It never fails.
Dec. 30th, 2007 08:44 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png)
Yeah, we've all had this exact same anecdote a dozen times, but it's no less frustrating every time.
Luser: "I tried signing up on the website and the $URL said page not found"
Me: "Strange, I just tried typing it exactly like that and it came up just fine. Try it again just in case it was typo'd?"
Luser: "I did 7 times"
Me: "What about just $BASE_URL, does that come up okay?"
Luser: "let me try"
(several minutes of waiting)
Luser: "i tried that and it brought me to a whole list of differsnt ones to click but not the $SITE"
Me: "Sorry, I don't have any idea. If you've tried it seven times that makes a typo awfully unlikely, but nobody else has had a problem getting in, so I'm not sure what it could be."
Me, thinking: Quit typoing it, retard.
Luser: "ill try it again"
Luser: "maybe its the search engine im using"
Luser: "which one do u use aol,google what"
*headdesk*
Luser: "I tried signing up on the website and the $URL said page not found"
Me: "Strange, I just tried typing it exactly like that and it came up just fine. Try it again just in case it was typo'd?"
Luser: "I did 7 times"
Me: "What about just $BASE_URL, does that come up okay?"
Luser: "let me try"
(several minutes of waiting)
Luser: "i tried that and it brought me to a whole list of differsnt ones to click but not the $SITE"
Me: "Sorry, I don't have any idea. If you've tried it seven times that makes a typo awfully unlikely, but nobody else has had a problem getting in, so I'm not sure what it could be."
Me, thinking: Quit typoing it, retard.
Luser: "ill try it again"
Luser: "maybe its the search engine im using"
Luser: "which one do u use aol,google what"
*headdesk*