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Texas Judge Lashes Out at IT Guy in The Courtroom After IT Guy Rudely Fixes His Problem With Ease

We've all been there. You've got some annoying little problem or glitch with your computer. You try all the obvious things that any reasonable person would to get around the issue. But nothing works. You're stuck. So you finally bite the bullet and call for help. But of course, the minute a third-party takes over your computer, when they click the little red 'x' in the corner of your screen (which you've obviously tried 100 times already) it works perfectly for them. Problem solved in seconds (by someone else). You swear to them that you did the exact same thing to no avail, which is the god's honest truth, but you can tell the person who "solved your problem" doesn't totally buy it. 

So instead of having a fun little back-and-forth that goes something like:

You: "What the heck. I swear I did that a million times."

IT Guy: "Yeah, yeah, I'm sure you did."

You: "Oh shut up, don't you have some mines to sweep."

IT Guy: "Just let me know if you need help closing your laptop at the end of the day."

You make an uncomfortably loud scene to assure that every person in the office knows full well that it wasn't the IT guy who "fixed your problem". The problem fixed itself. YOU are NOT the idiot here. The computer is the idiot. Maybe if your IT guy was worth a damn the computers wouldn't have these minor issues in the first place. So you belittle the very person who graciously tried to help you, because what your underlings think of your computer literacy skills is far more important than what they think of you as a person.

In defense of the honorable Nathan J. Million of Texas' 215th Civil Court, that IT guy was being a bit smug. How dare he suggest it was a "false alarm". By crying "false alarm", he's basically telling YOUR courtroom that you are INCOMPETENT. Who does he think he is? He's wearing a hoodie for christ sakes. You're in a robe. You're a Texas judge. You have abortions murders to sentence. There's kids with down syndrome who need sent to the chair. You can't have people thinking you don't know your way around your own bench. 

Hopefully the IT guy's supervisor sets him straight. The court can't be having people swiftly fix his honor's computer problems. Not without furrowing his brow and feigning ignorance to protect his ego.