Thursday, July 20, 2006

Tech support

From my email, from Jay:

This ought to make you feel better about your computer skills! If you skip any, you have to read the last one! Unbelievable, but supposedly all true!!!!

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>Tech support: What kind of computer do you have?
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>Female customer: A white one...
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>Customer: Hi, this is Celine. I can't get my diskette out.
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>Tech support: Have you tried pushing the Button?
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>Customer: Yes, sure, it's really stuck.
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>Tech support: That doesn't sound good; I'll make a note.
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>Customer: No, wait a minute... I hadn't inserted it yet... it's still on my desk... sorry....
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>Tech support:
> Click on the 'my computer' icon on to the left of the screen.
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>Customer: Your left or my left?
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>Tech support: Good day. How may I help you?
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>Male customer: Hello... I can't print.
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>Tech support: Would you click on "start" for me and...
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>Customer: Listen pal; don't start getting technical on me! I'm not Bill Gates.

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>Customer: Hi, good afternoon, this is Martha, I can't print. Every time I try, it says 'Can't find printer'. I've even lifted the printer and placed it in front of the monitor, but the computer still says he can't find it...
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>Customer: I have problems printing in red...
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>Tech support: Do you have a color printer?
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>Customer: Aaaah....................thank you.
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>Tech support:
> What's on your monitor now, ma'am?
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>Customer: A teddy bear my boyfriend bought for me at the 7-11.
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>Customer: My keyboard is not working anymore.
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>Tech support: Are you sure it's plugged into the computer?
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>Customer: No. I can't get behind the computer.
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>Tech support: Pick up your keyboard and walk 10 paces back
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>Customer:! OK
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>Tech support: Did the keyboard come with you?
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>Customer: Yes
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>Tech support: That means the keyboard is not plugged in. Is there another keyboard?
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>Customer: Yes, there's another one here. Ah...that one does work...
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>Tech support: Your password is the small letter "a" as in apple, a capital letter V as in Victor, the number 7.
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>Customer: Is that 7 in capital letters?
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>Customer: can't get on the Internet.
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>Tech support: Are you sure you used the right password?
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>Customer: Yes, I'm sure. I saw my colleague do it.
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>Tech support: Can you tell me what the password was?
>Customer: Five stars.
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>Tech support: What anti-virus program do you use?
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>Customer: Netscape.
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>Tech support: That's not an anti-virus program.
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>Customer: Oh, sorry...Internet Explorer.
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>Customer: I have a huge problem. A friend has placed a screen saver on my computer, but every time I move the mouse, it disappears.
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>Tech support: How may I help you?
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>Customer: I'm writing my first e-mail.
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>Tech support: OK, and what seems to be the problem?
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>Customer: Well, I have the letter 'a' in the address, but how do I get the circle around it?
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>A woman customer called the Canon help desk with a problem with her printer.
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>Tech support: Are you running it under windows?
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>Customer: "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 printer is working fine."
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>And last but not least...
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>Tech support: "Okay 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"
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>Customer: I don't have a P.
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>Tech support: On your keyboard, Bob.
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>Customer: What do you mean?
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>Tech support: "P".....on your keyboard, Bob.
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>Customer: I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT!

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