Everyone has heard the one about the woman who was speaking to Microsoft technical support and the technician asked the woman to ‘close all her windows’ . The phone went quiet and when the woman returned she said she’d had trouble reaching the small window in the bathroom…
We had a similar one where the technician asked the caller to open the door and install the cartridge… “The bedroom door or the front door?” enquired the caller…
I took a call from a lady who complained: “whenever I press [Ctrl], [Alt] and [Esc] Broken Sword 2 crashes. What can I do to stop this?” To which the only real answer was: “don’t press [Ctrl], [Alt] and [Esc].”
A woman called the Canon help desk with a problem with her printer. The tech asked her if she was “running it under Windows.”
The woman then responded, “No, my desk is next to the door. But that is a good point. The man sitting in the cubicle next to me is under a window, and his is working fine.”
Tech Support: “Customer Support, this is David, may I help you?”
Customer: “Hello, yes, it’s me.”
Tech Support: “Oh, it’s me too.” [chuckle]
Customer: “No, Esmie. E, s, m, i, e.”
Tech Support: “Oh, sorry.”