Apr 07 2009
Anti-tech aura
Is it possible for a person to have an anti-tech aura? I think I have one. Computers, fax machines, ipods, you name it and it tends to fail around me. But not normal failure…spectacular failure. Things that most repair people never see in their lifetimes. And I’m seriously NOT doing anything to cause these failures. They just happen. Yesterday all I had to do was send a fax to The Hartford…don’t ask why, you do not want to know. Four fax numbers and nearly two hours on the phone with them and I was still unable to send 1, just 1, piece of paper to them. I finally managed to wrangle an email address out of them…not easy to do. (for $100 I’ll sell it to you!) (I’m kidding it’s really worth $1,000). I scanned the 1 piece of paper that needed to get to them and proceeded to attempt to email it to them and that’s what shut down my computer for the rest of the day!! One lousey piece of paper that refused to be sent in any manner.
All they need is a number, that’s all a simple 5 digit number and my problems with them would be solved. But they can’t fill out the document themselves, they require that YOU do it and fax it or email it to them. There comes a time when rules just become stupid. 5 people wasted hours of time yesterday for 1 number that would have taken less than 10 seconds to write down. Hours of wasted time because of a stupid rule. It’s no wonder this country is having so many problems!! Back in the day when we trusted each other, this never would have happened.
I sit here in my office now…I could be out skiing in a half hour for my lunch turns. But no, I have to sit here and wait for the computer repairman to arrive and spend the afternoon telling me that he has never encountered a problem such as the one I have. I’d lay down money that that will indeed be what he tells me! The mountain is calling and I have to stick my fingers in my ears and hum to drown it out. The sun is shining, the temps are rising, the snow is ideal…but the freaking computer has to pick this final week of the ski season to break down and keep me off the slopes!! Talk about life not being fair. That’s about the cruelest thing you can do to a ski junkie. Next week, there is NO skiing, next week I could care less if the computer bursts into flame! Why does it pick this day???
I don’t know if this video will work. I’m hoping that it does cause it’s perfect for today!
Dear Printer Repair Man:
Please come to my house and check my printer. Every time I use the printer - and I am away while
it prints - my papers are wrinkled, even shredded. Sometimes the ink is blurred.
I hope that you can find the problem!
Sincerely,
Concerned Computer Owner
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Dear Concerned Computer Owner:
While you were gone today, I checked your printer, and I found your problem.
Please click on the attachment for the answer.
Sincerely,
Printer Repair Man
I didn’t think it would work…I’m so sorry. What you would have seen when you opened the video is a cat watching a printer and every time a sheet starts to come out of the printer, the cat rips it to shreds. Very funny. Give me a little time and I’ll get this all figured out. Not that I can promise you it will work!!! Hope your electronics work well for you today.
