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Friday, August 24th by carlaHere are more stories to help us remember that teachers aren’t the only ones who deal with unexpected sinkholes of consciousness.
Directory assistance
A caller asked for a knitwear company in Woven, Scotland.
Operator (after searching): “Woven? Are you sure?”
Caller: “Yes. That’s what it says on the label — Woven in Scotland.”
Tech Support
Tech Support: “I need you to right-click on the Open Desktop.”
Customer: “OK.”
Tech Support: “Did you get a pop-up menu?”
Customer: “No.”
Tech Support: “OK. Right-Click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?”
Customer: “No.”
Tech Support: “OK, sir. Can you tell me what you have done up until this point?”
Customer: “Sure. You told me to write ‘click’ and I wrote ‘click’.”
At a travel agency
Caller (asking about legal requirements while traveling in Europe) “If I register my car in France, and then take it to England, do I have to change the steering wheel to the other side of the car?”
Operator: (long pause)
More Tech Support
Tech Support: “At the bottom left hand side of your screen, can you see the ‘Start’ button displayed?”
Customer: “Wow! How can you see my screen from there?”
Really not a bad idea, in theory
Caller: “I deleted a file from my PC last week and I just realized that I need it. So, if I turn my system clock back two weeks will I get my file back again?”
