by cccamper » Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:52 pm
i was in special Mac support for years for the admin offices at MU (MO) kinda fun..... had to hand hold one on one. no such thing as downtime for them but they ragged about the charge which i'm sure was minimal.
anyway, in the early '90s there was a phone tech <=> consumer phone call written up. frankly we know it actually could happen. i would give anything to find a copy of that.
consumer was female of course, tech male. she calls because she can't get her pc to come back on. she's dutiful and follows directions. unplug and replug everything. try buttons again. etc etc
ends up she can't see, her lamp isn't working (yeah you know) goes to the refrigerator. yes. opens the door... the light won't come on.....
it became obvious the power was out.
the tech continues to give explicit step by step instructions - get the box it came in... told her how to pack it up....she wants to know how this is going to help.
totally frazzled the tech loses his control and screams at the woman.
NOW TAKE IT TO THE POST OFFICE AND SEND IT BACK, LADY. YOU ARE TOO STUPID TO OWN A COMPUTER!
that's not the story, just a sketch so if anyone has a copy of it they will recognize what i'm talking about.
and now they pay me to not work.... at least for a year or two until the gov't decides they will knock out SSDI to save money!
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