Ôlîvêr Çhës†© 203,475 12
01/31/2005 07:12 PM

fdisk?

Blue-Footed Boobie: Boob Moosary 21,744 10
01/31/2005 07:15 PM

Holy Shakespeare, you can pick up the mouse!

Mr Fook 4,016 9
01/31/2005 07:39 PM

It's funny how anybody can have acess to such incredible technology yet hardly anyone knows anything about it.





Yeap. Funny.

Delicious Lesbian Sea Turtle® 156,790 17
01/31/2005 07:40 PM

Funniest thing at work? Getting fired then posting about it on GAB.

The Prunetang 701 9
01/31/2005 07:45 PM

Who got fired? Certainly not I.

The Omniscient BobJohnson 178,045 22
01/31/2005 07:57 PM

I've posted lots about customers from when I did tech support for a few months.



One of my favorites is a woman who had an email bounce back to her. She spent half-an-hour explaining that the church secretary hated her and was blocking her emails without letting me get a word in. It was a long, rambling story.



When she finally stopped talking, I explained that if she resent it without the "www." at the start of the email address, it would probably make it through.

The Prunetang 701 9
01/31/2005 08:02 PM

Classic, Bob. I had another customer call me demanding that I cancel her subscription to reader's digest. I made mention that she actually called Dell and not reader's digest... She didn't even care. "I don't give a Frost who you are!! Cancel my damned subscription Emerson!!!". "Lady, I can't cancel that, but I can sell you a computer......". click......

REAPERR-FU 12,363 11
01/31/2005 08:03 PM

So now our Frostin calls to Dell are posted on GAB.

Dogs Akimbo 211,569 32
01/31/2005 08:06 PM

Dude! You're getting a thread!

The Prunetang 701 9
01/31/2005 08:07 PM

Well, the only way your call to Dell would be posted is if you acted like a complete imbecile on the phone. Don't call Dell after huffing gas and I think you should be fine.

The Omniscient BobJohnson 178,045 22
01/31/2005 08:20 PM

I like Dell tech support.



I was trying to reinstall Windows ME on an old computer I had and it crashed every single time. The current install was corrupt. I wanted to reinstall it without reformating so I could backup, before doing a proper reinstall. But the install just kept crashing.



I spent exactly 8 billion hours Googling for a solution, but I couldn't find one.



I finally sent an email to Dell Support, and in approximately 2 hours Fdfskljalsdfslj;asfdlkfjs Smithfashdkfhskhfs emailed me back explaining I had to delete some Outlook Express .dlls before reinstalling Windows. . . . which, of course, makes absolutely no sense. . . but it did solve my problem.



That guy is brilliant. I totally would have recomended him for promotion if I thought I could type his name without breaking my keyboard.

Whistler P. McManus 186,021 44
01/31/2005 08:48 PM

I'm with Bob. My Dell laptop (actually, the company owns it) had a bad something or other, and Vijay Patel diagnosed it correctly over the phone, then had Fed Ex come and pick it up.



When I complained that it wasn't back on time, they apologized profusely and sent me a really spiffy Kensington backpack laptop case for free (retail value: $69!).



A day or two later, the computer came back all better. Of course, my company probably pays Dell a couple of trillion dollars a year for hardware and service, so your mileage as an individual consumer may vary.

Nik Pan 30,762 12
01/31/2005 09:17 PM

God. Damn. It. Why am I always the one to do this?

Wonder Bread (now past its expiration date) 3,319 10
01/31/2005 10:34 PM

Sometimes, I really want to clickie a post, but my mouse isn't able to reach the icon!

Frogpop 173,153 25
01/31/2005 10:43 PM

Yeah, I think I've even heard that story before on here, Napkin. Still, doesn't mean it didn't happen to him. There are plenty of dumb people to go around. Plus, he did remove all the FWD:'s.

Mr. Briham 38,843 10
01/31/2005 10:51 PM

Yeah, I looked at the link, and although some stories were similar, none were the same, so we really can't accuse him of plagiarism. That's good for Prunetang, but bad for the human race. It's sad that there are so many people who do dumb stuff like that.

Calliope 927 10
02/01/2005 01:37 AM

This summer I pissed off the tech support people when I called about my Internet connection and had to keep hanging up to try their suggestions because I only have one phone line.

The Reverend Oliver Chest 203,475 12
02/01/2005 01:41 AM

What, do you live in 1992?

Just Chit till Presidents Day 178,776 15
02/01/2005 02:21 AM

It's sad that a lot of older people find PC's so different from devices that they are accustomed to, that it keeps them from learning it seems.



When I tried to show my old man how to just operate a mouse, I got so flustered I had to walk away. He couldn't double click, without picking the whole mouse up and putting it back down again.



Typing was a bitch for him as well on an electric typewriter. However he can beat the hell out of the keys on an old manual typewriter, to the point that if you are in a neighboring room it sounds like small arms fire.



If office workers today, had to use old typewriters, we would have to go back to ignoring carpal tunnel syndrome like we used to, or everyone would be on disability, because that Shakespeare was a workout.

millie 116,988 28
02/01/2005 02:24 AM

At least you are speaking to people over a phone and you can roll your eyes, or cover the receiver and laugh. Try dealing with dumb people face to face.



All I can do is smile (unless they are being so dumb that I'm afraid I'll laugh), and pretend they are from another planet and don't understand the ways of earth.



Most really stupid people don't look dumb. I've noticed a lot of well-dressed, seemingly educated people are the ones that ask the stupidest questions.



It's tough being nice to customers; I use up all my niceness and I'm mean the rest of the time.

Frogpop 173,153 25
02/01/2005 02:27 AM

<action>wears a flannel shirt around his waist</action>At least the Simpsons are still funny.

Frogpop 173,153 25
02/01/2005 02:30 AM

<action>also opens threads in new windows, minimizes them, and then forgets about them for half an hour or so, which may have a negative effect on his comedic timing.</action>dur.

Just Chit till Presidents Day 178,776 15
02/01/2005 02:36 AM

Millie, I learned from Peter Sellers in the movie "Being There" that if ever in a sticky situation like you describe, it helps to carry around a remote control from home, that you can just pull out, point it at them, and select another channel.

Ana ismee Piemaster - Filly stalking since 2004 12,538 15
02/01/2005 02:58 AM

Mice are merely toys. The command line is much more efficient.

The Prunetang 701 9
02/01/2005 03:15 AM

That is sad Briham. I posted this from personal experience and never even thought for a moment that this was an epidemic problem that has been splattered around the internet. Wow!!! That's all I can say. Maybe my whole life is plagiarized..haha. Anyways, there is an idependent firm that monitors and records every call made to the sales department based in Colorado....you know, to analize and put through checks to make sure mail order rules and whatnot were not compromised. I would love to get ahold of some of those..haha Who is for putting a crack team together and stealing some phone calls?

The Prunetang 701 9
02/01/2005 04:22 AM

ummm.... I guess just me.

I should learn to quit while I am ahead( sort of).

Sylvester 4,465 9
02/01/2005 05:39 AM

If you accept a belch over a callblock, you might be a redneck.



Okay, this actually happened to someone I called during a radio survey in Atlanta. I won't go into too many details other than saying that too much Diet Pepsi was getting through to that callblock.



The amazing thing was that HE DID THE SURVEY AFTER HE ACCEPTED THE BELCH.

Chickens Come Home Mon 286,527 61
02/01/2005 09:45 AM

God. Damn. It. Why am I always the one to do this?



Cause you're the only one who has the entire internet memorized?

Dogs Akimbo 211,569 32
02/01/2005 11:17 AM

Who is for putting a crack team together



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