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offline uzim on 2002-11-04 07:33 [#00427212]
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my mother just launched google, because she was searching
for... yahoo. °_°

the other day, in the train, i was playing tetris with my
calculator (no, i don't have a gba ;)), and the old lady
sitting next to me asks me if it was a playstation.

and you may know j. chirac (the president of france) didn't
know what a computer mouse was... (that was long ago but
funny nonetheless)

do you have other stories like this? ^^


 

offline Junktion from Northern Jutland (Denmark) on 2002-11-04 07:36 [#00427215]
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fuck dude...i work in printer-support!
when telling a cust. that he/she should press # and *
(reffering to the unit), and they instead press the buttons
on the phone, you know what youre custs. IT-knowledge is.

Or worse - people that thinks theres a error in our
software, because they choosed there native language on the
printer, and the program is in english.


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2002-11-04 07:37 [#00427218]
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My mother's friend went on an IT course once, and the
instructor told them all to take their mouse and click on
the taskbar. She put it on the floor and started moving it
around with her toes - she thought it was a footpedal.

=o/


 

offline uzim on 2002-11-04 07:40 [#00427224]
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lol!! ^^


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2002-11-04 07:43 [#00427228]
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my mam uses the mouse to chase that arrrrow on the
scrreen...


 

offline Bremzen from utrecht (Netherlands, The) on 2002-11-04 07:49 [#00427231]
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:)
in dutch we call @ "apenstaartje". a few months ago my mum
discovered the joy of email and tried to send me one but
somehow she couldn't send it. later i sat behind her
computer and found out that she saved my emailaddress as
florisvbapenstaartjexs4all.nl


 

offline uzim on 2002-11-04 07:55 [#00427236]
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my parents once sent me an email, but they didn't know how
it worked... so they called a friend of mine for help.
it seems like they didn't understand everything, since the
body of the mail was empty - all the text was in the title
of the mail.

(not much, but still a little funny)


 

offline Junktion from Northern Jutland (Denmark) on 2002-11-04 08:57 [#00427293]
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THINK TWICE BEFORE CALLING TECHNICAL SUPPORT



 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2002-11-04 09:00 [#00427298]
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I've had loooooooooads of stoopid peeps on the phone to me

I had one guy trying to plug his modem into his printer to
send a fax !


 

offline C738 from Outer Space on 2002-11-04 09:02 [#00427299]
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My mom's first internet experience:

She turned on the PC, dialed in and entered a site, like
www.yahoo.com
after 5 minutes she shouted me to come over to the PC."It
doesnt work!"
Did you press enter?
"Enter?"



 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2002-11-04 09:04 [#00427302]
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My mum is determined to learn to use a PC, even though she's
due for retirement in a few years.

She tries hard bless her, but she really does struggle
sometimes... Just ask Jedi Chris :)


 

offline neetta from Finland on 2002-11-04 09:06 [#00427306]
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i was just 20minutes on the phone with my mum. her cell
phone does not work.

AARGH

what am i, tech support?


 


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