Author: allan johnson
Date: 02:57:33 05/07/99
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On May 05, 1999 at 18:25:00, Mark Ryan wrote: > >>I >>have a technician friend who received a phone call from someone wanting to >>access the Internet and asked what needed to be done. He gave the person a >>toll-free phone number and told them to ask for their free kit and install it on >>their computer. "Computer! You people are all the same! Always trying to sell >>something we don't want!", and promptly hung up on my friend's face. >> >>> >>> Nowadays when I >>>tell someone to "drag and drop" a file from one folder to another, I sometimes >>>get responses like "I don't see anything that says 'dragon drop' on my screen". > > >I once called a help line to ask what I said was a "stupid" question. The >technician replied that my question was not stupid. He said that the most >frequent question he kept getting at his help line was: "Hey, Mister, the >computer keeps saying PRESS ANY KEY TO CONTINUE, but I can't the ANY key on my >keyboard." Oh yes good one! allan
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