Oldies vs ComputersAs someone who is "good with computers" I get a lot of calls from people who've got problems. Some of them even have problems with their computers.
Back many years ago working for a telecoms company, I was called to a senior secretary who "had put a disk into the drive and couldn't get it out". She had one of the first Mac II machines with two drive slots. But only one drive.
Opening up the case revealed stacks of floppy disks that she'd been posting through the hole in the case for weeks. She'd only decided there was a problem when her boss wanted one of them back...
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chthonic, Fri 22 Sep 2006, 13:58)
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Email woesMy wife works for a woman who claims to have extensive computer knowledge, but has quite plainly lied through her back teeth. Point in question? When sending e-mails, she abbreviates elements to suit herself. Say for example, "[email protected]" will be appreviated to “[email protected]”
“Why don’t they arrive? The address is close enough”
I’m sure she thinks there’s an email lackey reading every email sent, working out the address and trying to decipher them. Despite the importance of filling the email address in as full, as she has it, being explained time and time again, she still refuses to concede.
Another was a person I used to work with. Job requirements, “must be proficient in Microsoft windows”
Me – “Create a new folder on the desktop”
Her – “how do I do that then?”
Cue my heart sinking, knowing it’s going to be a long, long, telephone conversation as we try to do one of the most complicated file copy / rename / fix’s in some of the most bug ridden software I knew.
Usual b3ta closing crap regarding length etc to close. Also, I'd like to point out to all people rushing for "first!!!111" I never read your names. parp!
(, Tue 26 Sep 2006, 15:29, Reply)
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