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From: ifarqhar@mqccsunc.mqcc.mq.OZ (Ian Farquhar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: On the lighter side...
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Date: 14 Jul 90 12:19:21 GMT
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In article <138793@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> cmcmanis@stpeter.Eng.Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) writes:
>In article <33854@ut-emx.UUCP> greg@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) writes:
>>Anyway, this guys say that it happens all the time, but it wouldn't prevent
>>him from buying Seagate again.  "Other than that," he says, "they're fine."
>>---------  OTHER THAN THAT?!?!?!?!?!
 
As we seem to be having a little fun with IBM users, let me tell you a
little story that happenned very recently.  It is absolutely true,
and only the names have been changed to protect the guilty.

I work in micro support, and often get some very amusing questions from
novice users.  One of these users acosted me outside my office one day
and told me that there was something wrong with his computer.

"Really," I said, trying to hide the resignation in my voice.  "What's
the problem?"

"Well, my computer is making a funny sound, and its not even turned on."

"Oh," I replied.  "That would be, er.. very interesting.  Let's go and
have a look."  We set off for his office.

As we were walking there I was pondering what he could be taking about.
Perhaps he meant that he had not loaded WINWORD yet, or the sound might
have been coming from his Postscript printer.  "What sound is it
making?" I asked.

"Sort of a burr... burr sound," he answered.

We got to his office, and I looked at the computer.  It was off.  I
looked at the printer.  I was off.  Then I looked at the phone, and put
it back on the hook.  The sound stopped....

God, it was hard not to laugh...


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