Back in the prehistoric days of computing when monitors were still tube, and before people could verify things easily on the Internet, I had a user that we’ll just call “B”.
B believed anything you told her about computers. One day her monitor turned off, and she called me up. I went over there and found she had bumped the power cord out of the power strip. So I plugged it back in, no problem. When the monitor came back up, she asked what had happened. I told her that solar flares had knocked out her power. She asked how she could stop that from happening again. I let her know that many people made tin foil hats to prevent things like that from happening if they thought the government was reading their minds, and then I left.
Fast-forward about a week. I get another call to go to her department. When I walk in, I see that she has indeed made a tinfoil hat for her monitor, and even rearranged her desk to accommodate it. That monitor and hat followed her around to two other departments before we upgraded to flat screens. It took awhile to convince her that flat panels don’t need solar flare protection…
Submitted by James M.