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InI
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: Somewhere over the rainbow
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 08-18-2004 10:05

The poster has demanded we remove all his contributions, less he takes legal action.
We have done so.
Now Tyberius Prime expects him to start complaining that we removed his 'free speech' since this message will replace all of his posts, past and future.
Don't follow his example - seek real life help first.

Blaise
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From: London
Insane since: Jun 2003

posted posted 08-18-2004 10:21

I salute you sir, you show candour and strength

silence
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: soon to be
Insane since: Jan 2001

posted posted 08-20-2004 09:01

Hah! How about this:

[recently hired Customer Service employee]: "Umm, there's nothing on the screen..."

[overworked Network Administrator FORCED to do tech support because no candidates can be found for help desk position, i.e. me]: "Uh, you just push the power button down here."

True story.

White Hawk
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: out of nowhere...
Insane since: May 2004

posted posted 08-20-2004 15:31

I received a phone call complaining that the PCs we'd set up at an event were not printing.

We'd installed twelve PCs in groups of three, sharing four printers - one installed upon one PC from each group, then shared out to the other two.

They were ranting and swearing, making threats, and generally being complete asses about it.

Being a 'bottle-it-all-up-and-go-psycho-in-your-own-time' kinda' guy, I remained as polite as possible. I asked a few questions and received unsatisfactory answers, so two of us jumped in the van and drove the 70 miles to the event, out of hours, to sort out the problem.

It turned out that (against our advice) they'd moved the PCs around, unplugging and re-plugging at random.

The reason they couldn't print was that none of the printers was attached to the correct PC; even the network cables had been incorrectly re-plugged (two even looping back to the same hub)!

I calmly explained this to the ignorant, foul-mouthed idiot who had phoned me, then handed him the bill.

His horror at the realisation that he would have to explain this extraordinary cost to his employer was enough to make my whole week - and I did not once have to lose my temper with him to make him feel about as small as his intellect.

Bonus!

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