Subj : Funny tech support story
To : Sean Dennis
From : mark lewis
Date : Thu Jan 13 2022 02:37 pm
On 2022 Jan 13 09:28:46, you wrote to me:
SD> I remember around 10 AM on a slow Wednesday morning I had a call put into
SD> my queue about someone unable to find the "any key". Some poor Tier 1
SD> script reader put that call through to me. I had to really use restraint
SD> from laughing as I informed the woman that there was no "any key".
when i lived in xxcarol's area back when we joined fidonet, we had installed a number of computers with networking and printers in a law firm... i don't remember the exact number but it was a decent sized contract so let's call it 50 systems... in the initial week, we they were getting used to the systems and installing all their software, we fielded several calls a day, generally from the typing pool, about the ANY key... after several days of this, i was told, "go over there and solve the problem once and for all."
on my way over to their location, i stopped in at one of the local drug stores to pick up some supplies for the task at hand... when i arrived on site, i was pretty much by myself as they were all out having their lunch break... about an hour later i was leaving the location, mission accomplished... how? every computer keyboard had a nice golden "ANY" on the space bar curtesy of the letter transfer kits i had picked up at the drug store O:) :lol:
)\/(ark
"The soul of a small kitten in the body of a mighty dragon. Look on my majesty, ye mighty, and despair! Or bring me catnip. Your choice. Oooh, a shiny thing!"
... Beware the do-gooders. They'll screw it up with best of intentions.
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