Every. Single. Time.

liamsullivan · 2019-02-22T13:25:46.000Z

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Story of my life when it comes to these things.

gabrielle.l · 2019-02-22T13:38:02.000Z

I dunno, for me it’s more like

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kirkwennerstrom7971 · 2019-02-22T13:44:11.000Z

So true.

We go to put the connector in, but find slight resistance. Fearing that we’re about to break something we assume the resistance is due to it being upside-down. So, we flip it over and try again.

And encounter solid resistance.

Now we flip it back, and push through the slight resistance to fully seat the connector. The previous flipping exercise did nothing more than calibrate our fingers as to what is ‘normal’ and what is ‘blocked’.

Alas, that calibration is lost each time.

diegoflorez · 2019-02-22T13:44:53.000Z

Sometimes when I’m really tired, neither way works for me due to the fact that I’m trying to shove a USB into an HDMI port (They’re right next to each other and I don’t feel like looking at the side of my laptop to try and see where I’m plugging into). initiate coffee consumption

scovillain · 2019-02-22T13:45:56.000Z

Thanks Liam ~ This was a great way to start my Friday.

noitforyou · 2019-02-22T13:51:42.000Z

I’ve always said there are three ways to plug in a USB stick.

tulioarends · 2019-02-22T13:54:37.000Z

That is why we should demand a move to USB Type-C for everything.

jjoyner1985 · 2019-02-22T13:55:01.000Z

Long live thunderbolt.

I’m so glad to see more and more of these on systems I’m working on lately.

jodi-raegilbert · 2019-02-22T14:04:22.000Z

Yup. That is 100% accurate. I don’t inow what witchery is in play here, but it’s mighty annoying.

Huw3481 · 2019-02-22T14:09:39.000Z

For some people I know it’s like

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dimforest · 2019-02-22T14:09:57.000Z

If I get it on my first try I feel like I hacked something.

tomsteinmetz6433 · 2019-02-22T14:10:48.000Z

You’re not wrong there.

mrbones · 2019-02-22T14:24:59.000Z

Seen many a user here jam them in the Ethernet port. Now that takes some shoving!

nikopka · 2019-02-22T14:30:14.000Z

And for that split second we’re encountering such resistance, we’re questioning our own skills as IT pros:

“If I can’t even plug in a flash drive on the first try, then what else have I been doing wrong all this time?”

phillupson2 · 2019-02-22T14:34:54.000Z

Haha love this. I always tell users “USB? Yeah it’s the third way” which gets me confused looks, then they try and plug it in, and it’s always the third way

kirkwennerstrom7971 · 2019-02-22T14:35:56.000Z

NiKopka:

And for that split second we’re encountering such resistance, we’re questioning our own skills as IT pros:

“If I can’t even plug in a flash drive on the first try, then what else have I been doing wrong all this time?”