Sudo tells a joke

[Sudonimus]

"Yes?"

[marsgreekgod]

He was asking if the internet provider's building was on fire.

[gummybears123]

I found that 17.5% funny

[marsgreekgod]

thats... really bad.

[gummybears123]

Partly because I still don't fully get it

[marsgreekgod]

Ok his computer was on fire after he hooked it to the internet, and called the people who he used to get online to see if there building was on fire.

WHILE HIS COMPUTER WAS ON FIRE

[Arucard]

Those are pretty good, I guess I understand now why tech support always starts out with such generic questions. They always say, restart or unplug and plug it back in. Is it turned on? Hard to believe people still fail to understand at least the simplest concepts behind technology...Oh wait, no it's not.
And following the links on there I found some horrible absent letters from parents:

"Please excuse Gloria from Jim today. She is administrating."

"Carlos was absent yesterday because he was playing football. He was hurt in the growing part."

"Please excuse Jennifer for missing school yesterday. We forgot to get the Sunday paper off the porch, and when we found it Monday, we thought it was Sunday."

[marsgreekgod]

Customer: "Hi, I need some help."
Tech Support: "That's what we're here for. How may I help you?"
Customer: "I've heard of people getting on the Internet and using it to hack into their banks and change account balances, and I was wondering if you could walk me through that."
Tech Support: "No sir, that's strictly illegal. We can't do that here."
Customer: "No, don't try and pull any fast ones. There's nothing illegal on the Internet."
Tech Support: "Yes there is, sir. You can break the law on the Internet."
Customer: "Look, son, don't you go making up any stories about laws on the Internet. If you don't know how to do what I want you to, put me on the line with someone who does!"
Tech Support: "Sir, there is no way anyone here will help you with that or any other illegal activity."
Customer: "That's IT! If you don't know what you're doing, I want to talk to your supervisor now!"
This would be the first and only time I ever heard a supervisor call a customer an idiot over the phone.

[Sudonimus]

*Laughs*

[marsgreekgod]

Customer: "My program doesn't work."
Tech Support: "Which program are you using?"
Customer: "The one I use to get my work done."
Tech Support: "Ma'am, we support many different programs, what's the name of the program you use?"
Customer: "I don't know; it's the one that comes up when I start my computer."
Tech Support: "Can you tell me what you see on the screen after you start your computer?"
Customer: "No, I can't get the program to come up so I can't tell you what's on the screen."
Tech Support: "Is your computer on?"
Customer: "Of course it's on! I know how to turn on my computer!"
Tech Support: "What kind of computer do you have? Is it a PC, a Macintosh, an Xterminal, or a VT420?"
Customer: "I don't know. You're the help desk -- you're supposed to know that."
Tech Support: "Uh. Have you tried rebooting your machine?"
Customer: (angrily) "I just told you I can't get the program to run. What kind of help desk is this? I don't think you're very helpful, and I'll have you know that I personally know one of the programmers, and I'm going to call her since I know she'll be able to help me!"

[Kirby]

It's kind of funny but I don't really get the end...

[marsgreekgod]

It's not so much a joke as something that really happened.

[Sudonimus]

This looks like it happens more than it should.

I guess this is the problem with technology. You have to really be there to know.

Maybe if they somehow use screencameras, or screenshots... but that's kind of hacking.