Idiots on the computer?

Question

Any time you feel dumb, don't worry. Check out the following excerpts from a "Wall Street Journal" article by Jim Carlton. Lots of people are dumber than you.

1. Compaq is considering changing the command "Press Any Key" to "Press Return Key" because of the many 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. Another Compaq technician received a call from a man complaining that the system wouldn't read word processing files from his old diskettes. After trouble-shooting for magnets and heat failed to diagnose the problem, it was found that the customer labeled the diskettes by rolling them into a typewriter to type on them.

4. Another AST customer was asked to send a copy of her defective diskettes. A few days later a letter arrived from the customer along with Xeroxed copies of the floppies.

5. 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 then heard putting the phone down, getting up and crossing the room to close the door to his room.

6. Another Dell customer called to say he couldn't get his computer to fax anything. After 40 minutes of trouble-shooting, 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.

7. Another Dell customer needed help setting up a new program, so a Dell tech suggested he go to the local Egghead. "Yeah, I got me a couple of friends," the customer replied. When told "Egghead" was a software store, the man said, "Oh, I thought you meant for me to find a couple of geeks."

8. 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.

9. A Dell technician received a call from a customer who was enraged because his computer had told him he was "bad and an invalid". The tech explained that the computer's "bad command" and "invalid" responses shouldn't be taken personally.

10. An exasperated caller to Dell Computer Tech Support couldn't get her new Dell Computer to turn on. After ensuring that 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.

11. Another customer called Compaq tech support to say her brand-new computer wouldn't work. She said she unpacked the unit, plugged it in, and sat there for 20 minutes waiting for something to happen. When asked what happened when she pressed the power switch, she asked "What power switch?"

12. True story from a Novell NetWire SysOp: Caller: "Hello, is this Tech Support?"

Tech: "Yes, it is. How may I help you?" Caller: "The cup holder on my PC is broken and I am within my warranty period. How do I go about getting that fixed?" Tech: "I'm sorry, but did you say a "cup holder"?" Caller: "Yes, it's attached to the front of my computer." Tech: "Please excuse me if I seem a bit stumped; it's because I am. Did you receive this as part of a promotion, like at a trade show? How did you get this cup holder? Does it have any trademark on it?" Caller: "It came with my computer, I don't know anything about a promotional. It just has '4X' on it."

At this point the Tech Rep had to mute the caller, because he couldn't stand it. The caller had been using the load drawer of the CD-ROM drive as a cup holder, and snapped it off the drive!

Another well-known one that I can add is the true tale of the user who called up complaining that the instructions said to load the four diskettes into "Drive A" but he couldn't possibly get more than two in

Answer 1

ha ha ha funny

Answer 2

How can idiots be on computers? It'a a new generation tool. Older generation finds it a bit difficult but not impossible to work with.It's a boon to society. In fact there should have been
keyboards with different scripts,specially :Devnagari and Chinese scripts. There would have been a very healthy competetion in computer industry. Is it possible?

Answer 3

baby baby baby just delete them and do nothing more,dont email them dont print them just forget the whole idea.why would a guy want pics of his firlfriend in the nude anyway when he can just look at the real thing,what happens when you fall out and it is possible,they may get plastered across the internet or mailed to your family,this can and does happen,what seems now as a harmless bit of fun with a boyfriend can be in the future a very harmful and upsetting scenario.dont lower yourself if your boyfriend loves you he will understand.

Answer 4

How about the man who phoned support as he'd got floppy disks, unwrapped them, and they didn't work. The technician eventually worked out that he was taking the plastic casing off the disk...

Answer 5

There's millions of them, my fave was the guy who explained everything had gone off in the middle of a work session. When asked to check had any wires pulled out the back he explained he couldn't see as they had a power cut.

Answer 6

I can beieve it, I used to sell eBooks on a well known website, and people thought that an 'eBook' was a computer which cost 99p. Would love to buy a Sony Vaio for 99p...

Answer 7

I feel so bad for people like that especially # 8

Answer 8

Ha ha ha.!!!
The world is full of idiots.!!!
Brilliant ones again.!!!
10/10 for a laugh Mog.!!!
Cheers man.!!!

Answer 9

Very funny !!!! ... I like !!!

People are dumb !!

By the way, why does Yahoo keep telling me ," No spam " when I can't even cook ??

Answer 10

well now you how thick i am
i thought you knew me and wrote a book about me
when i read these

well it shows you though at least i can laugh at myself

thanks for a great laugh

lmfao thanks

Answer 11

howd i mass miss number 8? lol