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From: chip@pender.ee.upenn.edu (Charles H. Buchholtz)
Newsgroups: rec.humor.funny
Subject: Why my job is sometimes frustrating
Keywords: original, smirk, computer
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Date: 10 Apr 90 10:30:09 GMT
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I work as a systems administrator, and part of m job involves
answering questions about computers.  I generally like my job, but
sometimes it gets on my nerves.  When people ask me what I find so
irritating, this is what I tell them:

Imagine that you are a salesperson for Ikea (substitute "furniture
store" if you don't know what "Ikea" is).  You get a phone call that
goes like this.

Customer:  I'd like to buy a kitchen table.

You:       That's fine; we have many styles of kitchen tables, I'm
           sure you can find one you like.

C: I need one that's 3 feet by 5 feet and has a butcher block top.

Y: Yes, we have a table like that.  You can pick it up today.

C: OK, how can I get it back to my house?

Y: Well, it comes disassembled, so you can just put it on a roof rack.
   We can loan you a roof rack if you don't have one.

C: But how do get there?

Y: We're just off exit 25 of the Turnpike.  Where are you coming from?

C: Wait, wait, you're going way too fast for me.  I have a Toyota
   Celica in my driveway, and the keys are in my hand.  What do I do
   next?

- And, whatever you say at this point, the response is always the
same:

C: But all I want is a kitchen table!  Why does it have to be so
   *COMPLICATED*!


If anyone from EE is reading, I'm not describing you.

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