Best Dumb User Stories

[dajeth.livejournal.com]

If you haven't seen this already, check it out. It's the TechRepublic Ultimate Collection of Dumb User Stories. http://techrepublic.com.com/5129-6249-10241927.html

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Here's a sample:

It's raining cats and dogs

"Arriving at a private home to fix what was described as the erratic behavior of the family PC, I tried to question the owner as to exactly what was happening. 'Well, the only thing I know for sure,' she said, 'is that every time our dog starts barking at the neighbor’s cat, the computer goes crazy.' It took me a few minutes to shake off the stupid look I must have had on my face and start the troubleshooting. I avoided asking any more questions fearing the answers would be as strange as that last one. About a half hour into the job, the monitor started flickering and the system hung up. Almost immediately, I heard the barking of a dog and had a hard time coping mentally with what was happening. At this point, the lady entered the room and said, ’Yes, that's what it does.’

"I was about to pack it in and for the first time give up when her husband came in and said, 'It's a good thing we have that electric fence or that cat would be a goner by now.' After making some inquiries, I discovered that when the dog spotted the cat, it would run to the edge of the property and activate the electric fence, which was controlled by a transmitter that was very conveniently located on the corner of the desk, beside the computer.”

Comments

[inahandbasket]

love your icon.
that strip cracked me up. :-D

[daerlyn.livejournal.com]

You'd think those things come with warnings, like "Keep away from other sensitive electronics". I mean, they must, to avoid the "Your electric fence broke my computer!" lawsuits.