SolarWinds launched the "Big Hairy Sweepstakes," a Facebook-based contest in which IT pros vote on four short videos of the most obnoxious help desk stories for a chance to win an enormous beastly wall cling to guard the help desk from more ridiculous queries.
From April 17 to May 3, IT pros can log on to the Facebook contest page and cast their votes for one of four detestable characters that bother their IT help desk manager with zany issues.
Choose from:
- The Know-It-All - Have you ever had a user think he knows more than you? The nerve!
- The Paranoid User - Everyone is out to get this guy and only you can stop them!
- The Horror Story - We're sure you've seen some disgusting things on the job...
- The Boss' Son - When you have to stop everything important and deal with this guy.
Brought to you from the geeky minds of SolarWinds, this contest chronicles characters that seemingly every IT help desk has had to deal with at one time or another. As quirky as some of the end-users above are, all are inspired by actual help desk tickets.
Sweepstakes voters will be entered to win one of eight monstrous, wild-eyed wall clings and will be announced on the SolarWinds Facebook page May 6. Participants must be legal residents of the United States to be entered to win in this sweepstakes.
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