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Wednesday, 04 November, 2009
Vacuum Cleaner Sales Just As Helpful As Microsoft Support
(with comments)
Advances in technical support: Student's Windows 7 Won't Work, CSR Transfers Him To Vacuum Seller.
A guy
buys Windows 7, but it won't activate...
After hours of failed attempts at activating Windows 7, I finally got connected to an actual person. He asked for my installation ID, which I gave him. He told me that the ID was invalid, which both my computer and the robot woman had said multiple times, so I began to explain my problem.
Halfway through, I heard the standard "hold" music and assumed he was transferring me to another customer service rep. The person who picked up? Bonnie with Oreck Vacuums. I said I was transferred to her from Microsoft, and she was very surprised. She was amused, though she said it had never happened before. Also that if I needed my computer cleaned up, she had the perfect canister of compressed air for my problems.
The photo shows a satisfied customer who successfully installed Windows 7 on his Oreck vacuum cleaner.
- By . Comment posted 04-Nov-2009 @09:13am:I try to avoid Mac smugness, but spending hours trying to install a new OS just ain't right.
- By mmmark. Comment posted 04-Nov-2009 @11:31am:Windows, and Oreck vacuums, suck.
- By ElMoney. Comment posted 04-Nov-2009 @12:55pm:Halfway through, I heard the standard "hold" music
Just wondering what that is for eveyone else. For me, it's a department store version of "Girl from Ipanema." When I hear it, I always do a slow little twist and bob in my head. - By Shel-tone. Comment posted 04-Nov-2009 @12:59pm:I'm not sure why not everyone follows the rule that you never install a windows OS until 10 years after it's been out. That way most of the bugs have been worked out, and it works with most programs.
- By Christopher. Comment posted 04-Nov-2009 @04:46pm:When I had to deal with Met Life, I got that Snoopy and Linus song (Bah dee da,da dee da, da dah). Over, and over, and over...
I don't think I can bear Charlie Brown's X-mas this year.