It won't fit...

[Shabo]

I got a call from a lady who had previously requested help getting her new laptop hooked up to the port replicator and fun stuffs like that. One of our techs had left the office already to walk over there, and she calls up...

SL- Silly Lady
Me- That person over there ---->

SL: Has *tech 1* already left the office?
Me: Actually, *tech 2* is on his way over right now.
SL: Oh... I'm having trouble fitting this cord into my port replicator... what is it... uh, coaxial? Yeah, coaxial.
Me: (Coaxial? wtfbbq?! She must mean an ethernet cable...) Do you mean a network cable?
SL: Oh, yeah, that's right.
Me: Well, one of our techs is on his way over there right now; he can give you a hand with it when he gets there.
SL: Ok, thanks so much! Bye!


I'm still scratching my head as to why, after I had JUST told her that there was a tech on the way to her office that she would proceed to tell me what the problem was. Does she want me to teleport over there or something? Maybe telepathically inform the tech that's walking what the problem is so she doesn't have to admit how silly she's being? And to top it all off... there's only one port for an ethernet shaped cord. No modem on these port replicators. So where exactly was she trying to plug it in?

[Shabo]

No, this is on a university campus with no coax ports in offices. There would have been no way for her to use a coax cable anywhere. She meant a standard 5e ethernet. She just got the names confused. It happens. I am not faulting her there. I'm just more concerned with the fact that she wasn't satisfied that I had just told her that a tech was coming and continued to lodge a complaint with me. Just wait til he gets there, and he can help you, silly.