sorts of old tech after a storm.
So is "Your computer is an ant colony now."
Tech Support guy: "soooo... Bugs?" Customer: *few minutes later* "BEEEEES!!!"
Every time rSlash gets up and shouts from across the room I gain more will to live.
Yup, same here.
Smae
@@lycheemyusic XD
Its putting in that extra bit of effort to make our experience more enjoyable that has kept me here for over two years.
My favorite is when he is pretending to be a bystander yelling at a Karen. Absolute gold!
If your computer is full of literal bugs, it's not a computer anymore; it's firewood.
No, it’s scrap meatal because it’s not wood
@@bobsimpson1284 who said it wasn't
Nah just take it out side, you have been selected, this is how new apiarists get chosen.
Did you hear about the Wii U with spiders Inside of it? It was a post on 4chan( I think) and OP opened the Wii U because it wasn’t working and there was a Dirt Dauber nest of brown recluses that were momentarily paralyzed.
Just take the computer and toss it in the woods in a bag
I laughed way too much at:
"Your PC is completely filled with bugs."
Lynne sounds like an amazing person. "I can't get a good spot but know someone who has a chance? I'll help them to get it!"
"Computer filled with BEES!"
It's a _Bee_ C
A bee bee C 🤗
😂
Sir who let you on stage
@@HarryMudd A us Bee
M to the Bee 🐝 M to the bee 🐝 M M M M M to the bee 🐝
The parts where rSlash goes above and beyond for the sound effects and *distant yelling* are the reason I will never watch any other youtube reddit compilations.
Keep up the great work!
"NO NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEEEEESSS!" - Some poor IT guy in the mountains
User: "You just withdrew money from my account without my permission! What is wrong with you?"
Me: "Uh. It's a subscription? It's how it works."
Not only once - but twice, have I been through this over the last week.
“Not the bees! NOT THE BEEEES!!!”
I’m quite afraid of bees.
F
@@balt. B
Same here my friend. I’ve been trying to do some exposure therapy through UA-cam videos as I’m afraid of being stung and if I panic while I’m around bees it’ll just make it worse.
@@mariafox9226 you know, honestly, it’s like i’m physically scared of bees. I think they’re cute, so while my brain is saying “Aww, that’s cute…” my legs are already moving me away.
@@RazzBeri1 I understand. I think there’s cute photos of them but the minute they fly towards me I scream and jump back. I had a couple incidents with wasps when I was a kid so now I think I’m going to get stung even though I know that bees only sting to defend themselves.
The thing is, they never said *what* made the hive
Maybe it wasn't bees
Maybe it was *wasps*
with that violent a reaction, it’d sound like wasps, but I feel like wasps would have made their presence known WAYYYY before opening up their home. Bees are pretty chill beings, after all, until you threaten them. Wasps just hate you.
@@poisonedkilljoy9304 true it could have bee-n any thing 🐝😁
@@itzxsliick7036 I see you used the wasp emoji, lol
@@poisonedkilljoy9304 they are VERY relaxed most bees don't really bother you. Heck I've had them fly around me and just do whatever. That and my x girl friend had one land on her glasses.... it literally just chilled than left.
It could have been aliens
Fun fact, the term bug actually comes from the fact that during the making of one of the first ever working computers, the scientists making it noticed that there was an error being popped up and it wasn’t working correctly, they started to troubleshoot and take it apart to see what the issue is before one guy found a dead moth in the wiring or something that was causing the issue. The term has stuck ever since
Whenever you step away from the mic to do a bit, my heart smiles. 😂
14:50
Can someone send a link to all the videos with him yelling in the back ? I really want to see it!!
Same
The greatest part of the bee story was the ad that played for me in the middle of the story: cough medicine WITH A TOUCH OF HONEY! 🤣🤣🤣
Love it
I love it when UA-cam has a sense of humor! 🤣
Hey guys did you know that the first "bug" found in a computer was also an actual bug? To be exact, a moth. Sorry if I'm just spewing facts, but it's just knowledge.
its ok! i think that thats kinda cool!
Copypaste from Wikipedia:
The term "bug" was used in an account by computer pioneer Grace Hopper, who publicized the cause of a malfunction in an early electromechanical computer. A typical version of the story is:
In 1946, when Hopper was released from active duty, she joined the Harvard Faculty at the Computation Laboratory where she continued her work on the Mark II and Mark III. Operators traced an error in the Mark II to a moth trapped in a relay, coining the term bug. This bug was carefully removed and taped to the log book. Stemming from the first bug, today we call errors or glitches in a program a bug
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_bug#History
This is completely true:
www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/sep9/worlds-first-computer-bug/
Lol, that’s awesome!
yeh, remember that from my computer classes as well. apparently the radio tubes (direct translation, not sure if thats the correct term for em in english) they used as early transistors had a tendency to attract bugs. which would then proceed to crawl into them and cause a shortcircuit.
That last story sounded like a recording of a call before/during murder.
0-100 real flipping quick.
Sam,Lenny and Michelle are mvp, James can work during his own free days for the rest of his life if he thinks that no one deserves free time.
Also, a 20% pay cut to do the same job? That's a reason alone to go away. But also working again with the same shitty boss? Hell no.
BEES 😂😂😂 that story just killed me holy crap 🤣🤣
Oh man I love tales from tech support. Makes me feel better about how challenged my parents are with tech. I see how much worse it could be!
You acting out the guy finding the bees cracked me up! 🤣🤣🤣 It was fantastic! I wasn't expecting that, and it was hilarious! I need more of that.
I can't be the only one who imagined his wife running down the stairs when he started screaming
Hopefully he warned her first!
She's probably used to it by now. 😂😂😂😂
The dog prolly thought it was an invite to PLAYAY!
"honey i'm gonna be screaming for a video in a minute, don't panic when you hear it"
wait wait wait... your tellin me rslash has a wife....
IMPOSSIBLE
"Argh! Not the bees! They're in my eyes!"
Peferct timing right when my online classes start
Same here bud
Yep
Same
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I really hope you don’t live where I do cause these get released like 10-20 minutes after I have to wake up. It’s 6 am here.
*"Oh god not the bees! Not the bees!"*
- Guy in the Last Story
“How do you spell your name again?”
Me: d-death note??
"They got in! And they build a hive!"
"Sir, are you under attack of Zergs?"
But yes, never assume. Don't worry, whenever you thing customers cannot be more stupid, you will get hit by other techs. Once I assumed that one of super important servers died. No, local tech accidentally disconnected it and waited for a ticket to plug it back.
At least they weren't tyranids...
I heard that as “I used to do phone tentacle support” I was like man those leg/neckbeards have really gone out of control.
My colleague was opening calls with "Thank you for calling Satan's service desk, my name is [name]. What seems to be doomed today?" for two weeks before somebody noticed. It was hilarious.
Meanwhile in a parallel universe where the answer to every question is bees:
Tom, what’s in your pc? Beeeeeeeeeeeeeees
I remember that Meanwhile skit.
@@silverflight01you better
Tech support against humanity: "Bees?"
The bees story reminds me of a story from my days in tech support for Australia's biggest pay-TV company. This before they went digital and were operating an analogue cable network.
The customer had an increasingly fuzzy pics problem and all my phone support techniques were to no avail so I booked a technician.
I noted the account number and kept an eye on it for the result. What the Tech found was rather similar to the bees story. The cable junction box was on the outside of the building and when the tech opened it out fell a quite large ants nest. As there was no prospect of cleaning out the ants he replaced the cable junction box and all was well again. From the notes on the file it seemed that the customer was rather amused by the cause but most grateful for the resolution!
The voice acting when the guy was yelling because of the bees had me almost doubled over in laughter
I’ve started to re-listen to these old stories to help me fall asleep. That little line about bugs at the end gave me a good chuckle.
Talk about your computer having a *bug* 😂
That’s actually why it’s called a bug. When the first computer was being built, it stopped working. So they went through and found a stink bug that had been squashed in some of the parts
@@skeltonslay8er781 actually it was bugs that were eating parts of the computers, it wasn't just the first. It was very common, hence why it became a trope for "computer error".
Back in the day you didn't put ones and zeros in, you had to manually operate resistors that were glass tubes.
Apparently, something about these tubes is REALLY tasty for insects. These days though, those glass tubes are replaced with "MOSFETS" which are so tiny that no insect could ever eat them^.^
EDIT: I just did some research and it turns out that PS4s are having this problem again, but not because they are tasty, rather they make perfect nests by their form factor and the fact that they get pretty warm.
@@skeltonslay8er781 Wait...for real?
Fairly certain my PC was rendering hundreds of bugs as well while playing Earth Defense Force 😏
Nerobyrne Wat no
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Just got. A ps4
The bees in the computer story reminded me of when I worked at a rent to own company. Our area is almost all electric so dryers were electric, not gas. People would call all the time about the dryer spinning and not heating, or heating but not spinning. Usually it was a circuit breaker that popped. In some cases it would get "warm" but not hot enough to dry. This would tell me it was either the thermostat going out, or something was blocking the vent. In this particular case, the person refused to do the troubleshooting I suggested, saying it was "our problem and we needed to get a repair person over there, now!" So i told my boss i was walking around the corner to check this person's dryer. (They lived literally half a block away down a side street) I knocked on the door...the guy was FURIOUS that we sent "a girl". I said trust me...if i can't fix it in 10 minutes or less, we will have one of the guys out later in the afternoon when they get back from deliveries. He said he wanted a new one. I asked where the vent was. (This was a little 2 block community of duplexes with a management office and a maintenance crew.) I walked to the vent, and see the problem IMMEDIATELY. Bees are flying around and i can see something sticking out of the vent. I see a maintenance guy working on the lawn, so i ask him if he can contact someone about getting a beehive removed...he comes and checks and sure enough....beehive. Still relatively small, but you know bees work hard! I went back inside to tell the customer there was a beehive blocking the vent outflow so heat was building up and the thermostat was adjusting down so it wouldn't over heat. He didn't believe me so went outside, KICKED the vent opening, and pissed the bees off........LOL....I told him to call us back after maintenance removes the bees so we can re-assess if the dryer needs actual service and sauntered my ass back to the shop.
"... but that's a whole 'nother story."
Me: awww....
rSlash: Then, OP made another post with THAT story.
Me: AW YIS!
I wonder if the tower gave any buzzing noises when they turned the computer on. That has to be the best tech support story I've ever watched/listen to😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
just the bee part alone is amazing but with his narration it was perfect, i was laughing my butt off for about 3 minutes
i can just imagine nicole sitting upstairs and cackling while her husband is downstairs screaming at imaginary bees
Guy 1: HELP IM THE IMPOSTOR AND THEY SAW ME KILL SOMEONE
Guy 2: since when do you play among us?
Guy 1: what’s among us?
*EMERGENCY MEETING*
Yo, blue was acting sus so I killed him
Stolling from reddit why
Lol. Loved the story with the bees. Reminds me when my dad was a transmitter operator for a TV station up in the mountains. He had the fun of dealing with mice in the electronics and birds flying into them as well.
I’m so glad you decided to act out the last story, it had me dying laughing!
Rslash is the best reader, he truly commits to his craft and it's amazing to listen to him go to the back of the room to scream or make noises to tell the story on a new level
I am honestly shocked J didn't get shit canned himself for trying to fire an employee for unjust cause in the story where he tried to fire a guy for not being on call in a time where he wasn't assigned to be on call. Pretty sure that is the kind of thing that gets companies sued and gives them a shit reputation that makes it so nobody competent wants to work for them once it gets out that they pull that kind of shit. Sure they managed to work it out this time by catching onto his shit mere moments after he pulled it and stopping the firing from actually going through but what happens next time if they don't? Guy was a clear liability just from listening to story 1 and its no surprise that the little shit did something like go behind his bosses back to give everyone a pay cut (probably thought it would make his numbers look better and just assumed that nobody would ever bother looking into how he got costs down to see that he disobeyed an order and gave a pay cut against instructions).
I worked in computer repair and bug units aren't entirely uncommon. we even would receive units with mice. For anyone wondering we wouldn't work on these and would take a picture of the infestation and send it back to the customer requesting the don't send it back to us.
I have seen mites, cockroaches, bed bugs, fleas, mice and so much more.
James: you're fired
OP: uno reverse
Reminds me of a scene from the Fairly Odd Parents from when I was a kid. Those that watched the episode will know exactly which one I’m talking about.
Aj’s Dad wearing a virtual reality goggles with a camping simulation displayed: Bees!!!! Too many bees!!!!
Cosmo: I guess his program had a few bugs in it (Cosmo laughs)
That joke absolutely had me in stitches
Let me guess, small company that "wasn't gonna last long" was a huge company now
The good thing about rslash's voice is that when he puns, even if it is intentional, it sounds unintentional and thus makes it funnier.
My ex-boyfriend once bought a sewing machine that turned out to be full of dead cockroaches. That was a “fun” night over at his house...
Working in a Help Desk myself, and having read stories over the years about Tech support jobs, this was delightful. I did almost spill my coffee at your little snippet at the very end about "multiple bugs." Thanks for keeping me laughing! Love your channels.
Time to watch this before class starts so I don’t die yet :,)
Same
In the last story, that’s LITERALLY WHY THEY’RE CALLED “BUGS”, OMG. How easily we forget the past..
Regarding the last story, over my long history as a programmer, I learned that one should never, ever change working code just because there doesn't seem to be any reason it was written that way and you know a better way it could be done.
The original coder may have known something you don't know, but will find out the hard way.
Sounds like that computer was owned by a certain wasp themed lawyer.
The bees story reminds of that one guy who put beans in his gas tank and went to the mechanic
DIWhy?
10 points for R/Slash's acting in that last one. I laughed hard
I'm reminded of that Oprah meme. "BEES!"
Great voice acting performance for the bee story. I laughed so hard I had to listen to it twice!
Hm... Sounds like that comp was the bee's knees. Or at least full of them.
Love it when you go the extra mile with your story readings!
Hardware bugs would be a brilliant title for the last story. X'D
It always brings me great joy to hear him act out the scenes. 😩😂😂😂
Me: sir i have bugs in my computer.
Tech support person: so your computer has bugs?
Me: no, i have bugs in my computer.
The bees thing is hilarious. I really hope that poor guy wasn't allergic. Also, how would you remove a computer full of bees from an office? I guess you could have a professional beekeeper in to smoke the hive-computer, then remove it. I feel sorry for the bees, tbh. I hope they weren't killed.
A computer problem?
A large amount of beeees should put an end to that
The “multiple bugs” joke made me spit out my juice laughing... 😂😂
me on the phone with James.
M: since your on speaker phone I can safely assume someone higher up is there with you so I'll just say this, James you make the work environment far to Toxic for me, I'll only com back if you resign, preferably fired.. have a good day guys. "click"
After more than 10 years working in technical support call centers I learned to let the customer talk and to listen. They either figure out the issue on their own (i just give them minimal guidance) or they reveal an important clue (like in this video). Other coworkers tended to argue with customers or get aggravated because they think they knew better. But not me, I'm really patient and calm.
did the guy not hear his computer buzzing?
Lol the “AHH SMASH SLAP. OVER THERE!” Had me laughing so hard
PC with a literal Hive inside it
Honey extension would like to talk to you.
Funnily enough the original use of the term "bug" and "debugging" for tech stemmed from literal bugs. A literal moth was the source of problems and had to be removed. A previous teacher of mine also went into another story about how when he was learning about coding (very early stages) there was long sheets that would have holes punched and fed into a machine to be their code as they didn't have enough access for everyone to make digital code at a computer to be tested. He also had to debug during that when small bugs would fill in holes he punched. Not sure on any exact details about that, his story not mine, and it has definitely been phased out of practice.
Is this a parody of “this is just beans inside”
The bees thing kind of happened to me, a customer brought in a computer he said had been sitting around for a while and wanted me to see if it was worth anything. I put it in my work space and worked on projects that were ahead of it. It was winter but the work space was warm and as the day went on I began smelling honey BUT I HAD NOTHING WITH HONEY AROUND! Finally I got around to opening the old computer and found inside was filled with a bee's nest!!!!!!!!! Fortunatly because it was winter the bees were gone though!
You scrolling through the comments
i know you're watching this on UA-cam so good on ya for having notifications on.
Why would you throw it away like this?
You nearly had it, the logically correct amount of obvious facts formulated casually, but no, you got greedy, and thus you finished in bullshit.
*They had us in the first half not gonna lie*
"Hey you scrolling through the comments, i know you're watching this on UA-cam so good on ya for.....
Having NOTIFICATIONS ON, REMEMBER TO LIKE THE VIDEO AND SUBSCRIBE SO UA-cam CAN GIVE ME MOOONEEEY"
That's how i wanted to write it but didn't think it was original enough. Will try to be original next i apologise for being so useless, going to commit toaster bath as my punishment. Im so sorry.
Listening to this in 2022- oh my god, your change of voice acting for the last one with the bees was something that literally had me bursting out into laughter!!!
14:50-If I had found a bee hive on my room that’s how I’d react too..I just don’t wanna get stung!
But the OP in the bee story was completely right in suggesting that the computer might be running slowly because it needed cleaning. That's exactly why it was running slowly. The fact that it was clogged with bees/wax/honey/pollen rather than dust is just a nitpick. I'd say OP should have continued feeling like a genius for that diagnosis.
My very first job was with a huge IT company, or rather a company that designs and develops a lot of tech. Phones, PC components, laptops, etc. I won't say a name as not to advvertise, but we're one of the biggest ones out there.
I was part of the repair process. My task would be to clean and check motherboards that came in for repair. At first, we all took whatever MBs we wanted, usually the ones we had equipment for at hand, and everything was working. Guys behind me always took gaming laptops, I usually took X555 models, since nobody liked working on these, but I did not mind. If someone was done sooner, he took MBs from others and worked on them. This way, we usually finished before the shift ended, sometimes even before half of the shift. But our boss, figured that he would try to fix up the system we had. So all of us got exactly same ammount of MBs, with exactly same ratios of all models. So... the result was as you'd expect. Not just someone had to come in early to distribute the MBs, giving people more work and delaying entirre process, we all had same ammount of work, but equipments were all over the place and nobody could get their work done. We had to pull overtimes like crazy to at least keep things from getting worse. And when we complained, we were just "whiny little workers".
Mind you, he let it go this bad RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, the busiest time of the year.
Luckily for me, a position among Planners opened up. Planners are our logistics specialists. They make sure repair centers all across Europe have parts they need. So I did an interview, they took me in without any problems and damn am I glad I jumped the ship.
I stayed in contact with my ex-coworkers and it continued to be hell for them. Luckily for them, the boss got moved to another department and they got back to their previous system and... you guessed it, it works like clockwork again.
Do not fix what ain't broke. as they say.
rslash acting out the other end of the call in the last story is hilarious
Bee Computer: I live in Washington State. 100% believe that would happen here. Wouldn’t be surprised if a squirrel or raccoon got in next.
"So I'll call him S."
rSlash: "So anyways, I went with Sam."
I love it when Rslash brings some life to the stories xD
The shouting took me by surprise! I was not expecting that and nearly dropped my phone laughing!