What a day. I just got off the phone with a very cranky man who seems to believe a reference librarian is the same thing as a computer engineer. He was quite upset when I wasn’t able to “system reboot” his computer over the phone for him. I honestly didn’t know how to help him and he kept getting more and more hostile saying that he needed to speak to someone that knew what they were talking about. I tried to explain to him that there wasn’t anybody here to help him and suggested he try calling someplace like Clientale Logic tomorrow but he wouldn’t here of it. He kept repeating all the error messages he was getting on his screen which could have just as easily been written in Aramaic as far as I was concerned. My apologies didn’t seem to satisfy him and he hung up quite miffed. Ahh me (sigh)


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24.03.04 at 21:01:17
Joshua Williams
OMG! Next time you get one of these forward him to me. I’ll *help* him
25.03.04 at 07:22:14
Carleen
Thanks Josh! I think I’ll definitely take you up on that
06.04.04 at 16:53:02
Beth
Or, you could do as the BOFH would do and tell him his hard drive needed to be reformatted. Bastard Operator from Hell
06.04.04 at 16:53:16
Beth
http://bofh.ntk.net/Bastard1.html
07.04.04 at 11:28:42
Carleen
Nice Beth
I’ll keep that in my favorites in case he calls again (evil laugh)