here are some conversations and quotes by people that know nothing(if you would like to know the definition of nothing see my past thread) about technology.
# Tech Support: "What type of systems do you have?"
# Customer: "I have four. A Pentium 200, a Pentium 66, a Pentium 33, and a laptop."
# Tech Support: "I don't think Intel ever made a Pentium 33."
# Customer: "It's a 486 Pentium."
# Tech Support: "Um, did you mean to say 486SX or 486DX?"
# Customer: "It's a 486DX Pentium."
# "My computer won't work. You guys must have broken it when you installed the modem."
# Tech Support: "What happens when you turn it on?"
# Customer: "It won't turn on anymore!!!!!"
# Tech Support: "So you don't see any lights or hear any noise?"
# Customer: "I'm telling you it WON'T TURN ON."
# Tech Support: "Is it plugged in?
# Customer: "OF COURSE it's plugged in, you MORON!"
# Tech Support: "When you push the power button it--"
# Customer: "Power button? This computer doesn't have a power button."
# Tech Support: "Sir, all computers have power buttons. Look at the front of the case, find the word 'power,' and push the button."
# Customer: "YOU FIXED IT!! Thanks!!!!"
I had this conversation recently with a lady who swore she had been using computers since forever.
* Tech Support: "All right. Now click 'OK'."
* Customer: "Click 'OK'?"
* Tech Support: "Yes, click 'OK'."
* Customer: "Click 'OK'?"
* Tech Support: "That's right. Click 'OK'."
* Customer: "So I click 'OK', right?"
* Tech Support: "Right. Click 'OK'."
Pause.
* Customer: "I clicked 'Cancel'."
* Tech Support: "YOU CLICKED 'CANCEL'???"
* Customer: "That's what I was supposed to do, right?"
* Tech Support: "No, you were supposed to click 'OK'."
* Customer: "I thought you said to click 'Cancel'."
* Tech Support: "NO. I said to click 'OK'."
* Customer: "Oh."
* Tech Support: "Now we have to start over."
* Customer: "Why?"
* Tech Support: "Because you clicked 'Cancel'."
* Customer: "Wasn't I supposed to click 'Cancel'?"
* Tech Support: "No. Forget that. Let's start from the top."
* Customer: "Ok."
I spent the next fifteen minutes re-constructing the carefully crafted setup for this lady's unique computer.
* Tech Support: "All right. Now, are you ready to click 'OK'?"
* Customer: "Yes."
* Tech Support: "Great. Now click 'OK'."
Pause.
* Customer: "I clicked 'Cancel'."
And people wonder why my mouse pad has a target on it labeled "BANG HEAD HERE."
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Don't worry Gubba, I laughed at it. All that sounded like me and my cousin (she know absolutely nothing about computers).