Tech World

(A young customer comes wandering in during lunchtime, fiddling with the laptops on display.) Me: “Ma’am, can I help you?” Customer: “Oh, yes, please. I’d like to buy a laptop.” Me: “Certainly. What would you be using it for?” Customer: “Facebook, Skype, iTunes, and Civilisation IV. And typing, I guess.” (I show her a sturdy Dell.) Customer: “Excellent, I’ll take it. Does it come with a warranty?” Me: “Yes, ma’am, Dell offers a standard one-year warranty.” Customer: “Uhm, would it be possible to get a… longer warranty?” Me: “We offer an additional three year full warranty for [amount] more.” Customer: “Does it cover… like… EVERYTHING? Like, maybe, falling down stairs, getting rolled over by suitcases, accidental cups of coffee?” Me: *trying not to laugh* “Yes, Ma’am. Everything.” Customer: *sighs, resigned* “I’ll have the full warranty. Something tells me I’ll need it!”

Compaq is considering changing the command "Press Any Key" to "Press Enter Key" because of the flood of calls asking where the Any Key is. * AST technical support had a caller complaining that her mouse was hard to control with the dust cover on. The cover turned out to be the plastic bag the mouse was packaged in. * Another AST customer was asked to send a copy of her defective diskettes. A few days later a letter arrived from the customer along with photocopies of the floppies. * Another Dell customer called to say he couldn't get his computer to fax anything. After 40 minutes of troubleshooting, the technician discovered the man was trying to fax a piece of paper by holding it in front of the monitor screen and hitting the "send" key. * A Dell technician received a call from a customer who was enraged because his computer had told him he was "bad and an invalid." The tech explained that the computer's "bad comman...

Feeling a little down today? Just put on your "Danson Shoes" and the world will suddenly be a lot better.  Watch above as comedian Robert Dean demonstrates. Also, if you don't like this and feel that it wasted your time... we're not sorry.