The Daily Funny - 12th May 2010

Is there a linguist in the house?

I'm still in the far east doing tech support, getting calls at odd hours. I'm beginning to get calls from people who's english is slightly - well, not great... It feels like you're in the middle of some giant pratical joke!

User calls up first thing in the morning:- Hello, my pc is not right
Me (thinking : Oh no, not another one) : Ok sir, what seems to be the trouble
User - It is not working, it is not right
Me - Okey dokey, what operating system are you using?
User - What is operating system
Me (not liking this game any more - blow this, lets just wave the magic wand, and REBOOT!) - Ok sir, could you reboot your machine please
User - How do I do that?
Me - If you press the on / off switch on the front of your machine, it should restart
User - What is the on off switch
Me - Do you have any circles on the front of your box sir?
User - Yes, three
Me - Okey, could you press the one in the middle?
User - Yes, it goes to the left
Me (okey dokey, we've found the contrast control!) - If you could press the one on the right
User - Screen go dark (YYYYYYEEESSSS!!!)
Me - Ok, If you could push that button again, everything should be ok
User - Ah, machine ok now goodbye

I can't wait to get back to England - other techies may find this purial, but you don't know how useful English speaking sysadmins are til you suddenly find about five that don't...

Thanks to: Anonymous Tech Supporter

 

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