*sigh*

[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Ever had that wonderful question?

"Can you tell me what's wrong with my computer?"

What am I? I wasn't aware that I had ESP or magical powers that let me know instantly what was wrong with this person's computer. All it was was a simple hit the enter key so the error message goes away. Eh, I know it's hard to understand that concept, but come on. Higher educated my ass. Lawyers are as bad as Doctors, I swear.

Comments

[caerleon.livejournal.com]

You mean to say you don't have a crystal ball?.. FFS that's a standard requirement isn't it?..

Wha...?

[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Crystal ball? Damn, guess I didn't get that memo. *sigh* Oh well, I'll just have to guess. Like I do all the time, HAHAHA, or so they say.

Re: Wha...?

[darkblade1.livejournal.com]

I get that question all the time. No, I don't know why you’re asking me why the internet is down. Who the f*ck knows? Most of the time it’s not my problem anyways...it’s your third party equipment.

I didn't get the memo about the crystal ball, but I did get the memo about stupid users.

Speaking of doctors and lawyers...they always have to announce that they are so. Dude, I honestly care what you are. You’re just another customer.

I think my mother has ESP...she predicted someone famous was going to die in her sleep. Next morning, Princess Diana dies...freaky.

Re: Wha...?

[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Wow, freaky.

Re: Wha...?

[kingogre.livejournal.com]

Ya back in the good ole days when you could tell people to fuck off and they had to take it because there were so few tech nerds out there I'd tell doc's and lawers to go fuck themselves and put on thier secretaries who might not KNOW what to do but they at least wouldn't argue or bitch about everything and would be willing to take directions!

Re: Wha...?

[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Oh well. Them's the old days. Now we gotta hold their hand and comfort them and actually tell them what the problem is. I miss the BOFH days. *sigh*

[loosechanj.livejournal.com]

"You're running windows." NEXT?

Yeah

[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Hahhaha...Yeah, I was telling them about openoffice earlier. Their biggest question was, "Why is it free?" *sigh*

[infy.livejournal.com]

"Yes, ma'am, it's has to do with the fact that YOU are using it. Step away from it, and there will be no further problems. Have a nice day." **click**

[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I was in the office at the time. Which leads to those other questions, "Hey, can you come look at this?" *sigh*

[prozacnation.livejournal.com]

I had a woman come into our Chat Tech support saying that she couldn't use her "mackafee" And that it was the ISP's fault.

She then went on to ask me if I could see what other programs were on her harddrive ana if I could see why "mackafee" wasn't working.

O_o

[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Oh my. I just can't believe people think we can diagnose a problem that they can't even spell correctly. Of course, they always blame the ISP too. I, however, don't work for an ISP. I'm just a local tech, but I get these calls all the time. Usually because the "network is down, computer is frozen" et al.

[fnordx.livejournal.com]

One trick I learned is that if they're unable to give you any information at all, ask them to put the phone up to the computer, and then make "Homina Homina" noises, and tell them your mind-meld with the computer failed, so you'll have to consult your crystal ball.

[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Hahah. Good one. I like that a lot. I'll have to try it next time.

[geekgrrl-ca.livejournal.com]

"how fast is your computer"
"oh it's really fast we got the dsl internet"

[docskurlock.livejournal.com]

Hahaha. Nice. That's hilarious. Some just don't get it.