Miata Mailing List: July 1998, Message #133

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> > More Tech Support fun...
> > 
> > A woman called the Canon help desk with a problem with her printer. 
> > The tech asked her if she was "running it under Windows." The woman 
> > then responded, "No, my desk is next to the door. But that is a good
> 
> > point.  The man sitting in the cubicle next to me is under a window,
> 
> > and his is working fine."
> > 
> > Tech Support: "OK Bob, let's press the control and escape keys at
> the 
> > same
> > time. That brings up a task list in the middle of the screen.  Now 
> > type the letter 'P' to bring up the Program Manager."
> > Customer: "I don't have a 'P'."
> > Tech Support: "On your keyboard, Bob." 
> > Customer: "What do you mean?"
> > Tech Support: "'P' on your keyboard, Bob." 
> > Customer: "I'm not going to do that!"
> > 
> > Overheard in a computer shop:
> > Customer: "I'd like a mouse mat, please."
> > Salesperson: "Certainly sir, we've got a large variety." 
> > Customer: "But will they be compatible with my computer?" 
> > 
> > I once received a fax with a note on the bottom to fax the document 
> > back to the sender when I was finished with it, because he needed to
> 
> > keep it.
> > 
> > Customer: "Can you copy the Internet for me on this diskette?" 
> > 
> > I work for a local ISP. Frequently we receive phone calls that start
> 
> > something like this:
> > Customer: "Hi. Is this the Internet?" 
> > 
> > Some people pay for their online services with checks made payable
> to 
> > "The Internet."
> > 
> > Customer: "So that'll get me connected to the Internet, right?" 
> > Tech Support: "Yeah."
> > Customer: "And that's the latest version of the Internet, right?" 
> > Tech Support: "Uhh...uh...uh...yeah."
> > 
> > Tech Support: "All right...now double-click on the File Manager
> icon." 
> > Customer: "That's why I hate this Windows -- because of the icons --
> > I'm a
> > Protestant, and I don't believe in icons."
> > Tech Support: "Well, that's just an industry term sir. I don't
> believe 
> > it was meant to --"
> > Customer: "I don't care about any 'Industry Terms'. I don't believe
> in 
> > icons."
> > Tech Support: "Well...why don't you click on the 'little picture' of
> a 
> > file
> > cabinet...is 'little picture' OK?" 
> > Customer: [click]
> > 
> > Customer: "My computer crashed!"
> > Tech Support: "It crashed?"
> > Customer: "Yeah, it won't let me play my game."
> > Tech Support: "All right, hit Control-Alt-Delete to reboot." 
> > Customer: "No, it didn't crash -- it crashed."
> > Tech Support: "Huh?"
> > Customer: "I crashed my game. That's what I said before. I crashed
> my 
> > spaceship and now it doesn't work."
> > Tech Support: "Click on 'File,' then 'New Game.'"
> > Customer: [pause] "Wow! How'd you learn how to do that?" 
> > 
> 
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