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    Too stupid to own a computer?

    Gotta share this with you guys before I go under the bonnet of a site...

    Let me share a little story about a lady, her PC and a power cut.

    Tracey (real names changed to protect the innocent) was sitting at her PC when a power cut hit...

    After 10 minutes or so, she rang the PC store where she had just got her new machine and said...

    T = "Help, my pc just died, what do I do?"
    Store Owner (SO) = "What happened Madam?"
    T = "I was working on my PC when it just died"
    SO = "OK, no panic, is your monitor still working?"
    T = " No"
    SO = " Your printer?"
    T = "No"
    SO = "Are all the cables still firmly connected in the back of the PC?"
    T = "Yup, just checked them"
    SO = " Is it still plug in?"
    T = "Yup"
    SO = "OK, is your TV or something other electrical still working fine?"
    T = "Nope, not since the power cut"
    SO ="OK, I think I know what is wrong, have you still got the original packaging it came it?"
    T= "Yes, is it that serious?"
    SO = "I am afraid so...."
    T =" Oh no"
    SO =" Do not worry, I will sort it, but you must follow the instructions I give you to the letter, so write them down please"
    T =" OK, shoot"
    SO =" Here goes...

    1 Re-pack your PC carefully back inside the box
    2 Seal it with brown tape
    3 Put it into your car
    4 Bring it back to the store
    5 Ask for the senior manager
    6 when he arrives tell him..........

    I AM TOO F$%K^%G STUPID TO OWN A PC PLEASE TAKE IT OFF ME BEFORE I DAMAGE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING!

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    I hope *you* didn't change that name to Tracey?
    Tracey

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      #3
      Originally posted by budgetbumps


      I hope *you* didn't change that name to Tracey?
      Nope....honest guv
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        #4
        sounds like some of my customers

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          #5
          True story. Email received last night.

          (cust) Do you customize scarves?

          (reply from FH) Yes, sometimes, what exactly is it that you require?

          (reply from cust) Customized scarves.



          *falls off chair, etc*
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          For all kinds of football souvenirs and memorabilia.

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            #6
            Some Americans just don't get it huh.

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              #7
              Tell me about it, i had someone email me asking how much £25 would be in dollars i replied approx $50 depending on exchange rates and your credit card company

              They replied no american dollars they do not know what approx is

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                #8
                welcome to my job guys.

                working for a helpdesk which is IT oriented we get similar calls all the time.

                our customers should have the basic it skills (actually their skills should be more than the average user) but we get gems over the phone like:

                "What is desktop"
                "i dont know how to use xxx. i can't read the instructions as there are too many pages. Can you help?" (yeah read the f****g instructions)
                Us: Close down excel and restart the rogram. "i have done that. but i am still getting the same error". Did you close down excel?. "No"
                "i have xx problem.what do i do?" You need winzip. go to their website xx and download it. "how do i download it?" Click the download button. "it asks me to download what do i do?"


                can't remember anymore but will add later probably

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                  #9
                  I sometimes get people arrive at my site and enter "board games" into the quick search.

                  *sigh*

                  Alan Compton
                  www.greenknightgames.co.uk
                  Great board games and cards games you won't find in the High Street

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                    #10
                    Ah but what about these programers who give you a long security code to enter which include easy mistaken numbers and letters like

                    1I
                    0O
                    etc so frustrating and so simple to fix

                    Bloody programers / designers
                    Chris Ashdown

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                      #11
                      ooooooooooooh...and that brings me to online verification codes!! You know..the ones you have to copy to prove you're not some sort of spambot.

                      I know *why* they're used...but half the blooming time *I* can't read them!!

                      Yahoo ones are worst...and I'm having trouble with the facebook ones at present..ohhh..I could go on...but that'd just prove I've spent too much time not working lately
                      Tracey

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by budgetbumps
                        Yahoo ones are worst
                        One of the reason I gave up on Yahoo

                        Alan

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                          #13
                          Once saw a guy in PC World collecting a computer from the service desk - apparently no sound was coming from the speakers.

                          The technician told him it was due to having the "mute" option ticked in the sound options and proceeded to charge him a ludicrous amount of money (£30.00 I think) as they charge a fee just to take a look! Nice


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                            #14
                            oooooh....
                            *considers a career change*
                            Tracey

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                              #15
                              Sometimes you have to force people in to thinking for themselves, hit them in the pocket and next time they may stop and think if they realise that stupidy costs

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