Matt, I definately recognize a fellow help desk veteran here. Bill, I agree that the blowtorch candidates provide great job security, but sometimes their impact on personal sanity quotients aren't worth it. I personally plan to get a copy of this brilliant policy to post at work. >;-)
Helpdesk folks don't forget it is these blowtorch candidates that have you employed (job security). So be glad you have these stupid questions coming your way otherwise you would be cleaning Windows.
There are three types of dumb questions: 1) Those that seem dumb to a help desk tech who's heard the same question fifty times before, even if the user hasn't. (Not necessarily dumb.) 2) The types of questions that are thoroughly explained on the help desk's website, which the user ignores so as to have a live human being tell him the exact same thing. (Pretty dumb, but not worth the liability.) 3) The same question, over and over, from the same user. (Blowtorch candidate.)
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1) Those that seem dumb to a help desk tech who's heard the same question fifty times before, even if the user hasn't. (Not necessarily dumb.)
2) The types of questions that are thoroughly explained on the help desk's website, which the user ignores so as to have a live human being tell him the exact same thing. (Pretty dumb, but not worth the liability.)
3) The same question, over and over, from the same user. (Blowtorch candidate.)