SO YOU THINK YOU ARE TECHNICALLY CHALLENGED?
THINK AGAIN!!
Take heart, anyone among you who believes you are technologically challenged,
you "ain't seen nuthin' yet." This is an excerpt from a "Wall Street Journal"
article.


1. Compaq is considering changing the command "Press Any Key" to "Press
Return Key" because of the flood of calls asking where the "Any" key is.

2. AST technical support had a caller complaining that her mouse was hard to
control with the dust cover on. The cover turned out to be the plastic bag
the mouse was packaged in.

3. A Dell technician advised his customer to put his troubled floppy back in
the drive and close the door. The customer asked the tech to hold on and
was heard putting the phone down, getting up and crossing the room to close
the door.

4. Another Dell customer called to say he couldn't get his computer to fax
anything. After 40 minutes of troubleshooting, the technician discovered
the man was trying to fax a piece of paper by holding it in front of the
monitor screen and hitting the "send" key.

5. Yet another Dell customer called to complain that his keyboard no longer
worked. He had cleaned it by filling up his tub with soap and water and
soaking the keyboard for a day, then removing all the keys and washing them
individually.

6. A confused caller to IBM was having trouble printing documents. He told
the technician that the computer had said it "couldn't find printer" The user
had also tried turning the computer screen to face the printer but that
his computer still couldn't "see" the printer.

7. An exasperated caller to Dell Tech Support couldn't get her new Dell
Computer to turn on. After ensuring the computer was plugged in,
the technician asked her what happened when
she pushed the power button.
Her response, "I pushed and pushed on this foot pedal and nothing happens."
The "foot pedal" turned out to be the computer's mouse.

8. A woman called the Canon help desk with a problem with her printer. The
tech asked her if she was running it under "Windows." The woman responded,
"No, my desk is next to the door. But that is a good point.
The man sitting in the cubicle next to me is under
a window and his printer is working fine."

9. Tech Support: "O.K. Bob, let's press control and escape keys at the same
time. That brings up a task list in the middle of the screen. Now type the
letter "P" to bring up the Program Manager."
Customer: "I don't have a "P".
Tech: "On your keyboard, Bob."
Customer: "What do you mean?"
Tech: ""P" on your keyboard, Bob."
Customer: "I'm not going to do that!!!"

You made my day. Great message!

Welcome to TalkVegas JHT!
Thanks for posting!

But Lee, what does it mean when someone says that their computer went down on them???

With all my years of servicing PC's I have seen some doozies. I had one of the girls in the Marketing Dept. at the bank that I am onsite with, come get me and said her computer was acting up. I went over there and it would beep 3 times and then nothing else. I know how to interpret standard beep codes but this one was really acting weird. After about 45 minutes of checking books and the internet to check the beep code, she finally says, "Could it have anything to do with me spilling water in the keyboard yesterday?" I picked up the keyboard and about a half cup of water came out. Then she said, " But it worked fine for the rest of the day" Yes, she was blonde!! At a WalMart snack bar somebody spilled a pitcher of water in the keyboard of the register. Since I didn't have the exact keyboard as a spare, I took it apart and cleaned it out and dried it. After getting it working again, I called in to close the call. When the girl asked what the fix was, I told her "I dehydrated keyboard!" But if people knew how to take care of their PC's, I wouldn't have a job.

Layne,
See Stupidity can be a good thing!
LOL

Layne....I used to work in field service on computers and electronic typewriters and can relate to some of the calls that you get. Some people simply amaze me that they are able to put on their shoes in the morning and make it to work, not to mention what they do to a computer. :rolleyes:

Ralph....I was looking for your St. Pats day pub report.....but I can't find it! I know you where there! lol

Lee....It was a great day of Guinness consumption. Fado's is a nice little Irish Pub not as big as the one at The Orleans, but great beer like any great Irish Pub. I sent you an email from my mobile phone yesterday telling you that I was there, did you get it?

Ralph,
Ofcourse I got it.....how do you think I "KNOW" you where there????

Neat Huh....Now I can email Las Vegas info directly to you from the place I'm at through my new toy. And as soon as I get the computer adapter I can use my mobile phone as a modem on my laptop and then I can log right into the web and Talk Vegas and post on the board from my favorite Irish Pub or casino.

That's great Ralph....just so long as your not typing in any jibberish!
Live pub reports? Hmmm this could get scary! LOL

How dry I am....
How wet I'll be....
If I don't find....
That bathroom key....

99 bottles of beer on the wall....
99 bottles of beer....
Take one down, pass it around....
98 bottles of beer on the wall....

Oh sheeit.....Howsh 'bout anudder Guinnesh barkeep.

eggs-Zack-lee,

Ralph, Your welcome to join us at the Palm at 11:30am Saturday the 23 for lunch and a couple of cocktails, and tall stories!

Oppps....Guess I missed that one. Thanks anyway Lee, but I was at the lake, damn boat always dictates what I do with my weekends. LOL