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Has anyone heard a more stupid story than the one below? On how stupid non-technological people can be, when it comes to computers...
I've read a story on some danish homepage, where it goes like this:
Has any of you, an even dumber situation than this? 
I've read a story on some danish homepage, where it goes like this:
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WordPerfect Customer Support TECH: "Welch Hall computer assistant; may I help you?" CUST: "Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect." TECH: "What sort of trouble?" CUST: "Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words went away." TECH: "Went away?" CUST: "They disappeared." TECH: "Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?" CUST: "Nothing." TECH: "Nothing?" CUST: "It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type." TECH: "Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?" CUST: "How do I tell?" TECH: [Uh-oh. Well, let's give it a try anyway.] "Can you see the C:\> prompt on the screen?" CUST: "What's a sea-prompt?" TECH: [Uh-huh, thought so. Let's try a different tack.] "Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?" CUST: "There isn't any cursor: I told you, it won't accept anything I type." TECH: [Ah--at least s/he knows what a cursor is. Sounds like a hardware problem. I wonder if s/he's kicked out his/her monitor's power plug.] "Does your monitor have a power indicator?" CUST: "What's a monitor?" TECH: "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?" CUST: "I don't know." TECH: "Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where the power cord goes into it. Can you see that?" CUST: [sound of rustling and jostling] [muffled] "Yes, I think so." TECH: "Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's plugged into the wall." CUST: [pause] "Yes, it is." TECH: [Hmm. Well, that's interesting. I doubt s/he would have accidentally turned it off, and I don't want to send him/her hunting for the power switch because I don't know what kind of monitor s/he has and it's bound to have more than one switch on it. Maybe the video cable is loose or something.] TECH: "When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?" CUST: "No." TECH: "Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find the other cable." CUST: [muffled] "Okay, here it is." TECH: "Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into the back of your computer." CUST: [still muffled] "I can't reach." TECH: "Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?" CUST: [clear again] "No." TECH: "Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" CUST: "Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle--it's because it's dark." TECH: "Dark?" CUST: "Yes--the office light is off, and the only light I have is coming in from the window." TECH: "Well, turn on the office light then." CUST: "I can't." TECH: "No? Why not?" CUST: "Because there's a power outage." TECH: "A power--!?!" ...[AAAAAAARGH!]
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