Cardin Carmack
ccarmack(a)peganet.com
>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.
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 trouble-shooting, 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. 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 as a cup holder.
8. 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, I 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.