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[lions-tambua.livejournal.com]

cs "my computer does nothing"
me "oh ? what exactly ? do you you hear any noise like fans or harddrives or so when you power the system on ?"
cs "sure, the computer works perfectly, but it doesnt do anything"
me "??? aeh... what exactly do you mean"
cs "whats so hard to understand ? it doesnt do ANYTHING!"
me "but you can boot your operating system"
cs "are you deaf or dumb ? i just said that the computer works perfectly! it just dont do anything!!"
me "sorry, but maybe i dont get you right here. what do you expect the computer to do ?"
cs "do you have any techs around who have a clue of computers ? hand me to one of them please!"

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[jcaswell.livejournal.com]

I get this one at least a dozen times daily.

Kid: My computer doesn't work!
Me: What do you mean doesn't work?
Kid: It doesn't work!
Me: I need more detail. What happens?
Kid: It won't let me log in
Me: OK, now we're getting somewhere. Why can't you log in?
Kid: It won't let me!
Me: Is there an error message?
Kid: Yes
Me: What is it?
Kid: Can't log in
Me: Yes, and? I need the whole message, it could be any of a dozen things
Kid: I don't know! It won't let me in!
Me: OK, go back to the computer, try it again, write down the error message then come back
Kid: (in a strop by now) OK

Nine times out of ten, I never see them again, the other time they write down "Windows could not log you on because..." and that's it. Bloody kids.