Chaos thwarted with a Sharpie!!

*Hank* · 10-10-2002, 03:12 PM

Disaster/Chaos erupted today in the office!!! Marketing guy came in with artwork to review on a CD. Folks were running everywere, noise, yelling, screaming, panic!!!

THE CD DOES NOT READ!!!

Running all over the building....

Machine to machine,

Bosses machine,

Bosses wife's machine,

Ap,

Ar.

Controller.

R & D

Finally to me....

Look at CD....

Grab Sharpie....

TURN CD OVER................

Write "TOP" on CD.........

Put in machine...

CD reads................................

I need to get a new job....

*Raceit* · 10-10-2002, 03:18 PM

It's ok. I just had a call where two people called using the speaker phone. Their question was, How do I copy and paste?

Of course I have no choice but to tell them, but not after a lenghty pause to make them realize that they just made themselves look stupid.

*Hank* · 10-10-2002, 03:20 PM

I just love giving that pause

*Raceit* · 10-10-2002, 03:23 PM

...or in regards to their network accounts I have had to explain that there is no such thing as a letter zero.

I don't get paid enough for this.

**mattadams** · 10-10-2002, 03:52 PM

LOL I work in tech support so I know just what you guys are talking about... its harder when you are having to figure out over the phoen that there CD is upside down. LOL.

*TwoToneX* · 10-10-2002, 03:59 PM

"my keboard isn't working!"

"check the back of the computer....is it plugged in?"

"no."

yeah, worked in tech support for 2 years so I know exactly what you guys are talking about. my all time favorite was when a lady called up asking how to get her disk out of the computer. i told her to press the eject button and she thought i was god....

*dejello* · 10-10-2002, 04:59 PM

Anyone help someone with the computer's cupholder?

ChuckyD · 10-10-2002, 05:12 PM

the best is... i turned my computer on and the screen is black
Answer : turn the monitor on...

Q: my internet explorer isn't coming up
A: Reboot

Q: i hit print 3 times and its still not coming out
A: Roboot

Q: It says i performed an illigal operation
A: reboot

You get the idea.... LOL

*Raceit* · 10-10-2002, 05:14 PM

Exactly!

I say reboot and they say that I'm giving them the run-a-round. Ok. How's this for a run-a-round. Click. (I wish I could hang up the phone)

ChuckyD · 10-10-2002, 05:17 PM

Well.. you know they are getting good when they call and they tell you whats wrong and also tell you "and i already rebooted"

LOL then i go up there .. do a reboot and it works fine, and ask? u sure you rebooted...
then they ask you what that means and they think it just means to close the program and reopen it... lol

*Raceit* · 10-10-2002, 05:44 PM

I tell ya. I can uderstand somebody that just simply does not know anything about computers. But what gets me is somehow a person calls in that's dumber then dirt. They've been living under a rock for the last 10 years and still have no idea how to tell the difference between a computer and a monitor. (Because turning your monitor off and on is not considered rebooting)
And that's not even the worst I've had. (I've perminetly blocked those out of my head) But when I'm done with a call I have no choice but to ponder what purpose could those people serve to this company. They obviously were trained to click buttons in a certain order and when something goes wrong they call for help. But then I also wonder why a monkey wasn't trained to do the same job.....huh.

I guess what gets me is just stupid people. The people that ask why wern't they notified by email when the email server went down. Or for that matter notified when anything goes down. Well, because it's not our job to tell everyone in the company every little event that happens throughout the day and keep everyone informed.

Alec · 10-10-2002, 05:44 PM

<In 6th Sense little kid voice>

"I see stupid people!"

*FrankRizzo* · 10-10-2002, 10:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Raceit
The people that ask why wern't they notified by email when the email server went down.

LMAO

....I gotta go wipe....

*TwoToneX* · 10-11-2002, 09:16 AM

Ah, but does your company have a "using the mouse" class like the university of colorado? Man oh man...some lady actually called in to ask for one, and I was surprised as all hell to find out there actually was one. Then I began to wonder how one could use a phone to call us yet not know how to use a mouse...

*Campo* · 10-11-2002, 09:41 AM

Amazing, that I was walking in the building this AM and had a "Hey You" that I couldn't beleve and then find this thread...lol..

anyway this guy said that he was making his screen font's bigger and now he can't read them, he asked one of his co-workers how to make them bigger and they told him how to change the display setting... so he went from 800x600 to 1152x870.... lol.... I guess bigger is better...lol, I tried to explain to him the size's but he's convinced it's another Bill Gates screw up...lol...

Were having problems now with a file server, so we sent out a net message to the domain 3 times that it was going off line and won't be back up till COB.... guess what happend after it went offline?

yup the tech support guy's have had 200 call's in 10 min asking what happened to the file server...

duh I guess people quit reading.. I don't know...lol...

*Fischer* · 10-11-2002, 09:55 AM

This is funny. I feel for you Tech support. I have to listen to them here all day. It is amazing that they just dont pull out their hair and have a breakdown.

Though even jobs such as River Guiding in Durango have the typical moron as well.

"Are we going to get wet?" A woman asks as she is standing there in heels and makeup, and her $400 leather pants.

"Can I wear my cowboy boots."

One of the favs. "Do we end up at the same part we start." Yup, this here is a two way river.

"Who turns on the waterfalls." This ain't Disneyland lady.

"So, what elevation do Deer change into Elk?" I am not sure, but if you get to whitness it let me know, I hear it is a pretty crazy metamorphisis.

"I have been looking over the front of the raft for some time now; I just can't seem to find the tracks." Again lady this ain't Disneyland!

"Have YOU really seen the furry trout?"

"Are there really Jackalope here? We seen one at a gas station."

I have more too...just makes ya laugh!

ChuckyD · 10-11-2002, 08:32 PM

I had a good one today

she says: why is it when i click on the internet my Lotus Notes come up?"

me: Are you clicking on the Blue E?

"no, im clicking on the little people"

Me: Your not getting the internet b\c your clicking on the wrong ICON ...

she says: Well who changed it, it was aways the little people.....

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Blue Steel · 10-16-2002, 01:10 PM

hahaha. people like that need to stop contributing to the gene pool. seriously. i work in tech support too, and it's really amazing at the idiocy of the people these days. hell computers have been around for over 20 years! where has everyone been?!? get with the program!! heh heh

10-10-2002, 03:12 PM	#1
Hank Elite Explorer Cape Coral, FL '91 EB Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 997 Vehicle Specs (Original Poster)	Chaos thwarted with a Sharpie!! Disaster/Chaos erupted today in the office!!! Marketing guy came in with artwork to review on a CD. Folks were running everywere, noise, yelling, screaming, panic!!! THE CD DOES NOT READ!!! Running all over the building.... Machine to machine, Bosses machine, Bosses wife's machine, Ap, Ar. Controller. R & D Finally to me.... Look at CD.... Grab Sharpie.... TURN CD OVER................ Write "TOP" on CD......... Put in machine... CD reads................................ I need to get a new job.... __________________ "Pain heals, chicks dig scars, glory lasts forever..." www.grimmick.com/personal www.flexplorers.com Bye bye Army Bauer It's been fun I bought an AWD Astro Van :p New project time!! Project Army Bauer My A4LD Project:But not near as good a Glacier's A4LD diary Page 1-5 parts sources and babbling, page 6+ is where the story gets good.

10-10-2002, 03:18 PM	#2
Raceit Elite Explorer Overland Park, KS '91 Explorer 2DR 4WD XL Join Date: Aug 2000 Posts: 1,185 Vehicle Specs	It's ok. I just had a call where two people called using the speaker phone. Their question was, How do I copy and paste? Of course I have no choice but to tell them, but not after a lenghty pause to make them realize that they just made themselves look stupid. __________________ -Steve The Kansas City Area Ford Explorers Club

10-10-2002, 03:20 PM	#3
Hank Elite Explorer Cape Coral, FL '91 EB Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 997 Vehicle Specs (Original Poster)	I just love giving that pause __________________ "Pain heals, chicks dig scars, glory lasts forever..." www.grimmick.com/personal www.flexplorers.com Bye bye Army Bauer It's been fun I bought an AWD Astro Van :p New project time!! Project Army Bauer My A4LD Project:But not near as good a Glacier's A4LD diary Page 1-5 parts sources and babbling, page 6+ is where the story gets good.

10-10-2002, 03:23 PM	#4
Raceit Elite Explorer Overland Park, KS '91 Explorer 2DR 4WD XL Join Date: Aug 2000 Posts: 1,185 Vehicle Specs	...or in regards to their network accounts I have had to explain that there is no such thing as a letter zero. I don't get paid enough for this. __________________ -Steve The Kansas City Area Ford Explorers Club

10-10-2002, 03:52 PM	#5
mattadams Tall Man Little Escape Longmont, CO 2010 Escape XLT Join Date: Sep 1999 Posts: 8,250 Vehicle Specs	LOL I work in tech support so I know just what you guys are talking about... its harder when you are having to figure out over the phoen that there CD is upside down. LOL. __________________ Matt Adams 2010 Ford Escape XLT 1997 F-150 XL 2000 F-150 XLT 4x4 ORP with tons of fun stuff that I sold years ago and still miss. www.mattstruck.com

10-10-2002, 03:59 PM	#6
TwoToneX my pockets hurt broomfield, co '90 XLT 4x4 Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,531 Vehicle Specs	"my keboard isn't working!" "check the back of the computer....is it plugged in?" "no." yeah, worked in tech support for 2 years so I know exactly what you guys are talking about. my all time favorite was when a lady called up asking how to get her disk out of the computer. i told her to press the eject button and she thought i was god.... __________________ 6 tire doty '90 XLT 4x4 "Big Ugly" mug "Oh...and go Broncos. Yeah, go Broncos."

10-10-2002, 04:59 PM	#7
dejello perpetually unconcious College Station, TX Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,380 Vehicle Specs	Anyone help someone with the computer's cupholder? __________________ Jonathan Degelia [ Nukinfutz.com ] - RIP Explorers - 1973 Honda CB350F - um... Driving a car now

10-10-2002, 05:12 PM	#8
ChuckyD Moderator Emeritus Elite Explorer ECX Member Oceanside, NY 03 4Runner SR5 Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 3,866 Vehicle Specs	the best is... i turned my computer on and the screen is black Answer : turn the monitor on... Q: my internet explorer isn't coming up A: Reboot Q: i hit print 3 times and its still not coming out A: Roboot Q: It says i performed an illigal operation A: reboot You get the idea.... LOL __________________ ChuckyD's Mugshot and Info.. NEW PICTURE!!!!!!!! 10/02 "We know what we are, but know not what we may be." -- William Shakespeare http://www.myspace.com/therealsicilian9

10-10-2002, 05:14 PM	#9
Raceit Elite Explorer Overland Park, KS '91 Explorer 2DR 4WD XL Join Date: Aug 2000 Posts: 1,185 Vehicle Specs	Exactly! I say reboot and they say that I'm giving them the run-a-round. Ok. How's this for a run-a-round. Click. (I wish I could hang up the phone) __________________ -Steve The Kansas City Area Ford Explorers Club

10-10-2002, 05:17 PM	#10
ChuckyD Moderator Emeritus Elite Explorer ECX Member Oceanside, NY 03 4Runner SR5 Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 3,866 Vehicle Specs	Well.. you know they are getting good when they call and they tell you whats wrong and also tell you "and i already rebooted" LOL then i go up there .. do a reboot and it works fine, and ask? u sure you rebooted... then they ask you what that means and they think it just means to close the program and reopen it... lol __________________ ChuckyD's Mugshot and Info.. NEW PICTURE!!!!!!!! 10/02 "We know what we are, but know not what we may be." -- William Shakespeare http://www.myspace.com/therealsicilian9

10-10-2002, 05:44 PM	#11
Raceit Elite Explorer Overland Park, KS '91 Explorer 2DR 4WD XL Join Date: Aug 2000 Posts: 1,185 Vehicle Specs	I tell ya. I can uderstand somebody that just simply does not know anything about computers. But what gets me is somehow a person calls in that's dumber then dirt. They've been living under a rock for the last 10 years and still have no idea how to tell the difference between a computer and a monitor. (Because turning your monitor off and on is not considered rebooting) And that's not even the worst I've had. (I've perminetly blocked those out of my head) But when I'm done with a call I have no choice but to ponder what purpose could those people serve to this company. They obviously were trained to click buttons in a certain order and when something goes wrong they call for help. But then I also wonder why a monkey wasn't trained to do the same job.....huh. I guess what gets me is just stupid people. The people that ask why wern't they notified by email when the email server went down. Or for that matter notified when anything goes down. Well, because it's not our job to tell everyone in the company every little event that happens throughout the day and keep everyone informed. __________________ -Steve The Kansas City Area Ford Explorers Club

10-10-2002, 05:44 PM	#12
Alec Elite Moderator Houston, Texas 2008 JK Join Date: Apr 2000 Posts: 16,061 Vehicle Specs	<In 6th Sense little kid voice> "I see stupid people!" __________________ Alec "Dr. Candlepower" Rosenbaum Daily: 2008 JK Gone: EE "Splat", 2003 VW GTI VR6, 85 Bronco project

10-11-2002, 09:16 AM	#14
TwoToneX my pockets hurt broomfield, co '90 XLT 4x4 Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 2,531 Vehicle Specs	Ah, but does your company have a "using the mouse" class like the university of colorado? Man oh man...some lady actually called in to ask for one, and I was surprised as all hell to find out there actually was one. Then I began to wonder how one could use a phone to call us yet not know how to use a mouse... __________________ 6 tire doty '90 XLT 4x4 "Big Ugly" mug "Oh...and go Broncos. Yeah, go Broncos."

10-11-2002, 09:41 AM	#15
Campo Elitus Explorus White City, KS 99 XLT 4x4 Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 791 Vehicle Specs	Amazing, that I was walking in the building this AM and had a "Hey You" that I couldn't beleve and then find this thread...lol.. anyway this guy said that he was making his screen font's bigger and now he can't read them, he asked one of his co-workers how to make them bigger and they told him how to change the display setting... so he went from 800x600 to 1152x870.... lol.... I guess bigger is better...lol, I tried to explain to him the size's but he's convinced it's another Bill Gates screw up...lol... Were having problems now with a file server, so we sent out a net message to the domain 3 times that it was going off line and won't be back up till COB.... guess what happend after it went offline? yup the tech support guy's have had 200 call's in 10 min asking what happened to the file server... duh I guess people quit reading.. I don't know...lol... __________________ If it ain't broke, fix it till it is. 99 XLT 4x4 SOHC V6 2"TT/AAL 31" Kelly AT's aka Blue Mistress 96 Ranger ExCab 4x4 OHV V6 31" Goodyear RT/S's (not for long) KC Area Explorers

10-11-2002, 09:55 AM	#16
Fischer Elite Explorer Denver, Colorado 95 Explorer XLT 4x4 Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,061 Vehicle Specs	This is funny. I feel for you Tech support. I have to listen to them here all day. It is amazing that they just dont pull out their hair and have a breakdown. Though even jobs such as River Guiding in Durango have the typical moron as well. "Are we going to get wet?" A woman asks as she is standing there in heels and makeup, and her $400 leather pants. "Can I wear my cowboy boots." One of the favs. "Do we end up at the same part we start." Yup, this here is a two way river. "Who turns on the waterfalls." This ain't Disneyland lady. "So, what elevation do Deer change into Elk?" I am not sure, but if you get to whitness it let me know, I hear it is a pretty crazy metamorphisis. "I have been looking over the front of the raft for some time now; I just can't seem to find the tracks." Again lady this ain't Disneyland! "Have YOU really seen the furry trout?" "Are there really Jackalope here? We seen one at a gas station." I have more too...just makes ya laugh! __________________ "Don't Piss Down My Back and Tell Me It's Rainin'." The Outlaw Josey Wales

10-11-2002, 08:32 PM	#17
ChuckyD Moderator Emeritus Elite Explorer ECX Member Oceanside, NY 03 4Runner SR5 Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 3,866 Vehicle Specs	I had a good one today she says: why is it when i click on the internet my Lotus Notes come up?" me: Are you clicking on the Blue E? "no, im clicking on the little people" Me: Your not getting the internet b\c your clicking on the wrong ICON ... she says: Well who changed it, it was aways the little people..... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH __________________ ChuckyD's Mugshot and Info.. NEW PICTURE!!!!!!!! 10/02 "We know what we are, but know not what we may be." -- William Shakespeare http://www.myspace.com/therealsicilian9

10-16-2002, 01:10 PM	#18
Blue Steel Wannabe Elite Explorer Wilmington, NC Explorer '97 XLT SOHC Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 767 Vehicle Specs	hahaha. people like that need to stop contributing to the gene pool. seriously. i work in tech support too, and it's really amazing at the idiocy of the people these days. hell computers have been around for over 20 years! where has everyone been?!? get with the program!! heh heh __________________ 31X10.5 BFGoodrich KO's w/TT & WAR-153 & add-a-leafs, OME shocks Hidden Hitch Front Receiver Hitch and rear Tube Hitch, Manik One Piece Brush Guard, PIAA 1500 Driving Lights, Hella 1000 Euro Lights My Web Site