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An unemployed man is desperate to support his family of a wife and three kids. He applies for a janitor’s job at a large firm and easily passes an aptitude test. The human resources manager tells him, “You will be hired at minimum wage of $5.35 an hour. Let me have your e-mail address so…

This is a true story from the WordPerfect helpline. Needless to say, the help desk employee was fired; however, he/she is currently suing the Word Perfect organization for “Termination without Cause.” Actual dialogue of a former WordPerfect Customer Support employee with a caller: “Ridge Hall computer assistant; may I help you?” “Yes, well, I’m having…

1. You don’t suffer from insomnia… you enjoy every minute of it. 2. Your pupils are dialated 24/7 3.*You don’t have time for a girlfriend and would rather have a talking frog instead. 4. L337 is a common word in your household. 5. The targeting reticle from halo is permanently burned onto your retina… and…

“Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.” – Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949. “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” – Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943 “I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people,…

If you messed up your life, you could press “Ctrl, Alt, Delete” and start all over! To get your daily exercise, just click on “run”! If you needed a break from life, click on “suspend”. Hit “any key” to continue life when ready. To get even with the neighbors, turn up the sound blaster. To…

THIS IS A TRUE STORY!!! My cousin works as a technical support receptionist at a computer company. This is an actual conversation he had one day: “Hi, I’m having trouble with my computer. It’s not working!” “Well, I’ll do my best to help you.” *gets technical information for computer from caller* “OK, can you press…

Tech Support: “All right. Now click ‘OK’.” Customer: “Click ‘OK’?” Tech Support: “Yes, click ‘OK’.” Customer: “Click ‘OK’?” Tech Support: “That’s right. Click ‘OK’.” Customer: “So I click ‘OK’, right?” Tech Support: “Right. Click ‘OK’.” Pause. Customer: “I clicked ‘Cancel’.” Tech Support: “YOU CLICKED ‘CANCEL’???” Customer: “That’s what I was supposed to do, right?” Tech…

I called a company and asked to speak to Bob. The person who answered said, “Bob is on vacation. Would you like to hold?” I worked with an individual who plugged their power strip back into itself and for the life of them could not understand why their computer would not turn on. “Do you…

How is a computer like an air conditioner? When you open Windows it won’t work!

If Oracle made toasters… They’d claim their toaster was compatible with all brands and styles of bread, but when you got it home, you’d discover the Bagel Engine was still in development, the Croissant Extension was three years away, and that, indeed, the whole appliance was just blowing smoke. If Hewlett-Packard made toasters… They would…

How did the person take over the remote? He asked for remote CONTROLS!

“One day a friend of mine called me up to tell me he was thinking of buying a computer. This guy is particularly sensitive to criticism and not exactly in the upper echelon of the IQ range, and personally I don’t think he should own a programmable VCR much less a computer, but he’s a…