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[amc11890]

http://rinkworks.com/stupid/

[mudmanc4]

    Thanks for the laugh, some of that is insane, and others are typical. A  must keep link. 

[dlewis23]

[Conuck]

Some of those are pretty funny!

[NegativeTilt]

omg.....thats what i needed.....thanx

[Roco]

I got a freebie customer  who thinks the hard drive is the computer , she had near on filled up her*10/10GB  hard drive , so I said you really need a bigger hard drive , she said oh no ,it wont fit in my cabinet 
she saves nothing to "D" as she dosn't have any floppy disks ,  ,

[mudmanc4]

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I got a freebie customer  who thinks the hard drive is the computer , she had near on filled up her*10/10GB  hard drive , so I said you really need a bigger hard drive , she said oh no ,it wont fit in my cabinet 
she saves nothing to "D" as she dosn't have any floppy disks ,  ,

Thats hilarious, I know some one who cannot grasp the concept that the HDD is not the big black box w/ the light on it. Even showed them a HDD a dozen times. I love it.

[Roco]

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Thats hilarious, I know some one who cannot grasp the concept that the HDD is not the big black box w/ the light on it. Even showed them a HDD a dozen times. I love it.

Are we sharing the same customer 

[Laragorn]

I had the exact thing today  A lady called and said her friend gave her a 'hard drive' but it didnt have a motherboard 

[Conuck]

Laragorn, Welcome to the forum. Hope you enjoy your stay here and tell your friends about us.

[tommie gorman]

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I had the exact thing today  A lady called and said her friend gave her a 'hard drive' but it didnt have a motherboard 

Welcome to the forum Laragorn 
So did you sell her a mother board 

[Roco]

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Welcome to the forum Laragorn
So did you sell her a mother board 

just hope it wasn't a menopausal one  I heard they can be a bitch to work with


And welcome Laragorn , 
Regards
Roco  UK

[MysticKnightoftheSea]

I think this will get you to a copy of Rod Shelley's documentary evidence of how customers do things ... WRONG!

http://unix.rulez.or...s/stupid_users/

Had an email converse w/ the man & he is quite nice, but is done with tech support from both directions - supportees & management

Enjoy!

[tommie gorman]

Welcome to the forum MysticKnightofth 

Nice find there.    I truly like the double the C.D. one my  self, I feel really stupid when I do that. ( but I always catch that one myself. 

[Roco]

Hi Guys just got back from a freebie call out  11pm GMT

the lady in question, had signed up to NTL UK cable  a few weeks back after being on 56K dial up , it was the usual cock up by the installer , and he did not have the sign up details,
on day 2 I got called in , got the details , loaded an antivirus & firewall , did a speed test or 2 , reset the rwin , lite the fuse and escaped ,
a day back I got a call , I cant connect to the internet or mail , and she had phoned NTL , but the guy was a idiot , and no help  , I think he got some abuse ,

So this evening I went over , she was still complainuing of not being able to connect ,
so I turn on the puter having noticed the modem lights were ok ,
first thing I see is NO SIGNAL on the flat screen moniter , the puter loads up with the correct bleep , with a black screen  checked the vid lead it was OK
yeah, the vid card had failed , the puter had onboard graphics as well as the Nvidia card (Asrock m/b ) so I got it up running after a bios change,

she said you ar clever , why couldnt the NTL Guy have told me that , I told him I could not connect to NTL , 

[granpa]

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Hi Guys just got back from a freebie call out  11pm GMT

the lady in question,

she said you ar clever 

So what else is going to break down????    And are you now on call in an instant? 

[Roco]

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So what else is going to break down????   And are you now on call in an instant? 

Hi grandpa , yeah,  on call 24 hrs  ,
the only cure for this I guess is to  is to start charging , I got caught in this trap working for a charity for the elderly , and bless them they passed on my contact number  to all , but in all fairness it has been a good learning curve for me , and a pay back for all the good things I have gained from computers and the internet , like TMN etc. and friends from around the world , how do you put a price on that ?

[granpa]

Roco,

Your right on that price, nothing like something to keep you on your toes thinking and then the satisfaction of a thank you smile.    Many I know never thought I would be one to use a computer let alone build my own. Well if you break it you fix it. 

[Roco]

Hi grandpa , I got my first real computer at 54y , so I ain't looking for a Career  in fixing computers, just more than happy with the international friendship that it can give , just like this contact , I grew up in the days of post meaning sticking a stamp on a letter 
BTW I build my own also, but with the UK prices , the next one will be a while yet 
   

[granpa]

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Hi grandpa , I got my first real computer at 54y , so I ain't looking for a Career  in fixing computers, just more than happy with the international friendship that it can give , just like this contact , I grew up in the days of post meaning sticking a stamp on a letter 
BTW I build my own also, but with the UK prices , the next one will be a while yet 
   

I got my first one when I was just going on 50. I could bring you one but I don't think my canoe is big  enough.