Even More Tech Support Calls
Customer:
"I've been ringing 0700 2300 for two days and
can't get through to enquiries, can you help?".
Operator:
"Where did you get that number from, sir?".
Customer:
"It was on the door to the Travel Centre".
Operator:
"Sir, they are our opening hours".
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Samsung
Electronics
Caller: "Can you give
me the telephone number for Jack?"
Operator: "I'm sorry, sir, I don't understand who
you are talking about".
Caller: "On page 1,
section 5, of the user guide it clearly states that I need to unplug the fax
machine from the AC wall socket and telephone Jack before cleaning. Now, can you
give me the number for Jack?"
Operator: "I think you mean the telephone point on
the wall".
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RAC
Motoring Services
Caller: "Does your
European Breakdown Policy cover me when I am travelling in
Australia ?"
Operator: " Doesn't the product give you a
clue?"
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Caller
(enquiring about legal requirements while travelling in France ):
"If I register my car in France , do I have to change the steering
wheel to the other side of the car?"
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Directory
Enquiries
Caller:
"I'd like the number of the Argoed Fish Bar in Cardiff please".
Operator: "I'm
sorry, there's no listing. Is the spelling correct?"
Caller:
"Well, it used to be called the Bargoed Fish Bar but the 'B'
fell off".
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Then
there was the caller who asked for a knitwear company in Woven.
Operator: "Woven? Are you
sure?"
Caller:
"Yes. That's what it says on the label; Woven in Scotland
".
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On another occasion, a man making heavy breathing sounds from a phone box told a worried operator: "I haven't got a pen, so I'm steaming up the window to write the number on".
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Tech
Support: "I need you to right-click on
the Open Desktop".
Customer:
"OK".
Tech Support: "Did you get a pop-up menu?".
Customer:
"No".
Tech Support: "OK. Right-Click again. Do you
see a pop-up menu?"
Customer:
"No".
Tech Support: "OK, sir. Can you tell me what
you have done up until this point?".
Customer:
"Sure. You told me to write 'click' and I wrote 'click'".
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Tech
Support: "OK. In the
bottom left hand side of the screen, can you see the 'OK' button
displayed?"
Customer:
"Wow. How can you see my screen from there?"
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Caller: "I deleted a file from my PC last week and I have just realised that I need it. If I turn my system clock back two weeks will I have my file back again?".
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There's
always one. This has got to be one of the funniest things in a long time.
I think this guy should have been promoted, not fired This is a true story from
the Word Perfect Helpline, which was transcribed from a recording
monitoring the customer care department. Needless to say the Help Desk
employee was fired; however, he/she is currently suing the Word Perfect
organization for "Termination without Cause".
Actual dialogue of a former WordPerfect Customer Support employee. (Now I know
why they record these conversations!):
Operator: "Ridge Hall,
computer assistance; may I help you?"
Caller:
"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."
Operator: "What sort of
trouble??"
Caller:
"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words went away."
Operator: "Went away?"
Caller:
"They disappeared."
Operator: "Hmm So what
does your screen look like now?"
Caller:
"Nothing."
Operator: "Nothing??"
Caller:
"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type."
Operator: "Are you still in
WordPerfect, or did you get out??"
Caller:
"How do I tell?"
Operator: "Can you see the
C: prompt on the screen??"
Caller:
"What's a sea-prompt?"
Operator: "Never mind, can
you move your cursor around the screen?"
Caller:
"There isn't any cursor: I told you, it won't accept anything I type."
Operator: "Does your monitor
have a power indicator??"
Caller:
"What's a monitor?"
Operator: "It's the thing
with the screen on it that looks like a TV. Does it have a little light that
tells you when it's on??"
Caller:
"I don't know."
Operator: "Well, then
look on the back of the monitor and find where the power cord goes into
it. Can you see that??"
Caller:
"Yes, I think so."
Operator: "Great. Follow
the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's plugged into the wall."
Caller:
"Yes, it is."
Operator: "When you were
behind the monitor, did you notice that there were two cables plugged into
the back
of it, not just one??"
Caller:
"No."
Operator: "Well,
there are. I need you to look back there again and find the other cable."
Caller:
"Okay, here it is."
Operator: "Follow it
for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into the back of your
computer."
Caller:
"I can't reach."
Operator: "Uh huh.
Well, can you see if it is??"
Caller:
"No."
Operator: "Even if
you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over??"
Caller:
"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's
because it's dark."
Operator:
"Dark??"
Caller:
"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is
coming in from the window.
"
Operator: "Well,
turn on the office light then."
Caller:
"I can't."
Operator: "No? Why
not??"
Caller:
"Because there's a power failure.."
Operator: "A power.........
A power failure? Aha, Okay, we've got it licked now. Do you still
have the boxes and
manuals and packing stuff your computer came in??"
Caller:
"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."
Operator: "Good.
Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up just like it was when
you got it. Then
take it back to the store you bought it from."
Caller:
"Really? Is it that bad?"
Operator:
"Yes, I'm afraid it is."
Caller:
"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them??"
Operator:
"Tell them you're too ... stupid to own a computer.