When I try to explain in the most basic of terms that I work on wireless and firewalls for companies, as soon as I say that one part of a sentence, people are like "Ya lost me 10 minutes ago."
Is it just me or is their some stigma if there is an "IT" person in the room, everyone else just goes brain dead in the lobe that holds information about technology?
At my job I am usually able to "talk them off the ledge" for people with the "I don't know" response, when they have no choice but to be my eyes and ears, having to reset firewalls or by dog almighty log into them and make config changes.
You can tell someone is in IT shock when every instruction you give them to fix an issue, you get the response "Okaaaaay?" every step of the way
I digress though, does everyone else fall over brain dead when you walk into the room, and they know you work / study IT?
