Try not to laugh, for many
the new technology is
difficult !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tech Support: What kind
of computer do you have?
Customer :A white one.
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Customer :Hi, this is Celine.
I can't get my DVD out!!!
Tech Support: Have you
tried pushing the button?
Customer :Yes, I'm sure
it's really stuck.
Tech Support: That
doesn't sound good; I'll
make a note.
Customer :No, wait a
minute, I hadn't inserted it
yet. It's still on my
desk . . . sorry. Thank you.
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Tech Support: Click on the
'MY COMPUTER' icon on
the left of the screen.
Customer :Your left or my
left?
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Tech Support: Hello. How
may I help you?
Male Customer: Hi .. . . I
can't print.
Tech Support: Would you
click on 'START' for me
and . .
Customer: Listen pal; don't
start getting technical on
me. I'm not Bill
Gates!!!
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Customer :Good
afternoon, this is Martha. I
can't print. Every time I
try,
it says . . . 'CAN'T FIND
PRINTER'. I even lifted
the printer and placed it
in front of the monitor, but
the computer still says it
can't find it!!!
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Customer :I have
problems printing in red.
Tech Support: Do you
have a color printer?
Customer :Aaaah . . . . . .. . . . .
thank you.
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Tech Support: What's on
your monitor now, ma'am?
Customer :A teddy bear
that my boyfriend bought
for me at the 7-11 store.
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Customer :My keyboard is
not working anymore.
Tech Support: Are you
sure your keyboard is
plugged into the
computer?
Customer :No. I can't get
behind the computer.
Tech Support: Pick up your
keyboard and take ten
steps backwards.
Customer :Okay..
Tech Support: Did the
keyboard come with you?
Customer :Yes.
Tech Support: That means
the keyboard is not
plugged in. Is there
another
keyboard?
Customer :Yes, there's
another one here. Wait a
moment please. . .. . . . .
Ah, that one does work.
Thanks.
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Tech Support: Your
password is the small
letter 'a' as in apple, a
capital
letter 'V' as in Victor, and
the number '7'.
Customer: Is that '7' in
capital letters?
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Customer: I can't get on
the Internet.
Tech Support: Are you
absolutely sure you used
the correct password?
Customer: Yes, I'm sure I
saw my co-worker do it.
Tech Support: Can you tell
me what the password
was?
Customer: Five dots.
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Tech Support: What anti-
virus program do you use?
Customer: Netscape
Tech Support: That's not
an anti-virus program.
Customer: Oh, sorry . . .
Internet Explorer.
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Customer: I have a huge
problem! My friend has
placed a screen saver on
my
computer . . . but, every
time I move my mouse, it
disappears.
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Tech Support: How may I
help you?
Customer: I'm writing my
first email.
Tech Support: OK, and
what seems to be the
problem?
Customer: Well, I have the
letter 'a' in the address,
but how do I get the
little circle around it.
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A woman customer called
the Canon help desk
because she had a
problem with
her printer.
Tech Support: Are you
running it under windows?
Customer: No, my desk is
next to the door, but that
is a good point. The
man sitting next to me is
by a window, and his
printer is working fine!
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.And last, but not least . . .
Tech Support: Okay
George, press the control
and escape keys at the
same
time. That brings up a task
list in the middle of the
screen. Now, type
the letter 'P' to bring up
the Program Manager.
Customer: I don't have a
'P'.
Tech Support: On your
keyboard, George.
Customer: What do you
mean?
Tech Support: 'P' . . . on
your keyboard, George.
Customer: I AM NOT
GOING TO DO THAT!!!
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*Abhishek K. Pandey*