<ring - ring>
M$: Hello. M$ technical support, how can I help you? -urp!
NASA: We're having trouble with M$ email
M$: What is your Windows serial number?
NASA: Umm, it's not exactly handy. It's on a laptop on the space shu...
M$: I need the serial number, sir before we can go any farther.
NASA: We'll have to call you back.
<ring ring>
M$: Hello, M$ technical support How can I - urp! - excuse me - help you?
NASA: We're having trouble with our email
M$: Do you have -
NASA: Yes, it's ser# blah blah blah
M$: Alright. This isn't the current version of the operating system. I'll try to help you anyway if I can. What exactly is the problem?
NASA: Email does not work.
M$: You're using the supported innovative Outlook email welded into the operating system?
NASA: No, we're using...
M$: Okay, you'll need to reboot. Press Ctrl-alt-del.
NASA: Hold on, I need to relay this to the astronaut.
NASA: He says he's tried that several times.
M$: You may have damaged the registry files. Have you contacted the vendor you purchased the machine from?
NASA: Not yet. Look, we just need email.
M$: Hold please, let me transfer you to MSN
<music on hold -Lee Greenwood "God Bless the USA">
MSN: Hello, MSN
NASA: This is NASA. We would like to receive email from the space shuttle.
MSN: And how did you hear about our service?
NASA: We were transfered by M$ technical support.
MSN: And who is your present internet provider?
NASA: We're NASA! We have our own intranet!
MSN: Uh huh. So, is that "nasa.net"?
NASA: We just want to establish an email link here!
MSN: I'm trying to help you sir. So, would you like your account name to be "nasa@msn.com"? Would you like us to bill your credit card monthly for your new MSN service account?
NASA: We don't need an MSN account! We *have everything we need except working email! We just need email to work!
MSN: The astronaut doesn't have a Hotmail account?
-JCJ
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