Because this level of dumbness deserves to be shared (& birthday thanks at the end)
Once upon a time a young lady - we'll call her Lune - decided to move the furniture in her office. She moved and moved stuff, because she moved furniture the same way she wrote - she edited a lot. At the end of the day, things were roughly where they were supposed to be. Lune thought it was time to dust off a bit her desktop computer, Deskie, and to turn it on.
(Yes, this is a fairy tale with a desktop computer. Very modern. Also, actually, Lune needed to reorganize the room to squeeze in a closet because she'd gone a bit crazy on the sales and needed room to store clothes and shoes, but that's another story for another tale.)
Deskie wouldn't start. Being computer-savvy - yeah, well... - Lune unplugged and plugged back Deskie, and fiddled with the power button, to no avail. It came to her mind that she might have killed the power unit when she dusted off Deskie - she was no rookie to killing the power unit while cleaning her computer. In the end, annoyed but resigned, she called in a tech. One that made house calls because Lune was kind of paranoid about not knowing where Deskie could be taken (and because she was a bit too lazy to unplugg all the stuff and take Deskie for a ride).
Techie arrived, bringing a new power unit with him, because Lune had mentioned her theory about the death of the power unit, and she seemed to know what she was talking about.
Lune explained to Techie what had happened to her computer. "Where's the power button?" Techie asked as said power button was a bit hidden, and Lune pointed at the button. "Um, no, that's odd, this should be..." Techie began.
And then Lune gasped. And tried to hide behind shelves. For Lune had been pressing the DAMN DVD EJECT BUTTON FOR TWO DAYS INSTEAD OF THE POWER BUTTON.
"Right now, you're very embarrassed, aren't you?" Techie astutely noticed. "To be fair, the power button is weirdly located, and it's no wonder..."
"I'VE HAD THIS COMPUTER FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND USE IT EVERY DAY, I PERFECTLY KNOW WHERE THE POWER BUTTON IS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT HERE," Lune replied with (no) restraint.
In the end, Lune gave 69 euros to Techie because the thing with techies making house calls? You need to pay for the trip anyway. (Though Techie was nice enough to give her a small discount.) She comforted herself with the thought that if Deskie had been really sick, it would have cost more than 69 euros and a bit of her pride.
-- This fairy tale hasn't been beta-read, because Lune's usual beta deserves to find out about this in all its dumbness glory, without being bothered by pesky grammar stuff to check.
Thanks for reading. As always, comments are welcome. As long as they point out that anyone could have done the same kind of mistake and that Lune isn't totally silly ;)
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On a very different note, thank you foxriverinmate, msgenevieve, halfshellvenus, bleodswean and amodalie for the birthday wishes, v-gifts and gift certificate. I have been a very, very bad LJ-er recently so I doubly appreciate those *hugs*
Also: Warmth in Winter (Prison Break, Michael/Lincoln) by halfshellvenus. I haven't managed to read it yet, but I'm going to ♥
(Yes, this is a fairy tale with a desktop computer. Very modern. Also, actually, Lune needed to reorganize the room to squeeze in a closet because she'd gone a bit crazy on the sales and needed room to store clothes and shoes, but that's another story for another tale.)
Deskie wouldn't start. Being computer-savvy - yeah, well... - Lune unplugged and plugged back Deskie, and fiddled with the power button, to no avail. It came to her mind that she might have killed the power unit when she dusted off Deskie - she was no rookie to killing the power unit while cleaning her computer. In the end, annoyed but resigned, she called in a tech. One that made house calls because Lune was kind of paranoid about not knowing where Deskie could be taken (and because she was a bit too lazy to unplugg all the stuff and take Deskie for a ride).
Techie arrived, bringing a new power unit with him, because Lune had mentioned her theory about the death of the power unit, and she seemed to know what she was talking about.
Lune explained to Techie what had happened to her computer. "Where's the power button?" Techie asked as said power button was a bit hidden, and Lune pointed at the button. "Um, no, that's odd, this should be..." Techie began.
And then Lune gasped. And tried to hide behind shelves. For Lune had been pressing the DAMN DVD EJECT BUTTON FOR TWO DAYS INSTEAD OF THE POWER BUTTON.
"Right now, you're very embarrassed, aren't you?" Techie astutely noticed. "To be fair, the power button is weirdly located, and it's no wonder..."
"I'VE HAD THIS COMPUTER FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS AND USE IT EVERY DAY, I PERFECTLY KNOW WHERE THE POWER BUTTON IS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING ABOUT HERE," Lune replied with (no) restraint.
In the end, Lune gave 69 euros to Techie because the thing with techies making house calls? You need to pay for the trip anyway. (Though Techie was nice enough to give her a small discount.) She comforted herself with the thought that if Deskie had been really sick, it would have cost more than 69 euros and a bit of her pride.
-- This fairy tale hasn't been beta-read, because Lune's usual beta deserves to find out about this in all its dumbness glory, without being bothered by pesky grammar stuff to check.
Thanks for reading. As always, comments are welcome. As long as they point out that anyone could have done the same kind of mistake and that Lune isn't totally silly ;)
+ + + + +
On a very different note, thank you foxriverinmate, msgenevieve, halfshellvenus, bleodswean and amodalie for the birthday wishes, v-gifts and gift certificate. I have been a very, very bad LJ-er recently so I doubly appreciate those *hugs*
Also: Warmth in Winter (Prison Break, Michael/Lincoln) by halfshellvenus. I haven't managed to read it yet, but I'm going to ♥