Apr 26, 2005 02:34
Caller: My computer keeps losing my work, I think I need a new one.
Scrake: Okay, where do you store your files?
Caller: On my computer drive
Scrake: On your hard drive? On a network drive?
Caller: I save my work every day, and every day I have to begin again. My boss is getting angry!
Scrake: Is it okay if I access your computer to see what the problem is?
Caller: Sure, but I think I know what the problem is. I had my pencil sharpener close to the computer and that corrupted it. I need a new one.
Then she got upset when I giggled.
I hate users. I'm not even allowed to call them users any more. The "preferred term" is client. Is referring to someone as a client somehow more polite than saying user?
work,
rant