Nurses are typically highly educated, smart people. However, many of them are clueless when it comes to using a computer.
The best call I got went something like this:
Nurse: My computer won’t work.
Me: Ok, what’s going on with it?
Nurse: The screen is black.
Me: Alright. Is the green light visible on the computer?
Nurse: I don’t see one.
Me: Press the power button and let’s see if anything comes up.
Nurse: Hey! That fixed it. It’s normally on when I get here for my shift
I work in a company that is provides communication services. I work in a cube ( what else is new ) along with two other men both married. The company was the bastard company of a take over. I work on the computer all day writing programs, my co-workers are all within 3 feet of me in their part of the cubicles. Co-worker A is married with 2 kids. He is having an affair with a another married woman in another dept of the company. She calls him at least 20 times a day. The have a “quid pro quo” arrangement. he helps her out and she HELPS him out, if you get my drift. I am so sick of listening to his wispers and moaning when he is on the phone with her.
AUSTIN, Texas – The exasperated help-line caller said she couldn’t get her new Dell computer to turn on. Jay Ablinger, a Dell Computer Corp. technician, made sure the computer was plugged in and then asked the woman what happened when she pushed the power button.
“I’ve pushed and pushed on this foot pedal and nothing happens,” the woman replied. “Foot pedal?” the technician asked. “Yes,” the woman said, “this little white foot pedal with the on switch.” The “foot pedal,” it turned out, was the computer’s mouse, a hand-operated device that helps to control the computer’s operations.
I worked as a computer tech for an insurance company. One day I received a call from supervisor on the sales floor.
Me: “Hello, IT.”
Supervisor: “Hello?”
Me: “Hello?”
Supervisor: “Hello?”
Me: “Hello?”
The phone went dead. I put the phone down, and it rang again.
Me: “Hello, IT.”
Supervisor: “Hello, did you just ring me?”
Me: “No you rang me.”
Supervisor: “Did I? Oh, well, the reason I’m ringing now is because you couldn’t hear me when I rang you before.”
Me: “Yes I could.”
Supervisor: “No you couldn’t.”
Me: “Yes I could.”
Supervisor: “No you couldn’t.”
Me: “Believe me, I could.”
Supervisor: “Can you hear me now?”
Me: “Yes, of course I can.”
Supervisor: “Oh, that’s all right then. Catch you later.”