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Old 17th August 2007, 19:48   #1 (permalink)
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Computer Skills




This ought to make you feel better about your computer skills! If you skip any, you have to read the last one! Unbelievable, but supposedly all true!!!!




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Tech support:
What kind of computer do you have?
Female customer: A white one...
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Customer:
Hi, this is Maureen. I can't get my diskette out.
Tech support:
Have you tried pushing the Button?
Customer:
Yes, sure, it's really stuck.
Tech support:
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....
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Tech support:
Click on the 'my computer' icon on to the left of the screen.
Customer:
Your left or my left?


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Tech support:
Good day. How may I help you?
Male customer:
Hello... I can't print.
Tech support:
Would you click on "start" for me and.
Customer:
Listen pal; don't start getting technical on me! I'm not Bill Gates.


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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 he can't find it...

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Customer:
I have problems printing in red...
Tech support:
Do you have a color printer?
Customer:
Aaaah...................thank you.


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Tech support:
What's on your monitor now, ma'am?
Customer:
A teddy bear my boyfriend bought for me at Woolies.


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Customer:
My keyboard is not working anymore.
Tech support:
Are you sure it's plugged into the computer?
Customer:
No. I can't get behind the computer.
Tech support:
Pick up your keyboard and walk 10 paces back.
Customer:
! OK
Te ch support:
Did the keyboard come with you?
Customer: Yes

Tech support:
That means the keyboard is not plugged in. Is there another keyboard?
Customer:
Yes, there's another one here. Ah...that one does work..


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Tech support:
Your password is the small letter "a" as in apple, a capital letter V as in Victor, the number 7.
Customer:
Is that 7 in capital letters ?

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Customer:
can't get on the Internet.
Tech support:
Are you sure you used the right password?
Customer:
Yes, I'm sure. I saw my colleague do it.
Tech support:
Can you tell me what the password was?
Customer:
Five stars.

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Tech support:
What anti-virus program do you use?
Customer:
Netscape.
Tech support:
That's not an anti-virus program.
Customer:
Oh, sorry...Internet Explorer.


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Customer:
I have a huge problem. A friend has placed a screen saver on my
computer, but every time I move the mouse, it disappears.


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Tech support:
How may I help you?
Customer:
I'm writing my first e-mail.
Tech support:
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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A woman customer called the Canon help desk with a problem with her printer.
Tech support:
Are you running it under windows?
Custom er:
"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."

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And last but not least...


Tech support:
"Okay Colin, let's press the 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 support:
On your keyboard, Colin.
Customer:
What do you mean?
Tech support:
"P".....on your keyboard, Colin.
Customer:
I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT!!





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