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Sociology > Depression |
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"%" |
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29 Jan 2008 10:48:12 AM |
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FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
If you can't laugh about this you need help.... This is a supposedly a true
story from the Word Perfect help line. Needless to say the help desk
employee was fired; however, the person is currently suing the Word Perfect
organization for "termination without cause". This is from the taped
conversation leading up to dismissal :
"Word Perfect Technical Desk, may I help you?"
"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with Word Perfect."
"What sort of trouble?"
"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words went away."
"Went away?"
"They disappeared."
"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"
"Nothing."
"Nothing?"
"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type."
"Are you still in Word Perfect, or did you get out?"
"How do I tell?"
"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?"
"What's a sea-prompt?"
"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?"
"There isn't any cursor: I told you, it won't accept anything I type!"
"Does your monitor have a power indicator?"
"What's a monitor?"
"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV.
"Does it have a little light that tells you when it's on?"
"I don't know."
"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where the power cord
goes into it. Can you see that?"
"Yes, I think so."
"Great. Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's plugged into the
wall."
".......Yes, it is."
"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were two cables
plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
"No."
"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find the other
cable."
"Okay, here it is."
"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into the back of
your computer."
"I can't reach."
"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"
"No."
"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?"
"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle-it's because it's dark."
"Dark?"
"Yes-the office light is off, and the only light I have is coming in from
the window."
"Well, turn on the office light then."
"I can't."
"No? Why not?"
"Because there's a power outage."
"A power... A power outage? Aha, Okay, we've got it licked now. Do you still
have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff your computer came in?"
"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."
"Good. Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up just like it was
when you got it. Then take it back to the store you bought it from."
"Really? Is it that bad?"
"Yes, I'm afraid it is."
"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?"
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
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| User: "scorpsmurf" |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
29 Jan 2008 01:15:08 PM |
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"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them like that
when I worked for a company as a technical support engineer
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| User: "Ivan Marsh" |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
29 Jan 2008 01:22:59 PM |
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On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them like that
when I worked for a company as a technical support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a blue background.
--
I told you this was going to happen.
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
29 Jan 2008 04:02:15 PM |
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Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them
like that when I worked for a company as a technical
support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a
blue background.
I remember seeing a copy when I was using Win 3.1.
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| User: "Ivan Marsh" |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
29 Jan 2008 04:16:33 PM |
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On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:02:15 +0000, lisa in mass. wrote:
Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them
like that when I worked for a company as a technical
support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a
blue background.
I remember seeing a copy when I was using Win 3.1.
It was even old then.
--
I told you this was going to happen.
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
29 Jan 2008 04:22:21 PM |
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Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:02:15 +0000, lisa in mass. wrote:
Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them
like that when I worked for a company as a technical
support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a
blue background.
I remember seeing a copy when I was using Win 3.1.
It was even old then.
i don't recall saying ,
hey everybody here's a brand new joke when i first posted it either
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| User: "Rhiannon" |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
29 Jan 2008 05:47:43 PM |
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"%" <persent@gmail.com> wrote in message news:xGNnj.37$w57.19@edtnps90...
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:02:15 +0000, lisa in mass. wrote:
Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them
like that when I worked for a company as a technical
support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a
blue background.
I remember seeing a copy when I was using Win 3.1.
It was even old then.
i don't recall saying ,
hey everybody here's a brand new joke when i first posted it either
Touchy, touchy.
--
Rhi
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
30 Jan 2008 04:02:23 AM |
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In message <fnoduv$odf$1@news.datemas.de>, Rhiannon
<rhianon@sympatico.ca> writes
"%" <persent@gmail.com> wrote in message news:xGNnj.37$w57.19@edtnps90...
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:02:15 +0000, lisa in mass. wrote:
Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them
like that when I worked for a company as a technical
support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a
blue background.
I remember seeing a copy when I was using Win 3.1.
It was even old then.
i don't recall saying ,
hey everybody here's a brand new joke when i first posted it either
Touchy, touchy.
It's certainly old (I read it on a newsgroup for bofhs, and I haven't
read that for over ten years. It's still funny, though.
A bofh is a '***** operator from Hell', a term dating back to
mainframe computers, and the group was dedicated to the stupidity of
lusers.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
29 Jan 2008 06:11:36 PM |
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Rhiannon wrote:
"%" <persent@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:xGNnj.37$w57.19@edtnps90...
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:02:15 +0000, lisa in mass. wrote:
Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them
like that when I worked for a company as a technical
support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a
blue background.
I remember seeing a copy when I was using Win 3.1.
It was even old then.
i don't recall saying ,
hey everybody here's a brand new joke when i first posted it either
Touchy, touchy.
LOL you saying this is an f'in rhiot
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| User: "lisa in mass." |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
29 Jan 2008 04:29:47 PM |
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"%" <persent@gmail.com> wrote...
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:02:15 +0000, lisa in mass. wrote:
Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of
them like that when I worked for a company as a
technical support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a
blue background.
I remember seeing a copy when I was using Win 3.1.
It was even old then.
i don't recall saying ,
hey everybody here's a brand new joke when i first posted
it either
It is a good one. Just not new. Re-reading it was good, it had
been awhile.
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| User: "2ufromwendylady" |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
29 Jan 2008 08:36:00 PM |
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On Jan 29, 10:22=A0pm, "%" <pers...@gmail.com> wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:02:15 +0000, lisa in mass. wrote:
Ivan Marsh <anno...@you.now> wrote...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them
like that when I worked for a company as a technical
support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a
blue background.
I remember seeing a copy when I was using Win 3.1.
It was even old then.
i don't recall saying ,
hey everybody here's a brand new joke when i first posted it either
it was new to me, I've only had a puter for 6 months, I knew what was
coming at the end but it was still funny
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
29 Jan 2008 08:38:19 PM |
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2ufromwendylady wrote:
On Jan 29, 10:22 pm, "%" <pers...@gmail.com> wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:02:15 +0000, lisa in mass. wrote:
Ivan Marsh <anno...@you.now> wrote...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them
like that when I worked for a company as a technical
support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a
blue background.
I remember seeing a copy when I was using Win 3.1.
It was even old then.
i don't recall saying ,
hey everybody here's a brand new joke when i first posted it either
it was new to me, I've only had a puter for 6 months, I knew what was
coming at the end but it was still funny
yay
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| User: "Ivan Marsh" |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
29 Jan 2008 04:44:51 PM |
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On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:22:21 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:02:15 +0000, lisa in mass. wrote:
Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them
like that when I worked for a company as a technical
support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a
blue background.
I remember seeing a copy when I was using Win 3.1.
It was even old then.
i don't recall saying ,
hey everybody here's a brand new joke when i first posted it either
and?
--
I told you this was going to happen.
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
29 Jan 2008 04:46:09 PM |
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Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:22:21 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:02:15 +0000, lisa in mass. wrote:
Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them
like that when I worked for a company as a technical
support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a
blue background.
I remember seeing a copy when I was using Win 3.1.
It was even old then.
i don't recall saying ,
hey everybody here's a brand new joke when i first posted it either
and?
i'm failing to see why you're going on about its age
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| User: "Ivan Marsh" |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
29 Jan 2008 04:52:46 PM |
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On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:46:09 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:22:21 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:02:15 +0000, lisa in mass. wrote:
Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them
like that when I worked for a company as a technical
support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a
blue background.
I remember seeing a copy when I was using Win 3.1.
It was even old then.
i don't recall saying ,
hey everybody here's a brand new joke when i first posted it either
and?
i'm failing to see why you're going on about its age
and?
--
I told you this was going to happen.
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
29 Jan 2008 04:57:39 PM |
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Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:46:09 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:22:21 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:02:15 +0000, lisa in mass. wrote:
Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them
like that when I worked for a company as a technical
support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a
blue background.
I remember seeing a copy when I was using Win 3.1.
It was even old then.
i don't recall saying ,
hey everybody here's a brand new joke when i first posted it either
and?
i'm failing to see why you're going on about its age
and?
so
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| User: "Ivan Marsh" |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
29 Jan 2008 04:59:41 PM |
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On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:57:39 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:46:09 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:22:21 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:02:15 +0000, lisa in mass. wrote:
Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them
like that when I worked for a company as a technical
support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a
blue background.
I remember seeing a copy when I was using Win 3.1.
It was even old then.
i don't recall saying ,
hey everybody here's a brand new joke when i first posted it either
and?
i'm failing to see why you're going on about its age
and?
so
so what?
--
I told you this was going to happen.
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
29 Jan 2008 05:03:16 PM |
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Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:57:39 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:46:09 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:22:21 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:02:15 +0000, lisa in mass. wrote:
Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them
like that when I worked for a company as a technical
support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a
blue background.
I remember seeing a copy when I was using Win 3.1.
It was even old then.
i don't recall saying ,
hey everybody here's a brand new joke when i first posted it
either
and?
i'm failing to see why you're going on about its age
and?
so
so what?
and
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| User: "Ivan Marsh" |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
30 Jan 2008 09:47:21 AM |
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On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:03:16 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:57:39 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:46:09 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:22:21 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:02:15 +0000, lisa in mass. wrote:
Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them
like that when I worked for a company as a technical
support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a
blue background.
I remember seeing a copy when I was using Win 3.1.
It was even old then.
i don't recall saying ,
hey everybody here's a brand new joke when i first posted it
either
and?
i'm failing to see why you're going on about its age
and?
so
so what?
and
dirty feet
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I told you this was going to happen.
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
30 Jan 2008 01:03:00 PM |
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In message <pan.2008.01.30.15.47.20.253374@you.now>, Ivan Marsh
<annoyed@you.now> writes
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:03:16 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:57:39 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:46:09 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:22:21 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:02:15 +0000, lisa in mass. wrote:
Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them
like that when I worked for a company as a technical
support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a
blue background.
I remember seeing a copy when I was using Win 3.1.
It was even old then.
i don't recall saying ,
hey everybody here's a brand new joke when i first posted it
either
and?
i'm failing to see why you're going on about its age
and?
so
so what?
and
dirty feet
Shel Silverstein.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "%" |
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| Title: Re: FUN WITH WORD PERFECT |
30 Jan 2008 09:51:06 AM |
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Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:03:16 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:57:39 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:46:09 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:22:21 +0000, % wrote:
Ivan Marsh wrote:
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:02:15 +0000, lisa in mass. wrote:
Ivan Marsh <annoyed@you.now> wrote...
On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:15:08 -0800, scorpsmurf wrote:
"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
I always love this story....there used to be a lot of them
like that when I worked for a company as a technical
support engineer
That joke is so old it was written with white text on a
blue background.
I remember seeing a copy when I was using Win 3.1.
It was even old then.
i don't recall saying ,
hey everybody here's a brand new joke when i first posted it
either
and?
i'm failing to see why you're going on about its age
and?
so
so what?
and
dirty feet
baggy ear lobes
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