Stupid Customers

Me: Thank you for calling Web Hosting support, how may I assist you today?

Customer: Hi.

Me: Hi.

Customer: Hello?

Me: Hello.

Customer: Oh, there you are. Can you help me?

Me: Probably, what are you having trouble with?

Customer: I can’t check my e-mail.

Me: Is there a specific issue you’re experiencing?

Customer: Yes.

Me: Ok. And that is?

Customer: I can’t check my e-mail.

Me: …ok. What seems to be stopping you from checking your e-mail?

Customer: I can’t login.

Me: Alright. While I pull up your username/password, you go to this website: www.standardemailwebsite.com

Customer: Could you repeat that?

Me: um…sure. While I pull up your username/password, you go to this website: www.standardemailwebsite.com

Customer: What was the website?

Me: standardemailwebsite.com

<About a 2 minute pause while I get his login info>

Customer: Are you still there?

Me: Yes, now that we’re on the login page…

Customer: What login page?

Me: The website I had you go to a minute ago.

Customer: What was the website?

Me: standardemailwebsite.com

Customer: Say that again?

Me: w…w…w…period…s…t…a…n…d…a…r…d…m…a…i…l…w…e…b…s…i…t…e…period…c…o…m

Customer: What was that first part?

Me: w…w…w?

Customer: After that.

Me: Period?

Customer: Where the hell is the period key?

Me: Um……….Dot?

Customer: Oh! DOT! Ok, got it. Thanks.

<click>

Stupid Customers

Tech Support: “Ok, let’s put your operating system disk in the drive.”

Customer: “Ok…which way does it go in?”

Tech Support: “The shiny side faces down.”

Customer: “Alright…um…which way is down.”

Tech Support: (rolling eyes) “Towards the floor.”

Customer: “Ahhh…so what way does the other side face?”

Tech Support: “Are you kidding?”

Customer: (outraged) “Hey! I’m not a computer genius, ok? That’s why I called you!”

Tech Support: “Ok, that side faces down too.”

That kept her occupied for a couple of minutes, while I told my colleagues what was happening and we had a good laugh.

Stupid Customers

The place I work for charges about $100/issue for tech support.

Tech Support: “So what can I do for you?”

Customer: “I’m trying to run Live Update with Norton, and it came up to a screen with a list of updates, and it says ‘Next.’ What do I do?”

Tech Support: “Did you hit ‘Next’?”

Customer: “Oh, it’s working now.”

Tech Support: “Anything else I can do for you?”

Customer: “No, that’s it, thanks.”

Stupid Customers

Email from customer:

My birthday is in a few weeks. Could you maybe send me one of your CD-Rewriters as a present? If not, then could you please send me the technical specs of them so I can decide on which one to buy?