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- Maybe this is the reason tech
- support is being outsourced overseas:
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- Helpdesk: What kind of computer do
- you have?
-
- Customer: A white one...
-
- *****
-
- Customer: Hi, this is Rose. I can't
- get my diskette out.
-
- Helpdesk: Have you tried pushing the
- button?
-
- Customer: Yes, sure, it's really
- stuck.
-
- Helpdesk: That doesn't sound good;
- I'll make a note..."
-
- Customer: No ... wait a minute... I
- hadn't inserted it yet ... it's
- still on my desk ... Sorry ....
-
- ******
-
- Helpdesk: Click on the 'My Computer'
- icon on to the left of the screen.
-
- Customer: Your left or my left?
-
- ******
-
- Helpdesk: Good day. How may I help
- you?
-
- Male customer: Hello ... I can't
- print.
-
- Helpdesk: Would you click on start
- for me and...
-
- Customer: Listen pal; don't start
- getting technical on me! I'm not
- Bill Gates, damn it!
-
- ******
-
- Customer: Hi, good afternoon, this is
- Martha, I can't print. Every time
- I try, it says 'Can't find
- printer'. I've even lifted the
- printer and placed it in front of
- the monitor, but the computer
- still says it can't find it ....
-
- ******
-
- Customer: I have problems printing in
- red...
-
- Helpdesk: Do you have a color printer?
-
- Customer: Aaaah ... Thank you.
-
- ******
-
- Helpdesk: What's on your monitor now
- ma'am?
-
- Customer: A teddy bear my boyfriend
- bought for me in the supermarket.
-
- ******
-
- Customer: My keyboard is not working
- anymore.
-
- Helpdesk: Are you sure it's plugged
- into the computer?
-
- Customer: No. I can't get behind the
- computer.
-
- Helpdesk: Pick up your keyboard and
- walk 10 paces back.
-
- Customer: Okay.
-
- Helpdesk: Did the keyboard come with
- you?
-
- Customer: Yes.
-
- Helpdesk: That means the keyboard is
- not plugged in. Is there another
- keyboard?
-
- Customer: Yes, there's another one
- here. Ah ... that one does work!
-
- ******
-
- Helpdesk: Your password is the small
- letter a as in apple, a capital
- letter V as in Victor, and the
- number 7.
-
- Customer: Is that 7 in capital
- letters?
-
- ******
-
- A customer couldn't get on the
- Internet:
-
- Helpdesk: Are you sure you used the
- right password?
-
- Customer: Yes I'm sure. I saw my
- colleague do it.
-
- Helpdesk: Can you tell me what the
- password was?
-
- Customer: Five stars.
-
- [*****]
-
- Helpdesk: What anti-virus program do
- you use?
-
- Customer: Netscape.
-
- Helpdesk: That's not an anti-virus
- program.
-
- Customer: Oh, sorry... Internet
- Explorer.
-
- ******
-
- Customer: I have a huge problem. A
- friend has put a screensaver on my
- computer, but every time I move
- the mouse, it disappears!
-
- ******
-
- Helpdesk: How may I help you?
-
- Customer: I'm writing my first
- e-mail.
-
- Helpdesk: OK, and, what seems to be
- the problem?
-
- Customer: Well, I have the letter 'a'
- in the address, but how do I get
- the circle around it?
-
- ******
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