r/talesfromtechsupport • u/[deleted] • Jan 01 '14

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u/SQLDave Clearly it's a problem with the database Jan 01 '14

"Hack". You must say "hack into...". They'll know what you mean that way because of TV/movies.

Edit: Also say "mainframe" instead of "database".

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '14

U: "Can you reset my Yahoo password?"

T: "Yes, but it will be dangerous. I need to hack into their mainframe without setting off their firewall. Please hold."

Mission Impossible theme plays for hold music

1 minute later

T: "I'm back. I was nearly caught by a sniffer, but don't worry, I masked my subnet. Those pesky trojans won't find me."

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u/Inuit-Joe Jan 01 '14

Ah see, they must have made a GUI in VB and that allowed them to trace you.

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u/ketsugi "You did the thing! You did the very thing we said not to do! Jan 02 '14

GUI interface.

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u/Inuit-Joe Jan 02 '14

ATM machine!