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<description><![CDATA[jvmorris posted : No, dave, really, it's true.  It happened on a help desk for a product we were developing and WordPerfect was the WP app of choice associated with the product.  And, yes, the guy who did it got dressed down afterwards.<br><small>--<br>Regards,<br>    Joseph V. Morris</small>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 07:16:44 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[dave posted : <div class="bquote"><small>said by <a href="/profile/360338" onClick="this.blur(); return popup(event,'/uidpop?ajh=1&uid=360338');">jvmorris</a>:</small><br><br>So old it's got whiskers on it!  (But I'm assured it's true.)<br> </div><A HREF="http://www.snopes.com/humor/business/wordperfect.asp">Right.</a>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:29:43 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[jvmorris posted : So old it's got whiskers on it!  (But I'm assured it's true.)<br><small>--<br>Regards,<br>    Joseph V. Morris</small>]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:15:26 EDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[wonko3fc posted : Customer:     'I've been ringing 0800 2100 for two days and can't get through to enquiries, can you help?'.<br>Operator:     'Where did you get that number from, sir?'. <br>Customer:     'It was on the door to the Travel Centre'.<br>Operator:     'Sir, they are our opening hours'. <br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------- <br>Samsung Electronics <br>Caller:          'Can you give me the telephone number for Jack?' <br>Operator:     'I'm sorry, sir, I don't understand who you are talking about'. <br>Caller:          'On page 1, section 5, of the user guide it clearly states that I need to unplug the fax machine from the AC  wall socket and telephone Jack before cleaning. Now, can you give me the number for Jack?' <br>Operator:      'I think you mean the telephone point on the wall'. <br>---------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>RAC Motoring Services <br>Caller:          'Does your European Breakdown Policy cover me when I am travelling in Australia ?' <br>Operator:      ' Doesn't the product name give you a clue?' <br>---------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>Caller (enquiring about legal requirements while travelling in France ): <br>'If I register my car in France , do I have to change the steering wheel to the other side of the car?' <br>---------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>Directory Enquiries <br>Caller:               'I'd like the number of the Argoed Fish Bar in Cardiff please'. <br>Operator:          'I'm sorry, there's no listing. Is the spelling correct?' <br>Caller:               'Well, it used to be called the Bargoed Fish Bar but the 'B' fell off'. <br>---------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>Then there was the caller who asked for a knitwear company in Woven. <br>Operator:        'Woven? Are you sure?' <br>Caller:             'Yes. That's what it says on the label; Woven in Scotland '. <br>---------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>On another occasion, a man making heavy breathing sounds from a phone box told a worried operator: <br>'I haven't got a pen, so I'm steaming up the window to write the number on'. <br>---------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>Tech Support:      'I need you to right-click on the Open Desktop'.<br>Customer:             'OK'.<br>Tech Support:      'Did you get a pop-up menu?'. <br>Customer:             'No'.<br>Tech Support:      'OK. Right-Click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?'<br>Customer:             'No'.<br>Tech Support:      'OK, sir. Can you tell me what you have done up until this point?'. <br>Customer:            'Sure. You told me to write 'click' and I wrote 'click''. <br>---------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>Tech Support:          'OK. In the bottom left hand side of the screen, can you see the 'OK' button displayed?'<br>Customer:                 'Wow. How can you see my screen from there?' <br>---------------------------------------------------------------------- <br>Caller:  'I deleted a file from my PC last week and I have just realised that I need it. If I turn my system clock back two weeks will I have my file back again?'. <br>---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- <br>There's always one. This has got to be one of the funniest things in 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 transcribed from a recording monitoring the customer care department. Needless to say the Help Desk employee was fired; however, he/she is currently suing the Word Perfect organization for 'Termination without Cause'. <br>Actual dialogue of a former WordPerfect Customer Support employee. (Now I know why they record these conversations!): <br><br>Operator:         'Ridge Hall, computer assistance; may I help you?' <br>Caller:              'Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect.' <br>Operator:         'What sort of trouble??' <br>Caller:              'Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words went away.' <br>Operator:         'Went away?' <br>Caller:              'They disappeared.' <br>Operator:         'Hmm So what does your screen look like now?' <br>Caller:              'Nothing.' <br>Operator:         'Nothing??' <br>Caller:              'It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type.' <br>Operator:         'Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out??' <br>Caller:              'How do I tell?' <br>Operator:         'Can you see the C: prompt on the screen??' <br>Caller:              'What's a sea-prompt?' <br>Operator:         'Never mind, can you move your cursor around the screen?' <br>Caller:              'There isn't any cursor: I told you, it won't accept anything I type.' <br>Operator:         'Does your monitor have a power indicator??' <br>Caller:              'What's a monitor?' <br>Operator:         'It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. Does it have a little light that tells you when it's on??' <br>Caller:               'I don't know.' <br>Operator:          'Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where the power cord goes into it. Can you see that??' <br>Caller:              'Yes, I think so..' <br>Operator:         'Great. Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's plugged into the wall. <br>Caller:              'Yes, it is.'<br>Operator:         'When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one??' <br>Caller:               'No.'<br>Operator:          'Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find the other cable.' <br>Caller:               'Okay, here it is.'<br>Operator:          'Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into the back of your computer.' <br>Caller:               'I can't reach.'<br>Operator:          'Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is??'<br>Caller:               'No.'<br>Operator:          'Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over??' <br>Caller:               'Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's because it's dark.'<br>Operator:          'Dark??'<br>Caller:               'Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is coming in from the window. <br>' Operator: 'Well, turn on the office light then.'<br>Caller:               'I can't.'<br>Operator:          'No? Why not??'<br>Caller:               'Because there's a power failure.' <br>Operator:  'A power......... A power failure? Aha, Okay, we've got it licked now.<br>Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff your computer came in??' <br>Caller:               'Well, yes, I keep them in the closet.' <br>Operator:           'Good. Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up just like it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store you bought it from.'<br>Caller:                'Really? Is it that bad?' <br>Operator:            'Yes, I'm afraid it is.'<br>Caller:                 'Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them??'<br>Operator:            'Tell them you're too f --- ing stupid to own a computer!!!!!' ]]></description>
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