What is your profession's version of "Have you tried turning it off and on?"

[mfrench]

My damn weed whacker. It has an on/off switch that I forget quite regularly. So I yank the cord, yank the cord, yank the cord.
Did you make sure the On switch is on, Mike?
Switch on - first pull.

 

[Andyman]

I use "When in doubt, knock it out" for computer related issues.
But my favorite snarky crack is "That would never happen here"

 

[Bozzmonster]

I work in insurance, but use computers and multiple databases daily. In fact, one of those databases, our main claim tracking application, updated this weekend. I need to login to get the update shortly.

I nicknamed our helpdesk the 'reboot response team.' Seems like no matter what issue we report, we are asked if we rebooted first. Half the time, that works!

 

[petehall347]

my favourite is "let it develop ".

 

[shrinkboy]

"have you talked about this problem with your husband/wife/son/daughter/boyfriend/girlfriend, etc?"

or, "have you asked him/her to not do that anymore?"

 

[old_tv_nut]

We have a signal room that supplies multitudes of test signals for the building - our favorite phrase is "It's OK on this end."