random short stories

[Anriana]

Power Cycle - Terry, offline, reset modem, good lights, router ip, cust says she does not have router, argued for several minutes over meaning of her ip address, son wandered into room and told mom there is a router in his room, pwced router, online.


"What's the phone number?"
"123-457"
"And the area code?"
"Oh gawd, I need that? I can't believe you need that. Gawd, let me go look that up. Oh my gawd, this is just the worst thing I've ever been through."



"Click on start."
"Where is start? Is it on the computer?"
"Yes. All of the things I'm going to ask you to do will be on the computer."
"Oh, okay."

three minutes later, after they exited out of the command prompt after I specifially told them not to:

"Click on Start again."
"Where is Start?"
mute + long sigh. "It is still in the left of your screen."

[Fungus]

"And the area code?"
"Oh gawd, I need that? I can't believe you need that. Gawd, let me go look that up. Oh my gawd, this is just the worst thing I've ever been through."

I think that quote needs to be shared with some former POWs from the Vietnam or Korean eras.

[Bramblerose]

"Oh gawd, I need that? I can't believe you need that. Gawd, let me go look that up. Oh my gawd, this is just the worst thing I've ever been through."

the worst thing? really? I'd love to swap your computer glitch for any two of teh following- my MCL, my ACL, the meniscusectomy, or my upcoming PT session. Scratch that last one, I'll put up 2 months on crutches instead. I need teh PT session (grumble).

Break him/her in gently to tragedy.

[smileyeagle1021]

"What's the phone number?"
"123-457"
"And the area code?"
"Oh gawd, I need that? I can't believe you need that. Gawd, let me go look that up. Oh my gawd, this is just the worst thing I've ever been through."

wow, yeah, can I trade lives with this person... I'll take having someone ask my area code be the most traumatic event in my life over some of the stuff that has happened...

[Samaliel]

I'd like to introduce that person to some of my friends... I don't know why, but most of my friends have a pretty screwed up past which they managed to overcome. Being asked their entire phone number wouldn't even count as a mild annoyance to them. It doesn't to me, and I think I'm one of the luckiest men alive.

[friendofjimmyk]

Gawd, let me go look that up. Oh my gawd, this is just the worst thing I've ever been through."

When SCs say something like this, I SOOOO want to say:

"Then you, ma'am, have had quite the charmed life!"

[mharbourgirl]

"And the area code?"
"Oh gawd, I need that? I can't believe you need that. Gawd, let me go look that up. Oh my gawd, this is just the worst thing I've ever been through."

*head go splodey* Uh, yeah... can I have HER life?

That is all, I can't think of anything to add that wouldn't be even more of a downer.

We need a smiley of a seagull crapping on someone's head.

[tollbaby]

my mouth filter likely would have failed at that point and I'd have said, "Is it REALLY, ma'am?" LOL

[Rapscallion]

"Oh gawd, I need that? I can't believe you need that. Gawd, let me go look that up. Oh my gawd, this is just the worst thing I've ever been through."

Some of my older customers had numbers tattooed on their arms.

Rapscallion

[Spiffy McMoron]

"What's the phone number?"
"123-457"
"And the area code?"
"Oh gawd, I need that? I can't believe you need that. Gawd, let me go look that up. Oh my gawd, this is just the worst thing I've ever been through."

Heh. Three quick thoughts:

-My co-worker J, whom I have complained about at length, had the same problem with the fact that we have to dial the area code for all calls. We already have to dial 8 digits (9 to dial out + 7 digit phone number), so what's an extra 3?

-You don't know your own area code? Seriously?!?

-If this his how people react to looking up 3 digits, what would happen if they were audited by the taxman, lived through a natural disaster, been robbed, or had anything happen to them that's worse than waiting over 30 minutes for a pizza to be delivered?

[depechemodefan]

"Oh gawd, I need that? I can't believe you need that. Gawd, let me go look that up. Oh my gawd, this is just the worst thing I've ever been through."

For some reason, I hear Woody Allen-sound alike saying that.

But I imagine it's a 15 year old girl who goes to some prep school and has perfect hair. And her folks can affor $500/hr for a SAT prep course.