| Technologically
Challenged
In case you think you are technologically
challenged, look at this
excerpt from a Wall Street Journal article...
1. Compaq is considering changing the instruction
"Press Any Key" to
"Press Return Key" because of the flood
of calls asking where the
"Any" key is.
I'm adding my 2 cents here. My keyboard
does not have a return key. It
says enter. I can just see the phone
calls about "I don't have a return
key".
2. AST technical support had a caller complaining
that her mouse was
hard to control with the dust cover on.
The cover turned out to be the plastic bag the mouse was packed in.
3. Another AST customer was asked to send
a copy of her defective
diskettes. A few days later a letter arrived
from the customer along with photocopies of the floppies.
4. A Dell customer called to say he couldn't
get his computer to FAX
anything. After 40 minutes of troubleshooting,
the technician discovered the man was trying to FAX a piece of paper by
holding it in front of the monitor's screen and pressing the "Send" key.
5. A confused caller to IBM was having
troubles printing documents. He
told the technician that the computer
had said it "couldn't find the printer."
The user had also turned the computer
screen to face the printer but
that his computer still couldn't see the
printer.
6. An exasperated caller to Dell Computer
Tech Support couldn't get her
new Dell Computer to turn on. After
ensuring the computer was plugged in she responded, "I pushed and pushed
on this foot pedal and nothing happens. The foot pedal turned out to be
the computer's mouse.
7. Another IBM customer had troubles installing
software and rang for
support. "I put in the first disk and
that was OK. It said to put in the second disk, and had some problems with
the disk. When it said put in the third disk-I couldn't even fit it in..."
The user hadn't realized that "Insert Disk 2" meant remove Disk 1 first.
8. True story from a Novell NetWire System
Operator...
Caller: "Hello! Is this tech support?"
Tech: "Yes it is. How may I help you?"
Caller: "The cup holder on my PC is broken
and I am within my warranty
period. How do I go about getting it fixed?"
Tech: "I'm sorry, but did you say cup
holder?"
Caller: "Yes, it's attached to the front
of my computer."
Tech: "Please excuse me if I seem a bit
stumped, It's because I am. Did
you receive this as part of a promotional,
or at a trade show? How did you get this cup holder? Does it have
any trade mark on it?"
Caller: "It came with my computer, I don't
know anything about a
promotional. It just has '4X' on it."
(At this point the Tech Rep had to mute the caller, because he was laughing
too hard.) The caller had been using the
load drawer of the CD-ROM drive as a cup
holder.
NOW, DON'T YOU FEEL BETTER, AND SMARTER?
: )
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