Jan: Some OT grins-----
Some people are just not as computer literate as others, as shown below :
>
> 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?"
mph( computer non-genius) |
