June 30th 2003
Sam is the helpdesk guy here at The Daily Object...here are some of...
Sam's Sad Silicon Stories!
STRAIGHT FROM THE TECHNICAL HELPDESK...
"Hi you're through to ol' Sam how can I help you?"

A woman called me with a problem with her printer. I asked her if she was "running it under Windows." The woman responded, "No, my desk is next to the door. But that's a good point. The man sitting in the cubicle next to me is under a window, and his is working fine."

Sam: "OK Bob, let's 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."
Bob: "I don't have a 'P'."
Sam: "On your keyboard, Bob."
Bob: "What do you mean?"
Sam: "'P' on your keyboard, Bob."
Bob: "I'm not going to do that!"
A man attempting to set up his new printer called the tech support number, complaining about the error message: "Can't find the printer." On the phone, the man said he even held the printer up in front of the screen, but the computer still couldn't find it.
Email from the boss:
"CanYouFixTheSpaceBarOnMyKeyboard?"
Caller: "I'd like a mouse mat, please Sam."
Sam: "Certainly sir, we've got a large variety."
Caller: "But will they be compatible with my computer?"
Sam: "Would you right-click on the Open Desktop."
Caller: "Ok Sam."
Sam:"Did you get a pop-up menu?"
Caller: "No."
Sam:"Ok. Right click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?"
Caller: "No."
Sam:"Ok, sir. Can you tell me what you have done up until this point?"
Caller: "Sure, you told me to write 'click' and I wrote 'click'."
Sam:"Ok, did you type 'click' with the keyboard?"
Caller: "I have done something dumb, right?"
 

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http://www.thebestjokes.netfirms.com/jokefiles/technical_helpdesk_jokes.htm
http://www.scotsmist.co.uk/techsupport.html
 
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