Objectionable Request
I work tech support for a law firm. When everything moved to Zoom, I would get frequent calls from the lawyers I worked for with complaints like:
Lawyer: “I can’t see the other guy! Make it so I can see them!”
Me: “They’ve turned off their webcam.”
Lawyer: “So turn it on.”
Me: “I can’t.”
Lawyer: “Yes, you can, you’re tech support.”
Me: “Which means I support your tech, not theirs.”
Lawyer: “Why is it taking you so long to just do what I need?”
Me: “And why is it taking this long for you to understand that I cannot, in fact, remote into opposing counsel’s computer and manually turn on their webcam?”
The lawyer complained to the tech support manager about me and was simply laughed at.






