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On Tue, 18 Jun 1996 00:05:48 +0900, you wrote: > >Forwarded to me.... too funny to be true! > Jeffrey >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >True story from a Novell NetWare SysOp: > > Caller: "Hello, is this Tech Support?" > > Tech Rep: "Yes, it is. How may I help you?" > Caller: "The cup holder on my PC is broken and I am within my warranty >period. How do I go about getting that fixed?" > > Tech Rep: "I'm sorry, but did you say a cup holder?" > > Caller: "Yes, it's attached to the front of my computer." > > Tech Rep: "Please excuse me if I seem a bit stumped, it's because I am. > Did you receive this as part of a promotional, at a trade show? How did >you get this cup holder? Does it have any trademark on it?" > > Caller: "It came with my computer, I don't know anything about a >promotional. It just has '4X' on it." > > At this point the Tech Rep had to mute the caller, because he could not >stand it. The caller had been using the load drawer of the CD-ROM drive as a >cup holder, and snapped it off the drive. > >- I think the fault here lies in the fact that the user failed to read the manual, if he had done so he would have realised that a 4X cup holder will only support paper cups no larger than 10 fl ozs. I guess he had his coffee in a china mug and for that he would need at least a 6X cup holder. I have a Toshiba 8X cup holder and I can get it to support a pint of lager quite easily. BTW does anyone out there know how to get a Bus Toaster card to toast BOTH sides of the bread at the same time under Linux.