Computer novices may feel like they're alone these days, but some of
the following calls to IBM's help center show there are plenty of people
out there who still are inching onto the information superhighway.
After a caller gave a technician her PC's serial number, he scanned a
database of registered users and responded, "I see you have an Aptiva"
desktop unit. Before he could
say another word, the caller shrieked and said she'd be right back.
When the customer returned, the technician asked if she was all right.
The caller responded: "Had I realized you could see me, I never would
have telephoned in my bathrobe."
A customer who had just received a laptop computer asked about the
power-saving feature known as "hibernate." Would this hibernate device
work in the spring and summer, the caller asked.
Another caller explained she had received a gift of software on
5.25-inch diskettes, but she had only a 3.5-inch disk drive on her
computer. The technician said she had two options: Get a second disk
drive, or use 3.5-inch diskettes. The customer called back later, now
complaining that her disk drive was making a terrible noise. And this
despite the fact that she was using a 3.5-inch diskette, she said. After
a bunch of questions, the technician determined the caller had used a
pair of scissors to trim the 5.25-inch diskettes to fit the 3.5-inch
drive.
A caller, perplexed that his new desktop computer - the one that was
supposed to do everything short of bringing on world peace - was doing
nothing, cried out for help. No problem, the IBM technician said. First,
open a "window" to launch a specific program. The conversation
continued, and the caller asked a few moments later if it might be all
right to close the window. Why, the IBM technician asked. Because, the
caller responded, it was getting very chilly.
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