The broken cup-holder
patrick arink
A few days ago, a friend (slight detail: Mac-user) told me the following
story. I think it is an Urban Legend. I want to know if there are people
who know it.
Once, a servicedesk operator reveives a phonecall from a customer who
tells him that he has problems with his computer. `Can you help me? My
cup-holder broke of.'
Operator: `Did you say cup-holder?'
Customer: `Yes, it is on front of my computer. It's for putting your mug
or cup on. It broke of.'
Operator: `Is that cup-holder part of your computer or did you buy it
later?
Customer: `No it was on my computer when I bought it. The name is 4X.'
On that moment the servicedesk operator begins to laugh. He realizes
that the man used his CD-Rom player to put on his drinks.
End of story.
I put the story, which I think is a terrific Urban Legend, on my
homepage, together with some other UL's.
But: Does anybody know this story or does anybody know variations on
this story. Please tell me.
patrick arink
Niklas Frykholm
>A few days ago, a friend (slight detail: Mac-user) told me the following
>story. I think it is an Urban Legend. I want to know if there are people
>who know it.
[ Story about someone using his CD-ROM as a cup-holder. ]
>But: Does anybody know this story or does anybody know variations on
>this story. Please tell me.
I can't say whether the story is true or not, but the user manual of my
PowerMacintosh actually warns me not to place beer glasses or soft
drinks on the CD-ROM tray!!!
While the Macintosh might very well run the best operative system, the
same thing cannot be said about some of its users.
// Niklas
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Matthew Grossman
patrick arink (patric...@pi.net) wrote:
: A few days ago, a friend (slight detail: Mac-user) told me the following
: who know it.
: Once, a servicedesk operator reveives a phonecall from a customer who
: tells him that he has problems with his computer. `Can you help me? My
: cup-holder broke of.'
: Operator: `Did you say cup-holder?'
: Customer: `Yes, it is on front of my computer. It's for putting your mug
: or cup on. It broke of.'
: Operator: `Is that cup-holder part of your computer or did you buy it
: later?
: Customer: `No it was on my computer when I bought it. The name is 4X.'
: On that moment the servicedesk operator begins to laugh. He realizes
: that the man used his CD-Rom player to put on his drinks.
: End of story.
Yeah, I've heard that one, I agree with you that it's probably an urban
legend.
How about the one about the guy whose floppies keep failing...it turns out
that he was attaching them to a metal filing cabinet with magnets. Or the
one about the guy who calls tech support because his modem isn't working,
it turns out he was just putting it on top of the monitor.
There was one of "those" email messages called something like "True
stories from Tech Support" going around a while back; that's where I heard
these.
Or the family that was on vacation in Mexico, and their XT died, so they
put it on top of the car and..no wait, that actually happened to my
friend's cousin's brother-in-law...
--
Matt Grossman
ma...@wolfenet.com
"I'm too SEXP for my CAR..."
Stunt Pope
In article <5dv5b8$7...@ratty.wolfe.net>, ma...@wolfe.net blithers about...
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>How about the one about the guy whose floppies keep failing...it turns out
>that he was attaching them to a metal filing cabinet with magnets. Or the
>one about the guy who calls tech support because his modem isn't working,
>it turns out he was just putting it on top of the monitor.
>
>There was one of "those" email messages called something like "True
>stories from Tech Support" going around a while back; that's where I heard
>these.
>
I think you're referring to "Tech Support Tales". I subscribe myself, but
am sorry to report I haven't received an issue in quite some time. (I thought
they were just great tho...)
--
Mark Jeftovic (aka: Mark Jeff or Vic, Stunt Pope)
SysAdmin, Private World Communications
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D.E.Haworth
>But: Does anybody know this story or does anybody know variations on
>this story. Please tell me.
I've heard it before
cheers
dave
David Haworth
D.E.H...@cms.salford.ac.uk
fyonn@irc
Matthew Grossman
Stunt Pope (mar...@blammo.shmOOze.net) wrote:
: In article <5dv5b8$7...@ratty.wolfe.net>, ma...@wolfe.net blithers about...
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: >How about the one about the guy whose floppies keep failing...it turns out
: >that he was attaching them to a metal filing cabinet with magnets. Or the
: >one about the guy who calls tech support because his modem isn't working,
: >it turns out he was just putting it on top of the monitor.
: >
: >There was one of "those" email messages called something like "True
: >stories from Tech Support" going around a while back; that's where I heard
: >these.
: >
: I think you're referring to "Tech Support Tales". I subscribe myself, but
: am sorry to report I haven't received an issue in quite some time. (I thought
: they were just great tho...)
I just got it as an email forwarded from a foaf, I didn't know that there
were regular compilations of these things.
I agree, it was pretty funny. IMHO computer novices just freeze up when
something goes wrong, and don't really cause much damage. The worst
damage is caused by people who think they know what they are doing and
forge ahead fearlessly (I'll include myself in this, though so far I've
managed to avoid doing any serious damage...).
Bob Shair
gee...@pitt.edu (Gregg E Economou) writes:
>In article <3301F6...@pi.net>, patrick arink <patric...@pi.net> wrote:
>>
>>But: Does anybody know this story or does anybody know variations on
>>this story. Please tell me.
>
>Yes, this is an urban legend, but it has happened more than once for
>real in dozens opf places. A freind of mine used to work as an FST for DEC,
>and actually had a call liek this last year, but this story has been around
>in some form or another fro several years.
Si non e vero, e ben trovato!
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Bob Shair Open Systems Consultant
1018 W. Springfield Avenue rms...@uiuc.edu
Champaign, IL 61821 217/356-2684
< Not employed by or representing the University of Illinois >
Gregg E Economou
In article <3301F6...@pi.net>, patrick arink <patric...@pi.net> wrote:
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>But: Does anybody know this story or does anybody know variations on
>this story. Please tell me.
Yes, this is an urban legend, but it has happened more than once for
real in dozens opf places. A freind of mine used to work as an FST for DEC,
and actually had a call liek this last year, but this story has been around
in some form or another fro several years.
Isildur