Oh Don! Thanks for capping an absolutely horrible day with such a great story! This one gets posted on the bulletin board in our lunchroom! Best Regards, Joe Geiser ---------- From: Don Harrington Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 1996 1:50 PM To: Multiple recipients of list HP3000-L Subject: FW: (Fwd) FW: Tech humor (fwd) This HAS to be shared! Don Harrington Boeing Commercial Airplane Group (206) 931-4457 voice P. O. Box 3707 M/S 5J-34 (206) 931-9085 FAX Seattle, WA 98124-2207 [log in to unmask] These thoughts are owned by the person expressing them, and no one else! > True story from a Novell NetWare Sys Op: > >Caller: "Hello, is this Tech Support?" >Tech Rep: "Yes, it is. How may I help you?" >Caller: "The cup holder on my PC is broken and I am within my > warranty period. How do I go about getting that > fixed?" >Tech Rep: "I'm sorry, but did you say a cup holder?" >Caller: "Yes, it's attached to the front of my computer." >Tech Rep: "Please excuse me if I seem a bit stumped, > it's because I am. Did you receive this as part of a > promotional, at a trade show? How did you get this > cup holder? Does it have any trademark on it?" > Caller: "It came with my computer, I don't know anything about > a promotional. It just has '4X' on it." > > At this point the Tech Rep had to mute the caller, because he > couldn't >stand it. The caller had been using the load drawer of the CD-ROM >drive as a cup holder, and snapped it off the drive. >