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Archive for November, 2008
just don’t put it on tom hanks plane
Nov 24th
…aaand welcome back
Nov 24th
Sorry for the delay there folks, I had a bout with illness and have emerged victorious. Having a job where you’re on the phones for 7-8 hours really doesn’t mix well with strep, but that’s a too much information and you don’t really care at all.
“C’mon Mr. Funny Man, tell us jokes”
So last week I was working from home doing email. I wasn’t sick enough to just sleep all day, but I had no voice, so email is perfect for me. It allows me to still interact with customers, only now I’m somewhat cranky because do you know how BORING More >
thank you for calling
Nov 12th
me: “What seems to be your problem?”
her: “The monitor and keyboard are both broken.”
me: “Oh, um, hmm, how can you tell they’re both broken?”
her: (in a snarky tone) “Wellll, the monitor is just blinking a green light and the keyboard won’t do anything. Like when I press capslock or numlock those lights don’t come on.”
me: “OK, is your computer on?”
her: (swift intake of breath) *click*
Made my day. http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThisIsWhyYourHoldTimeIsSoLong
more one of those days
Nov 11th
Taken from the support log of one of my coworkers:
Problem:
client reporting problems when she tries to run Internet Exporerit takes her to intranet instead of “the internet” .I asked her if she would like Google as her homepage, client said she would like the internet as her home page.
I informed her how to use the browser to visit outside pages.She wasn’t sure the previous default, she said it was the internet and not Google.
Resolution:Renamed shortcut on desktop from “Internet Explorer” to “The Internet”Issue resolved http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThisIsWhyYourHoldTimeIsSoLong
one of those days
Nov 11th
client: “I haven’t been able to receive email for about 2 months!”me: (putting aside that she waited that long) “OK, let’s take a look at your Outlook Inbox to see what we have…”
I click on sort by date, and 300 unread emails appear at the top
client: “OH MY! I have some catching up to do!” http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThisIsWhyYourHoldTimeIsSoLong
hrrmmmm….
Nov 5th
friend: “Michael Chrichton died, did you hear?”me: “Dinosaur attack?”friend: “No, cancer”me: (feeling like an ass)
Much later….
me: “…and then she says ‘no, cancer’ and I felt like such an ass”another friend: “Yeah, that always kills the party, can’t joke about that topic. Now, dinosaur attacks have always been funny, just unfortunate.” http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThisIsWhyYourHoldTimeIsSoLong
dumb and dumber
Nov 3rd
Short version, this program has so many issues, upgrading it would be like putting a fresh coat of paint on a pile of manure. This is confusing because there is a NEW version and an OLD version, and both don’t work terribly well.
her: “Hello, our timeclocks are one or two hours off”
me: “Ah yes, we did just have daylight savings and the clocks don’t update themselves, so they would be an hour off right now. Do you use the new version or the old version?”
her: “ummm, how do I know?”
me: “the old one was Unix based, and it looked like More >
