Tales from the Book, Part XCVII
I wonder if people would still find pirates so cool if they were presented with a more realistic image of them. Probably not. These were not nice people. I had something else to say, but I'm tired and the flashy ad is distracting me.
"It won't take my credit card information. Could it be my phone line, do you think?"
Overheard on the call floor:
Your new password will be your initials and your zip code, so it'll be 'm', 'p', '12345'...No, your initials...'M', 'P', not 'M' 'free'."
"You need to dial the one. I don't know if you need to dial the area code, but you need to dial the one."
Tech:Do not open *ISP*.
Caller:Oh, okay. *pause* All right, it's up. Click the *ISP* icon?
Tech:No. Click on 'Start', and go to 'All Programs'.
Caller:'Search'?
Tech:No, no, not 'Search', 'Start'. 'S-T-A-R-T'.
Caller:Oh, OK. *pause* I don't see 'Programs'. Maybe I should click 'Search' again?
This was all one call:
Tech:Close *ISP*.
Caller:OK. Should I close *ISP* as well?
Caller:It says 'An unidentified program is attempting to access your computer. 'Cancel' or 'Allow'.'
Tech:That's the program we just started, so click 'Allow'.
Caller:It doesn't have a 'Continue'.
Tech:That's OK. Click on 'Allow'.
Caller:It says 'Cancel'.
Tech:What's the button to the left of 'Cancel'?
Caller:*reads screen off again*
Tech:Yes, and we want to allow the change. What other buttons do you have there besides 'Cancel'.
Caller:It has two buttons. One says 'Cancel'.
Tech:What does the other button say?
Caller:Oh. 'Allow'. Click that?
"I have two computers. If I uninstall it from this one, I have to go put it back on the other one, too, right?"
Tech:Now you can put the CD in.
Caller:Which one? 'Start'?
"It won't take my credit card information. Could it be my phone line, do you think?"
Overheard on the call floor:
Your new password will be your initials and your zip code, so it'll be 'm', 'p', '12345'...No, your initials...'M', 'P', not 'M' 'free'."
"You need to dial the one. I don't know if you need to dial the area code, but you need to dial the one."
Tech:Do not open *ISP*.
Caller:Oh, okay. *pause* All right, it's up. Click the *ISP* icon?
Tech:No. Click on 'Start', and go to 'All Programs'.
Caller:'Search'?
Tech:No, no, not 'Search', 'Start'. 'S-T-A-R-T'.
Caller:Oh, OK. *pause* I don't see 'Programs'. Maybe I should click 'Search' again?
This was all one call:
Tech:Close *ISP*.
Caller:OK. Should I close *ISP* as well?
Caller:It says 'An unidentified program is attempting to access your computer. 'Cancel' or 'Allow'.'
Tech:That's the program we just started, so click 'Allow'.
Caller:It doesn't have a 'Continue'.
Tech:That's OK. Click on 'Allow'.
Caller:It says 'Cancel'.
Tech:What's the button to the left of 'Cancel'?
Caller:*reads screen off again*
Tech:Yes, and we want to allow the change. What other buttons do you have there besides 'Cancel'.
Caller:It has two buttons. One says 'Cancel'.
Tech:What does the other button say?
Caller:Oh. 'Allow'. Click that?
"I have two computers. If I uninstall it from this one, I have to go put it back on the other one, too, right?"
Tech:Now you can put the CD in.
Caller:Which one? 'Start'?