Flashy flashy flashy...

[attackgypsy.livejournal.com]

(working for large cable company)

Caller (Grumpy Old Man): The PC light on my modem keeps flashing...
Me: Okay, it can do that. Do you have an internet connection
C: Yeah.
M: Ok, that light will flash on and off.
C: It never did that before.
M: Sir, if it never did that before, it wasn't working right. When it flashes, its working.
C: You're lying.
M: Excuse me, sir?
C: You're lying. Its flashing and its driving me crazy. I want it to stop now. I want your supervisor!
M: Hold one moment please.

Sup comes on, and says the exact same thing. And then the old man demands his supervisor.

All for a flashing light.

*headdesk headdesk headdesk*

I hate the Christmas season. They open the doors to the looney bin on the Day after Thanksgiving. That's why its called Black Friday.

Comments

[ptomblin-lj.livejournal.com]

Send him a roll of black electrical tape to cover the lights up with.

[mix-hyenataur.livejournal.com]

the slowly flashing soft white LED in the macbook drives me fucking insane and blinds me... no way to solve that problem

[falnfenix]

turn it off instead of putting it to sleep, and it won't flash...

[ptomblin-lj.livejournal.com]

Sharpie. Or do what I do, and turn it away from me or drape a sock over it when I'm trying to sleep.

[spooforbrains.livejournal.com]

and your macbook too

[ptomblin-lj.livejournal.com]

What I draoe a sock over *before* I'm trying to sleep is none of your business.

[honig.livejournal.com]

*Ding* Win-naaaa!

I had to do that to my Dell LCD that when the power button is turned off goes from green to yellow. Amazing LED's that provide enough light to read by at 20 feet.

I have another system that has a blue LED that will daze you if you stare directly at it in a dark room.

Electrical tape FTW.

[gholam.livejournal.com]

NEC monitors (and some others too, like Eizo) allow you to adjust power LED brightness all the way down to zero.

[the-reda.livejournal.com]

word.

[sethb.livejournal.com]

"Do you have any duct tape?"

Your call as to where it should be applied.

[compwizrd.livejournal.com]

Sounds like someone finally cleared off the virus/trojan/spamware that was keeping his connection 100% busy before...

[mix-hyenataur.livejournal.com]

Just tell him to install it again, that'll solve his problem.

[mix-hyenataur.livejournal.com]

Duct-tape solves all!!!

[canray.livejournal.com]

I ever post here about the people adament that the External Cable Modem was supposed to porvide sound for Music and Games?

[spooforbrains.livejournal.com]

I don't recall seeing that particular gem ...

[canray.livejournal.com]

OK, posted it to the communitiy.

Couldn't find where I posted it earlier. :-(

[yanni85.livejournal.com]

Hasn't he ever seen a single sci-fi movie? Doesn't he know that blinky lights are in integral part of any computer system?

Seriously, once I get around to actually making a case it's going to have a whole bunch of lights that just blink randomly.