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Problem PC Had Graybeards Stumped Until Trainee Rummaged Through Trash

The Register, Friday, July 25th, 2025

Evidence of copious sugar hits hinted at unauthorized usage

By Friday, many readers will feel they need a sugar hit to get through the day, which is why The Register tries to offer a jolt of amusement in the form of a new installment of On Call, the reader-contributed column in which we share your tech support tales.

This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Raymond" who in the late 2000s found himself working in the pharmacy department of a regional supermarket chain in the US.

This supermarket was big enough to have a team of experienced on-prem techies, plus a newly hired trainee who shadowed them all in the hope he would pick up some experience.

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