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Customer: I'm trying to connect to the Internet with your CD, but it just doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?

Tech support: OK, you've got the CD in the CD drive, right?

Customer: Yeah....

Tech support:And what sort of computer are you using?

Customer: Computer? Oh no, I haven't got a computer.

It's in the CD player and all I get is weird noises.

Listen.....

Tech support: Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!!!



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Tech support: What kind of computer do you have?

Female customer: A white one...



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Customer: Hi, this is Celine. I can't get my diskette out.

Tech support: Have you tried pushing the button?

Customer: Yes, sure, it's really stuck.

Tech support: That doesn't sound good; I'll make a note.

Customer: Uhhhh No .. wait a minute...I hadn't inserted it yet... it's still on my desk... sorry....



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Tech support: Click on the 'my computer' icon on the left of the screen.

Customer: Your left or my left?



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Tech support: Good day. How may I help you?

Male customer: Hello... I can't print.

Tech support: Would you click on "start" for me and...

Customer: Listen pal; don' tstart getting technical on me! I'm not Bill Gates, damn it!



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Customer:Hi, good afternoon, this is Martha, I can't print. Every time I try, it says 'Can't find printer'.

I've even lifted the printer and placed itin front of the monitor, but the computer still says he can't find it...



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Customer: I! have problems printing in red...

Tech support: Do you have a color printer?

Customer:Aaaah....................thank you.





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Tech support: What's on your monitor now, ma'am?

Customer: A teddy bear my boyfriend bought for me at the supermarket.



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Customer: My keyboard is not working anymore.

Tech support: Are you sure it's plugged into the computer?

Customer: No. I can't get behind the computer.

Tech support: Pick up your keyboard and walk 10 paces back.

Customer: OK

Tech support: Did the keyboard come with you?

Customer: Yes

Tech support: That means the keyboard is not plugged in. Is there another keyboard?

Customer: Yes, there's another one here. Ah...that one does work



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Tech support: Your password is the smallletter a as in apple, a capital letter V as in Victor, the number 7.

Customer: Is that 7 in capital letters?



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Customer: I can't get on the Internet.

Tech support: Are you sure you used the right password?

Customer: Yes, I'm sure. I saw my colleague do it.

Tech support: Can you tell me what the password was?

Customer: Five stars.



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Tech support: What anti-virus program do you use?

Customer: Netscape.

Tech support: That's not an anti-virus program.

Customer: Oh, sorry...Internet Explorer.



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Customer: Ihave a huge problem. A friend has placed a screen saver on my computer, but every time I move the mouse, it disappears.



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Tech support: How may I help you?

Customer: I'm writing my first e-mail.

Tech support: OK, and what seems to be the problem?

Customer: Well, I have the letter 'a' in the address, but how do I get the circle around it?



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A woman called the Canon help desk with a problem with her printer.

Tech support: Are you running it under windows?

Customer:"No, my desk is next to the door, but that is a good point. The man sitting in the cubicle next to me is under a window, and his printeris working fine."



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Tech support:"Okay Bob, let's press the control and escape keys<
 
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