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Tech Stories Archives - July 2002
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You sip what??
Not really a story, but I had to post it. I just had a user, that when I asked for his name to verify his information, i swear that he said his name was Eugene Eusipe (he pronounced this u-sip) Seman. I had to ask him to spell it for me. I said his full name, but all i needed was the last. I just had to post that.2002-07-01[By: Siemata / 2002-07-01]
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had one client named Sum Ho ...and another named Luv Cum (we think she changed hers though) you try not to laugh cause you know they have heard it all before -atlwrthit
i just had a customer and his name was "Michael Jackson" it cracked me up because he not only had his name but he tried to talk like him.. -princessann
when I was with (unnamed ISP) I talked to Richard Head. Also got bored one day, and found out that we had 3 subscribers named "Phat Ho." -derangedlunatech
Those might be stupid but for impractical e-mail adresses you'd find it hard to beat:
cmcantoniogiannoccaro@isp.co or
cmcnannaadaiyinkah@isp.co -GPF
I had a customer call in with the email address iloveanimalstheytastegood i ended up talking to him twice!!! -Bri
I encountered a luser with the address of bndovrilldrv. He is in Laguna Beach Ca -atomicbill
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My God, its full of ...Sawdust?
Back when I was working bench tech support, a customer brought his system in to be looked at, because "It didn't run." I noticed the name on the ticket was for a woodworking shop. Sure enough, the poor system lived in the back. When I opened it up, (carefully, I already had suspicions), sawdust came pooring out of the case. The entire inside of the computer was filled with sawdust. It was a miracle the thing hadn't caught on fire. An even bigger miracle was that after using a computer vacuum and a whole can of compressed air, the system booted up and ran fine! When the customer came to pick it up, I told him the problem, and he asked if he should put a plastic wrap around it. I informed him that that would have the same effect, using the wonderful analogy of explaining that doing that would be like wrapping a plastic bag around a person's head. He finally agreed to put the system elsewhere in the shop.2002-07-01[By: TechnoVampire / 2002-07-01]
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Wow...just wow... -paul
LOL! a mechanic friend keeps turning his keyboard and case gray and black with grease. Saran wrapping the keyboard fixed him after he killed the keyboard. -Nullifidian
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Mr. Fix-It
I was just reminded of my first ever customer. First hour on the job, and I get this guy who claims, (In a very loud rant) that our product malfunctioned within the first three months he owned it, causing him to have to fix it himself (boom, warranty invalid) Further more, now after four years, his repairs are not working anymore, and he finds out we have a newer product on the market (which he said with so much importance as if he was pissed off we did not personally contact him when we made something new) and he wanted a free repair. Why, oh why, do people think they are entitled to free stuff becaues they call in YEARS after they start having problems, and use the line "it never worked from the start."? Why don't they call in at the start? Why do they almost ALWAYS wait until they are out of, or have ended their warranty?2002-07-01[By: Dragones / 2002-07-01]
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Hahaha, I sure hear that saying a lot. My reply? "Why didn't you bring it in when it first happened?" They usually shutup after that, or get really mad. Either way it's fun :) -paul
lol. I like it when they get mad. The more they swear, the more right I have to end the call. -Dragones
I love these calls....when they ask how long I am gonna take to fix I usually say as long as you took to report it. If they managed with it faulty for this long surely they can continue to manage. -nomoretears
Ye Gods! Frank Zappa was right! Einstein said the basic building block of the universe was Hydrogen because it was so plentiful. Zappa spun that a little and said STUPIDY was in greater supply and was thus the universal foundation and this proves that theory again. . -EvilTechGuy
That surprises you? -MadJack
Lemme play Devil's advocate for a sec. I bought an RF modulator at Christmas to plug my comp into my TV. Anyway, it didn't work, so I went to take it back. They told me they were all out and that I should return later. So I did, and they said they were still all out. I doubt this happens with calls, but 6 months later if I go take it in now, when they should have plenty, I don't think they're going to give me a replacement. It didn't ever work from the start, and when I tried to get a replacement I was told for a month that they were out, so I just gave up. Again, it probably doesn't happen much with calls, but that's just my experience. -Burzmalli
Yes - I always loved the "It's never worked right since I got it" - and you check the call history - and there are no calls, or maybe one... More like the luser hasn't worked right since the computer was purchased... -derangedlunatech
I hear ya!! I work for an ISP and this happens to us all the time. We get "My (internet service) hasn't worked since DAY ONE!!!" And day one is usually months ago. I just wanna yell into the phone "WE CAN'T FIX IT IF WE DON'T KNOW IT'S BROKE" -theatergirl7
This is one reason we added the all-powerful Tech Support Agreement to our service contracts saying basicaly the same thing -If you dont tell us it's broke, we don't know it's broke, so we're not giving you your money back.
Gods, I love waiving that peice of paper in angry customers faces. -Crookedplatipus
Just like expecting that we'll send new cds after two years because they never got them (yah, right). "But you never sent them!!!!" Well, you should have told us two years ago. That product ain't even around anymore. Boo Hoo hoo hoo hoo. -MadJack
my personal favorite experiences in this field would have to be all the calls that i get for m*exc*l.com who want to sign up and dont plan on getting a computer for several years. even worse are those who want me to help them setup dun on their first computer and the account has been active for many months. this is a very common experience in this cue. -daeglo
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time to kill
apparantley this woman had a problem w/ her system for about a month. me: gee ma'am why did you wait so long to call us. her: well the power's out over here and i had nothing better to do, so i figured i'd call and get it fixed. me: w/ no power??? her: oh, yeah...oops2002-07-01[By: omegawolf / 2002-07-01]
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We get this ALL the time too where I work. Customer: My modem has no lights on it. Rep: Is the modem plugged in? Customer: Yes. Rep: Click on the start menu.... Customer: I can't, the power is out and I can't turn my computer on.
Seriously.... this happens. -theatergirl7
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I don't think you can do either
This was actually a fellow techs call, but... TECH: What version of Windows do you have? EU: 98. TECH: Okay, click on start. EU: I don't see that. TECH: What kind of computer do you have? EU: An iMac. TECH: Okay, so you have Mac OS of some type, I'll transfer you. EU: No, I have Windows 98. TECH: Ma'am, you still need to talk to our Mac department. He just didn't want to deal with her. When he told me about it I thought I would have said "Either you have Mac OS or you're running an emulator for 98. Personally, I don't think you're smart enough to use either one."2002-07-01[By: Burzmalli / 2002-07-01]
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Government out to get ya
About a year ago I got this guy who called in. I started the usual procedure and he gave me his first and last name. As I started my introduction, he stopped me and asked: "What's that tapping I hear in the phone line?" I said "nothing sir, it's probably just static." He said, "Are you recording this call?" Me-"No sir it's not being recorded." After I continued he stopped me again and asked if I was working for the DEA(Drug Enforcement Agency). After lauging to myself I assured him I wasn't working for the DEA. Still, he insisted that I was recording this call because he could here this "government agency" tapping into the phone line. This is where he got crazy..."My lawyer told me that the DEA is after me and listening in to my calls and I want this stopped right now! I don't think this is funny at all!" I again promised him I wasn't working for the DEA and wasn't recording this call. Then(this is the craziest) he says to me "I know what you're doing and I've wrapped my whole house in aluminum foil to block off gamma rays! I told you I don't think this is very funny and I'm hanging up now!" *click* and then I get the dial tone. I don't know if he was messing with me or not but he couldn't have sounded more sincere. I really think this guy was crazy. If I could go back to that call I'd probably say "Yes sir I'm with the DEA and you better throw those marijuana plants out the window right now cause we're comin' in!"2002-07-01[By: PinkFloyd / 2002-07-01]
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Once again, proof that sometimes, the internet problem ISN'T the biggest one a user may have... -hkypipe
As a public service, next time be sure to tell him that only "quilted" aluminum foil will shield him from ionizing gamma radiation. (Non-quilted is only good for beta; Saran wrap will stop Alpha ;) -deltree/y
I can't help but wonder what he would have doen, had you *69'd him! -obie099
That tinfoil part reminded me of a Story my Mom told me about this crazy lady that came into her ER with her head wrappped in Tinfoil because they were after her with the Gamma Rays and she wanted to be put in the lead lined X-ray Room.. -JennaBella
That reminds me of a song I heard on the Radio Show Bob and Tom called Thats Neurosis...one line goes something like this: If you think that your dog is upset with you...Thats Neurosis...If you wrap up your house in aluminum foil....Thats Psychosis. -Brf
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Help!
I have a stupid customer with whom I need help. Do any of you work for hosting.com or cts.com? I need to find out if you have automatic junk mail filters or something set up. One of our customer's are not getting their email at their cts.com address... I'm wondering if it's because there is some sort of filter? Can you guys offer any help?2002-07-01[By: Keurigirl / 2002-07-01]
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I know this is totally lame asking for your help. This is not supposed to be that kind of website, but I thought since you're all so knowledgeable it might be worth a shot. :) -Keurigirl
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I Can't Connect to Compusuck
This was the worst call i have ever taken!! Luser calls in and can't connect to compusuck 7.0, and she is running XP.. She already has one version of 6.0 and another 7.0 installed.. So i try to uninstall and for the life of me we cannot get them uninstalled, the uninstaller just stops responding.. So i reinstall 7.0 and she connects fine(no problems)then this stupid moron insists that i uninstall the versions that she is not using(WTF),WHY if you can connect don't worry about it!!! but she keeps on, so i give in and i try one more time but the uninstaller is not responding and there is nothing running in the background to keep it from not responding.. So i give up and just deleate the 6.0 and 7.0 folders from drive C:, and i told her which folders to deleate and she deleates them. So i have her try to connect and it will not bring up anything, i ask her to go back into drive C: to check out some files in the 7.0 and we could not find the folder, she had deleated every CSuck folder in drive c, when i had told her which one not to deleate.. Ahhhhhh!!! Well she gets very hot and starts threatening legal action because she still can't connect and that she has wasted 45 min of her precious time that she could have been spending with her kids, and then she starts griping because i had put her on hold a couple of times to speak to help desk and how that was such bad customer service, so i tell her that "if i were a compusuck customer that i would rather be put on hold and have the tech look up some information that would be helpful, then have the tech stay on the line the whole time and screw the system up even more." Then i told her that if her time was so precious than why did she have compusuck in the first place.. she finally hung up.. thank God!! Maybe she went to spend some time with her kids, instead of spending it with CSUCK!!2002-07-01[By: princessann / 2002-07-01]
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Tell people what you are doing
A hint for the ISP--tell people when you change the news server! It shouldn't take talking to a level 2 tech to find out the news server was changed!2002-07-01[By: Loren / 2002-07-01]
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Like changing your e-mail password and then sending out a message saying 'it's done and here's your new password', they probably sent that message out afterward. "Maybe we should tell them now, duuuyyyhhhh!" -MadJack
Hehehe...that happened at my first ISP. I called tech, and instead of their usual speil, the lady goes, "Are you having mail server problems?" -grahamwboyes
It's been a couple of days--no notification about the server change showed up. What's really bad is the level 1 tech didn't even know what was up! -Loren
Speaking as a level 1 tech we are never told about any changes or outages until we start getting alot of the same calls over and over with the same problem. Then after we contact level 2 they will tell us what is wrong or they also will have no idea. -reddworm
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The right questions
Back when I had a laptop and DSL I was having trouble with my connection. Every couple hours or so I'd get dropped and have to power cycle to get back on. So one day I called Qwest for help. Over the course of 3 days I spoke with probably 10 techs, none of which could solve the problem. Finally, I just said screw it and decided to fix it myself. So I was messing with somethings and realized the problem started when I updated the drivers for my NIC. When I reinstalled the original drivers the problem stopped. I couldn't believe that after 10 techs and probably 15 hours of talking on the phone NO ONE asked me if I'd made any changes to my computer. Since then I've always asked if the user has done anything recently to change their computer, just as an option if nothing else works.2002-07-02[By: Burzmalli / 2002-07-02]
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Why didn;t you just do it yourself in the first place? -Lordpryo
How many of us do ask that question? Nearly all. What is ALWAYS the answer??? -obie099
Oh let me tell you! Me: Okay sir, what OS are you using? Him: XP Me: And have you made any changes to your system recently? Him: No. (30 or so minutes later) Me: Sir, are you -sure- you have made no changes to your system recently? Him: Well, I did install XP over Windows 98, but that wouldn't do anything to my drivers, would it? Me: (Mute) ARGGG!!!
Yeah, they are always 100% straight with you...right. -Dragones
ALWAYS assume the (l)user has done something stupid. That way, if it turns out that they didn't, you're pleasantly surprised... -hkypipe
why didn't you tell the tech in the first place? We have so many questions to ask, you seem like a smart person, so why couldn't you offer that information to at least one of those techs? -Keltic
Don't get me started on Qwest. Let's just say that their first line dsl 'techs' (at least the ones I've had to deal with) are worse than my EU's -Antacid
These drivers were supposed to be better, hence they were an update. Obviously I was stupid for trusting Dell to give me decent drivers. Hindsight is 20/20. If you can honestly tell me that you would have thought "Oh, the drivers that I downloaded last week for the NIC must be causing my connection to drop" then you're a better man than I, and probably 99% of the rest of the computer literate population. -Burzmalli
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I CAN HEAR YOU ...you little bastard.
So I'm TSRin' my little heart out; having just changed jobs, titles and evil powers to be. My happy little customer calls, asking for the outgoing and incoming mail settings. "mail, for both." I reply cheerfully, purposely not capitolizing mail for the customer. "mail for BOTH?" he replied Dubiously, incorrectly sensing me being evil. "Yes sir." I reply, wondering how many damn flags are really in mine sweeper. "Shouldn't it be LONGER?" He asked, still not typing in mail. Like shouldn't it be mail.something.something?"
"NO sir, just mail." I reply, exploding in a spray of bloody shrapnel as I uncover a bomb.
"okkkkay." He says, and I hear him type. M-A-I-L..type type type typitty --- "Sir, what are you typing?" I ask, listening to more than four keys being pressed.
"Weeeeeell, I think it has to be Mail.I'manidiot.whodoesn'tlisten."
I inform him he is incorrect, and that through the magic of tecnology, love, and him being a clueless monkey, that it is JUST mail, and if he wants it to WORK, type MAIL into the settings.
"Typitty, type type, typitty--- SIR, WHAT ARE YOU TYPING?" I ask again, REALLY losing my patience now. I'm ten seconds from teaching my little monkey with a mathproblem how to delete registry entries.
"I'm pretty sure that it has to be Mail.Mymother.ismysister." Okay...
I blow like a big lipped transvestite in prison on "bitchday" and start screaming...after about 20 minutes, Captain IQ finally types in mail in both settings and it works....
WHY DON'T THEY EVER LISTEN??2002-07-02[By: The Coyote / 2002-07-02]
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Ten bucks says this person is or is related to "Terry." -kman52000
LOL, geez its good to finally have a story from you coyote! we have missed ya. -purpledaisy
The master has returned...welcome back, my friend! -hkypipe
Heh. Thanks kids. I've missed you too. <sniff>. Yeah, as for me, I switched from tech repair, to report, so training, new hours, evil lessons and what not, I haven't been around. But fear not my minions. I am here to stay -The Coyote
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Carol-Anne, stay away from the light..
I answer the phone in my normal, loving, disney-esque voice, only to be greeted by a loud hiss and the tin soup can quality of a bad cell phone. "HELLO??" I hear an elderly woman's voice screaming from the other end.
Oh Joy.
I repeat my greeting, only to be greeted with the creepiest issue I have ever heard before.
"I'm on my cell phone. I can't use my normal phone in the house, because whenever I pick up my reciever, I hear whatever is on tv. Watch." She picks up the reciever, and sure enough, I can hear McGuyver. **Sidenote**Ever see that episode where he stops the nuclear reaction with a Hershey bar? Isn't he the MAN??!?! ***end sidenote*** I blink. I blink again. Well m'am, I think that you could.."I start, not knowing what to say, when I hear her equally ancient husband in the background laughing. "I can hear the tech guy on the TV.' I put them on hold, and check the local phonebook for priests. One old, one young.....but instead, I find out that they were working on her phone lines in the area. Seems they crossed the cable line and the phone line, and even though i didn't think it was probable, they were bleeding into each other. I informed her to call her local phone company and have them come back out. She thanked me, and the last thing I heard before I hung up was...
"Thank you very much for THE CLAPPER"
Damn. Contagious over the phone...I need some penecillin.2002-07-02[By: The Coyote / 2002-07-02]
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Why was she bitching? She can hear her tv show while on the phone and her husband can tell what she is saying about him while he is watching tv. Sign me up already...:) -nomoretears
Saw the episode. It was the pilot. Love that show! -sassicatz
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Computer License Test
Many, many people (including me) have said that (l)users should have to take a test before they can buy a computer. So, my question to you is: What questions should be on the test? Please comment or post it to my whiteboard. 2002-07-02[By: TechnoVampire / 2002-07-02]
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mostly logic and basic cause an effect questions. as well as the name of the visable parts of the computer (the monitor, the tower, the keyboard and mouse) the difference between left and right, up and down. some reading comprehension questions (do you see this icon? no? look again.) -Lordpryo
What we need to do is train the sales people to weed out the morons. Im sure they hate tech support people and will gladly sell them something they will have problems turning on. -nomoretears
I say we just kill them all. Yes, THEM! Those who aren't techs. Then we will dominate the universe! And crush all those who oppose us! Crush! CRUSH! CRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSH! -paul
<Scootches over> Sorry. Sidin' with Paulie on this one. Kill them. Kill them ALOT. And if they die from all the killing, kill them some more. -The Coyote
Make sure that they are aware that if they are connection via a modem telephone line connection they actually have to have one end of a telephone cord plugged into a phone jack and the other end into the computer. Some seriously do not realize this. -PinkFloyd
I think the best thing to put on the test is, "Can you follow simple directions?" :D -Luna
We were given a test in middle school once. The first instruction was, 'read all of the instructions before doing ANYTHING.' The next dozen instructions had people doing silly things. The final instruction was: 'ignore all of the previous instructions.' Anyone who did the silly stuff automatically failed for not following instructions. Everyone should be given a test like that before they're allowed to buy a computer. -Hatedsl
Paulie and Coyote, make room for three: kill them all until they are dead, and hope for reincarnation so we can kill 'em again! -hkypipe
That just gave me an idea for my webpage (if I ever find the motivation to work on it). I'll make a petition to destroy stupid people. Then we will crush! CRUSH! CRUUUUUUUUUUSH! -paul
only one problem. if it weren't for these idiots, we wouldn't be employed. -omegawolf
True, true. But there are alot of idiots, more everyday who think they NEED computers. It won't matter if we 'off' a few, now and then. Works for the department of fish and game. -obie099
We actually have something here in Ireland called the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL), which alot of companies have staff take. It covers all the basics, which helps alot. -supportgremlin
Thank you for calling tech support, your incompetance is my job security, how can I help you? -Disallowed
Let's see Uncle Same legislate that! -MadJack
I think a computer license test should include a "matching" section with symbols such as * / \ , : @ ' ; & in Column A, and the name of each symbol (backslash, asterisk, etc.) in Column B. It would make all our jobs easier if we could direct them to "the little star thingy over the '8' key" in one word. -wintermute909
I'd like to see people learn how to create folders and move or copy files. It seems amazing to me how many people have been using computers for years and don't even know what a folder IS! -grahamwboyes
We should also require that they grasp the concept of the computer requiring electrical power to operate. You'd be amazed at the responses users give when asked whether the computer is plugged in. -Antacid
I dunno... I think the Black box, Gom Jabbar test from Dune will be sufficient. "Welcome online... Human." -raibeart
tee hee hee - we are WAAAAY ahead of you Yanks - there is such a thing as the European Computer Driving Licence
www.ecdl.co.uk for details.
Although not madatory for buying a PC, it is a step in the right direction... -lineswine
What about just make them read some MCSE document. They would probably resign their right to buy a computer after that. I just reed MCSE windows 2000 server, and god d*** I understand now why MS stuff never work right. If they stuff their programmer with this b***s*** then no wonder why they are so lost. Writing in 2 pages something that could have been said in 10 words is dramatic... much more when you look at the term they use to explain stuff... -Lazypete
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Is it plugged in?
I just returned from a service call that had been open for 3 days. The system would not power on. The previous tech handling the call has replaced the motherboard, processor and ps and asked me if I'd take a look at if for him. I asked the usual questions hoping to figure out what could have gone wrong when I noticed that there was no power to the monitor either. Checked to see if everything was plugged in...yep....flicked the switch on the surge protector and magically, the pc was back up and running. 3 days, 3 parts, 1 help desk tech, 2 field techs to flip a friggin switch....i need to find a new job 2002-07-02[By: twistdenigma / 2002-07-02]
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Had to read that twice in order to understand what the bloody hell he was talking about, but after I did...kinda funny in a "I would love to have your boss" kinda way. ^_^ -Dragones
Oopsie, this comment meant for story below -Dragones
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Crazy User Goes Berserk
Ok, this is a story about a series of email we recieved here from one of our 'favorite' users. I've written about him here before (ie. gay porn on desktop) and he has been a pain in the rear for awhile. We'va always gone above and beyond what we should do to help they guy, but this was just the last resort. you can read the emails here:
<a href="http://www.adacomp.net/~talfrey/home.html">http://www.adacomp.net/~talfrey/home.html</a>
Enjoy the madness!2002-07-02[By: Crookedplatipus / 2002-07-02]
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Boy, what a creep, sure glad he's not a subsciber on my service, oh wait he's gonna be shopping for a new ISP <<Crosses fingers>>. -BluRaven
Mind you, I'm not normally given to fits of psychotic violence, but in this particular case... -hkypipe
Went and read those. Wow. Just... Wow. -obie099
Next one you're going to get is him stating that it's all a conspiracy against (l)users from all the isp's. All of us infect virus' when the (l)users dont coraporate with the techs that are handling their issues. Sure like i'm going to give you a virus so your dumb ass has to call me back. I think we should all have departments in our isp's that are nothing mercenaries that go around and kill all the real stupid people who call us. -undeadgothslave
Good Lord! what's that guy smoking? I read his responses 3 times and still can't make sense of any of them. -Antacid
P.S. I'm with hkypipe on this one. This would be enough to send me in a homicidal rage. -Antacid
his spelling reminds me of a chat i had one day especially the random capitilization of letters, it was fun to try to make my spelling only slightly more legible than his/hers -daeglo
For God sake, bring back death penality for such crimes. For people like this.. living is a crime! -Lazypete
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I was afraid to click on that
This just in....
A customer called one of my reps, customer said she was having trouble receiving email. After countless trouble shooting steps the customer says "oh, I just want to switch to a different name." My rep says "Go to File, Switch Identity." Customer: Oh, I was afraid to click on that.
WOW is all I have to say.2002-07-02[By: theatergirl7 / 2002-07-02]
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It never ends
First its email then phone calls, then its the spam filters, then its remote wan access, now we need laptops for programmers, make a dns change, walk EU through install, think about patching NT servers, proxy server needs updated, but wait.... Its a HOLIDAY! I'm out of here! Cheers!
2002-07-02[By: Nullifidian / 2002-07-02]
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Pay Your Bill!
A customer calls into Tech Support with several issues. This is the exact cut and paste from the call log:
Customer called in stating that he was unable to
pay his bill for 4 months and thinks that our OEM <changed name> sent him a virus. Advised customer that its a
FEDERAL law for anyone to send a virus to someone else
willingly. Customer stated that he has a 12GB HDD
and now only has 2GB HDD. Asked customer if when
the last time he DFFR if he partitioned the HDD
correctly. Customer stated that that he only did
what the phone tech told him to do. Advised
customer to look at his partition table to make
sure it was correct and if not, to repartition the
HDD, format the parition and reinstall windows.
Customer stated he did not have a problem with a
DFFR. Customer is going to back up data and call
back when he has more time for a DFFR.
2002-07-02[By: Scruff / 2002-07-02]
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common gripe
the ones that start w/ "i'm computer illiterate." this one woman earlier was ...compoota un-liberate. her words not mine. i'm begining to sense a pattern here. it's not that they love to talk to us. they're all just stupid, ignorant inbred bastards w/ nothing better to do. ahhhh venting's so much fun......... that was my zen moment. back to the phones.2002-07-02[By: omegawolf / 2002-07-02]
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how about "computer illegitimate"? ...i've always loved hearing that one... -powdergirl1
It isn't the term that bothers me so much as the obvious pride with which they say it. -Hatedsl
Yep. Just like they're saying "it's okay for me to be stupid, as long as you're willing to work for peanuts." -obie099
Seems to me she is just PLAIN illiterate. -theatergirl7
What an oxymoron. -MadJack
the one bugs me most is "You NEED to walk me thru this...". ...*I* do? -obie099
Love it when they say, "Ah'm computer STOOPID", just wish they were wrong once in a while. Alas, they never are... -hkypipe
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I can't see that
After successfully sharing their desktop through a netmeeting (the painfull details of which we will not revisit), I once again asked which icon was the offending program.EU:That one ME:I'm sorry which one was that again?EU:This one ME: Uh I'm sor Eu: THIS ONE RIGHT HERE!! ME: Are you pointing at the screen?? EU: Well of course I'm pointing at the screen where else would I be pointing?! ME: I can't see you could you just open the program while I watch.EU: well if you can't see me what good will that do?. At this point the user hung up in frustration.2002-07-02[By: iamsyk / 2002-07-02]
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You mean that people on the internet can't see you though the TV screen? And here all this time I've been afraid to go online naked for nothing! -SparcMan
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