Am I the only one with coworkers who think that any input box is a search box (and thus overwrite data in ignorance)?

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When you go on Google or YouTube or ChatGPT, you get a box to type in. No matter what you do, you will not corrupt their database.

Armed with this vast knowledge of computers, I have seen coworkers (of any age) go and type into boxes in Kinetic and wonder why their record isn’t coming up - oblivious to what they are doing to the data.

Conversely, if you are in Excel, you know that everything you do is editing the data.

I think many people have a hard time discerning that input boxes in a database UI may be one OR the other – edit OR search (or both - think the part number field of Part Entry).

Anyone else see this, too?

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For some users, a sign-on and a keyboard are like a match and gasoline.
EDIT - and don’t tell me it’s just a user education issue either… :slight_smile:

Some Men Just Want To Watch The World Burn GIFs | Tenor

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Star Trek GIF

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Office Monkey GIF

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The monkey GIF is one of my go-to’s…as is this one.

Cat And Computer GIFs - Find & Share on GIPHY

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That’s some of my users when something is loading and they can’t wait the literal 2 seconds it takes for it to run.

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I mean that’s me sometimes, too…

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Been there, done that, got the commemorative tshirt

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Live look at my cubicle
Smashing Computer GIFs | Tenor

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At first I thought, this dude has some monster strength to dislodge a CRT with a plastic keyboard in one go! But I see the monitor is 49% hanging over the edge already. Also the keyboard cord is not connected…

hate bubble GIF

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Could be why it didn’t work.. ?

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Exposing the magician’s secrets now…

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Usual attribution is PEBKAC error of some category.

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and a fair amount of ID-10-T failures

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Indeed :slight_smile:

Other adaptations:

  • PEBKAC: Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair
  • PEBCAK: Problem Exists Between Chair And Keyboard
  • POBCAK: Problem Occurs Between Chair And Keyboard
  • PICNIC: Problem In Chair Not In Computer
  • EBKAC: Error Between Keyboard And Chair
  • PEBUAK: Problem Exists Between User and Keyboard
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How’d you get a video of my users?! :rofl:

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They exists literally everywhere.

will smith film GIF

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Oh, I love that whole scene.