Robert Half Technology asked CIOs “What is the strangest or most unusual request you or a member of your help desk or technical support team has ever received?” From the irreverent to the irrelevant, here is what they shared!

1. From Irreverent to Irrelevant:
CIOs Reveal the Most Unusual
Requests They’ve Received

2. Some Requests Get a Little Cheeky
“Why aren’t we allowed to
visit blocked sites?”
2
“Can you remove adult sites
from my personal laptop?”
“Can you recommend
a dating site for me?”
WARNING: BLOCKED CONTENT
!

3. Everything and the Kitchen Sink
“Can you fix the signal on my radio?”
3
“We need you to fix the elevator!”
“The microwave in the lunchroom is broken!”
“My phone fell in the toilet, can you fix it?”

4. “We do Windows, but we don’t clean!”
“I need assistance getting the
cat hair out of the computer fan.”
4
“I’d like to send you my laptop
to clean up and send back to me.”
“Please send someone
to clean my laptop.”

5. Streaming in HD (High-Demand)
“Can we stream
the World Cup?”
5
“Can you set up my
laptop to watch football?”
“How can I watch a
movie on my computer?”

6. Email Fail
“I’m writing an email and
I have the letter “A” in
the address window, but
how do I get the circle
around it?”
6

7. Investigative Inquiries
“Can you teach me how
to hack a computer?”
7
“Help me download the
app that will tell me if my
husband is cheating.”