My wife used to work in phone support. A guy called in saying he couldn’t get his computer to turn off. He was working with it for half an hour and couldn’t figure it out. My wife told him to press the power button, and he interrupted by ranting, “I already did that, weren’t you listening?” including a foul word or two. She finally phrased it differently, “Press and hold for 5 seconds”. 6 seconds later, “Oh?”>Click<.
My wife often wonders why it is that only stupid people (for the most part) call. I told her because the smart ones can figure it out on their own, or have smart friends. The idiot whose “cat must have turned off the modem”, is the one that calls in.
There was this group of people in a car pool. The car stalled at a stop sign. All kinds of suggestions were given as to what to do. The computer guy said: “Push the ‘reset’ button”.
wizzo10 about 9 years ago
Come on Emo, get with the program
Wenthral about 9 years ago
As a pc support guy I can honestly say that I have seen this for real… several times…
jtviper7 about 9 years ago
That’s called a 1 RE-BOOT.
neverenoughgold about 9 years ago
Leave it off and go read a book…
battycomic Premium Member about 9 years ago
Computers work a heck of a lot better when they’re turned on, Eno.
Jeff0811 about 9 years ago
My wife used to work in phone support. A guy called in saying he couldn’t get his computer to turn off. He was working with it for half an hour and couldn’t figure it out. My wife told him to press the power button, and he interrupted by ranting, “I already did that, weren’t you listening?” including a foul word or two. She finally phrased it differently, “Press and hold for 5 seconds”. 6 seconds later, “Oh?”>Click<.
My wife often wonders why it is that only stupid people (for the most part) call. I told her because the smart ones can figure it out on their own, or have smart friends. The idiot whose “cat must have turned off the modem”, is the one that calls in.
Fuzzy Thinker Premium Member about 9 years ago
There was this group of people in a car pool. The car stalled at a stop sign. All kinds of suggestions were given as to what to do. The computer guy said: “Push the ‘reset’ button”.