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Cheer up, it could be worse!! Read on......

There's always one. This has got to be one of the funniest things

>in

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> > a long time. I think this guy should have been promoted, not

>fired.

>

> > This is a true story from the Word Perfect Helpline, which was

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> >transcribed

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> > from a recording monitoring the customer care department.

>Needless to

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> > say the Help Desk employee was fired; however, he/she is currently

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> > suing the Word Perfect organization for "Termination without

>Cause".

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> > Actual dialogue of a former WordPerfect Customer Support employee.

>

> > (Now I know why they record these conversations!):

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> >

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> > Operator: "Ridge Hall, computer assistance; may I help you?"

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> > Caller: "Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."

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> > Operator: "What sort of trouble??"

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> > Caller: "Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden

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> >the words went away."

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> >

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> > Operator: "Went away?"

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> > Caller: "They disappeared."

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> > Operator: "Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"

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> > Caller: "Nothing."

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> > Operator: "Nothing??"

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> > Caller: "It's blank; it won't accept anything when I

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> >type."

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> > Operator: "Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out??"

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> > Caller: "How do I tell?"

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> > Operator: "Can you see the C: prompt on the screen??"

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> > Caller: "What's a sea-prompt?"

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> > Operator: "Never mind, can you move your cursor around the

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> >screen?"

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> > Caller: "There isn't any cursor: I told you, it won't

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> >accept anything I type."

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> > Operator: "Does your monitor have a power indicator??"

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> > Caller: "What's a monitor?"

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> > Operator: "It's the thing with the screen on it that looks

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> > like a TV. Does it have a little light that

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> >tells you when it's on?"

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> > Caller: "I don't know."

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> > Operator: "Well, then look on the back of the monitor and

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> > find where the power cord goes into it. Can

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> >you see that??"

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> > Caller: "Yes, I think so."

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> > Operator: "Great. Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if

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> >it's plugged into the wall.

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> > Caller: "Yes, it is."

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> > Operator: "When you were behind the monitor, did you notice

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> >that there were two cables plugged into the back of it, not just

>one??"

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> > Caller: "No."

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> > Operator: "Well, there are. I need you to look back there

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> >again and find the other cable."

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> > Caller: "Okay, here it is."

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> > Operator: "Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged

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> >securely into the back of your computer."

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> > Caller: "I can't reach."

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> > Operator: "Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is??"

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> > Caller: "No."

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> > Operator: "Even if you maybe put your knee on something and

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> >lean way over??"

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> > Caller: "Oh, it's not because I don't have the right

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> > angle - it's because it's dark."

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> > Operator: "Dark??"

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> > Caller: "Yes - the office light is off, and the only

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> >light I have is coming in from the window."

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> > Operator: "Well, turn on the office light then."

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> > Caller: "I can't."

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> > Operator: "No? Why not??"

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> > Caller: "Because there's a power failure."

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> > Operator: "A power............ A power failure? Aha, Okay,

>

> >we've got it licked now. Do you still have the boxes and manuals

>and

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> >packing stuff your computer came in??"

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> > Caller: "Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."

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> > Operator: "Good. Go get them, and unplug your system and pack

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> >it up just like it was when you got it.

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> >Then take it back to the store you bought it from."

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> > Caller: "Really? Is it that bad?"

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> > Operator: "Yes, I'm afraid it is."

>

> > Caller: "Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I

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> >tell them??"

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> > Operator: "Tell them you're too f*%king stupid to own a

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> >computer!!!!!"