the saga of the end user

[Carroll Grigsby]

On Sunday 12 September 2004 08:41 am, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Björn Persson wrote:
> > Robert P. J. Day wrote:
> >>  This is a true story from the WordPerfect helpline.  Needless to say
> >>  the help desk employee was fired:  however, he/she is currently
> >>  suing the WordPerfect organization for "Termination without Cause".
> >
> > I don't quite understand why people feel the need to claim that these
> > little stories are true. I think they're perfectly funny in their own
> > right.
>
> your point is well taken.  i just reproduced the piece as i received
> it, i never took it seriously.  for debunking stuff like this, there's
> always www.snopes.com:
>
> http://www.snopes.com/humor/business/wordperf.htm
>
> which discusses other too-stupid-to-be-true myths like not being able
> to find the "any" key on the keyboard, using the CD-ROM drive as a
> coffee cup holder and so on.
>
> rday

If there's one on that list about some idiot calling WordPerfect to complain 
that his printer wouldn't work -- it seems that it wasn't plugged in -- its 
actually true. Don't ask. And no, the cleaning guy didn't do it.
-- cmg