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Our IT support guy has been in the job since 1979, and never misses an opportunity to pick up a mouse and say "Hello computer" into it, Star Trek-style. Tell us your tales from the IT support cupboard, either from within or without.

(, Thu 24 Sep 2009, 12:45)
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This guy calls up, american chap, sounded a bit stoned but to me, most americans sound a bit stoned
"yeah I was using the (fancy insurance claim application I can't remember the name of now) and then I noticed this bug on my screen"

"A bug?"
"yeah, a real big one, like a spider or something"
"You're calling because there's a bug sitting on your monitor?"
"No, not on the screen, IN the screen, down near the bottom"
"what happens when you turn the screen off?"
"It goes dark, I can't see it"
"Hmm, I think maybe you should call the janitor"
"ok, hey I turned the screen back on, the bugs flashing at me now"

"flashing?" (visions of a spider with a dirty mac float through my brain"

"yeah, just blinking"
"Can you click on it with the mouse?"
"lemme try, oh now it says "printer out of ink""


Mystery solved
(, Fri 25 Sep 2009, 23:04, Reply)

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