I Wish I could Vomit Blood at Will
So, since there is one particular i-tard causing about 75% of my problems, I'm going to go ahead and give them a name. This, of course, is the one with a masters in IT, so I will call her MIT. Fitting, no? Anyway, today's gems are from her.
"My CD drive is broken, it won't give me my CD back. How do I eject a CD?"
Solution: Stared into space fow a few moments; fondly recalling blissful silence of my mother's womb. Snapped back to reality, follow MIT to desk with head hung low. Quickly ascertain that not only is her CD drive currently writing to disc in question, said disk is an RW and current software here requires a software eject rather than a manual one for RW discs. This has been the case for almost 4 years. Inquire if this is the first time she has done this. Reply: "No, every other time I shut my computer off and it ejects when I reboot." Showed MIT how to eject by right clicking and selecting "Eject".
"Can you make a Christmas card on the computer?"
Solution: Foolishly assumed MIT meant "Are you capable of making a Christmas card on the computer?"--answered in the affirmative. MIT was happy, told me she would send me the picture she wanted. Realized she meant "Will you make my Christmas cards for me at work?" Told her no, I would most certainly fucking not. Was asked if I could show her how to do so. Told her it was at least a full semester's worth of material for her, suggested she purchase cheap software at Best Buy to do so for her. Was told she does not have a computer at home yet, or a digital camera or scanner or anything in the least bit useful in making her own cards. Was not exactly shocked. Was assured she was planning on getting all of the above, starting with the camera. Asked if "the camera store" had good ones. Unclear as to which of the million possible camera stores in this city she meant; answered in the affirmative. Secretly hoping Jesus helps me out and makes her buy a normal film camera. Feel bad for unsuspecting camera store employees.
"My CD drive is broken, it won't give me my CD back. How do I eject a CD?"
Solution: Stared into space fow a few moments; fondly recalling blissful silence of my mother's womb. Snapped back to reality, follow MIT to desk with head hung low. Quickly ascertain that not only is her CD drive currently writing to disc in question, said disk is an RW and current software here requires a software eject rather than a manual one for RW discs. This has been the case for almost 4 years. Inquire if this is the first time she has done this. Reply: "No, every other time I shut my computer off and it ejects when I reboot." Showed MIT how to eject by right clicking and selecting "Eject".
"Can you make a Christmas card on the computer?"
Solution: Foolishly assumed MIT meant "Are you capable of making a Christmas card on the computer?"--answered in the affirmative. MIT was happy, told me she would send me the picture she wanted. Realized she meant "Will you make my Christmas cards for me at work?" Told her no, I would most certainly fucking not. Was asked if I could show her how to do so. Told her it was at least a full semester's worth of material for her, suggested she purchase cheap software at Best Buy to do so for her. Was told she does not have a computer at home yet, or a digital camera or scanner or anything in the least bit useful in making her own cards. Was not exactly shocked. Was assured she was planning on getting all of the above, starting with the camera. Asked if "the camera store" had good ones. Unclear as to which of the million possible camera stores in this city she meant; answered in the affirmative. Secretly hoping Jesus helps me out and makes her buy a normal film camera. Feel bad for unsuspecting camera store employees.
posted by Clueless Dad at
10:27 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home