Oldies vs ComputersAs someone who is "good with computers" I get a lot of calls from people who've got problems. Some of them even have problems with their computers.
Back many years ago working for a telecoms company, I was called to a senior secretary who "had put a disk into the drive and couldn't get it out". She had one of the first Mac II machines with two drive slots. But only one drive.
Opening up the case revealed stacks of floppy disks that she'd been posting through the hole in the case for weeks. She'd only decided there was a problem when her boss wanted one of them back...
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chthonic, Fri 22 Sep 2006, 13:58)
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I used to work for a company that worked for AOL......and it was our job to refer people and send out discs and whatnot. Anyhoo, this man who sounded in his fifties rang up in a terrible rage shouting that his computer had accused him of being a criminal and engaging in illegal acts while using AOL. Obviously what had happened was that he'd crashed the browser with the usual "illegal operation" type of message had popped up and he'd taken it at face value.
Old cunt wouldn't be talked out of it, either...
Also while at the same place I worked with a chap called David who was a bit deaf (not ideal for working on the phones, and meant he talked far too loud) and we took a call on another contract for a PC manufacturer. The caller wanted to buy a gaming PC and spend about £3000 on it, so Dave hits the mute button on his phone (or thinks he does) and says "This bloke wants to spend £3000 on a PC!", which the caller irately picks him up on. Dave's wonderfully honest excuse was "I'm sorry, you weren't supposed to hear that.". Duh.
Also, to the poster below, I know all about Scottish people and their letter "JYE".
(, Mon 25 Sep 2006, 20:37, Reply)
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