I don't ask for much...

[ebtb.livejournal.com]

...but today I've had nothing but people who can't A.) complete a sentence and/or B.) can give me a straight answer.

Me: Which program are you using?
User: It's um... the uh... I bought the uh.... uh... oh, I purchased the.... uh.... oh, what is it called... um.... the....uh.... I am using the.... uh.....how should I put this? A  few days ago, I uh.... oh, geez... what's it called.....

HOW SHOULD YOU PUT WHAT? YOU HAVEN'T TOLD ME ANYTHING! Seriously, I've had at least 10 calls where they uh me to death for the first 3 minutes of the call.  My other gem today...

Me: Which operating system are you using?
User: The latest.
Me: Well, Vista is the latest. Are you using that?
User: No, I don't have the Vista.  I'm using the XP.
Me: ...

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[snarl817.livejournal.com]

I hate that.
Q: "Which version are you running?"
A: "The most current."
Q: "Current as of WHEN?"
A: "The last time we patched the system, duh!"

More often than not, it turns out that the system was patched 2 years ago. When I ask for the version, I want a NUMBER, not a fucking GUESS.

[syberghost.livejournal.com]

I had this conversation with texasjean once:

tj: Did you see the latest from the... big big thingamadoojie?

me: uhm..... Hubble Space Telescope? (I might just as well have said "Fred MacMurry", I was just guessing.)

tj: Yeah, that's it!

[the-xtina.livejournal.com]

Grr.

X: What version are you using?
C: Latest and greatest!
X: So, 2008?
C: ...no, 2006.  *cough*

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

The best thing about this line is that if they say "Yeah!", there's an instant followup with "We don't support that yet because it hasn't been released."

[tregare.livejournal.com]

/me giggles insanely

"User: No, I don't have the Vista. I'm using the XP."

Makes Vista sound like a disease :)

[guinevere33.livejournal.com]

My boyfriend, who is otherwise a perfectly sane and technically competent man, LOVES Vista. He's gone so far as to proclaim it the first fully functional OS Microsoft has ever produced.

This makes my brain hurt.

[liber-cogito.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean, sorta. Everytime I meet someone who seems really cool and geeky, one out of five of them has to end up being a microsoft fanboy/girl that actually likes Vista. It's so... upsetting.

[loosechanj.livejournal.com]

You need a new one of those.

[tregare.livejournal.com]

Nope, I'm not :) Vista is teh suck!

Hee.

[soberloki.livejournal.com]

Me: Which operating system are you using?
User: The latest.
Me: Well, Vista is the latest. Are you using that?
User: No, I don't have the Vista. I'm using the XP.

You: Are you on the drugs? The crack cocaine, perhaps?