JOTD
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2 that I got by email.
*Great Writer*
There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to
become a great writer.When asked to define "great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the
whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly
emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and
anger!"He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages.
*Pager Woe*
One of my friends works in the customer service call center of a
national pager company. He deals with the usual complaints regarding
poor pager operation, as well as the occasional crank caller demanding
to be paged less often, more often, or by more interesting people.The best call came from a man who repeatedly complained he was being
paged by "Lucille." He was instructed that he would have to call her and
tell her to stop paging him."She don't never leave no number, so I can't call her back," he said.
After three such calls, someone thought to ask how he knew it was
Lucille if she didn't leave a number."She leaves her name" was the reply. After establishing that the
customer had a numeric-only pager, the light bulb came on. "How does she
spell her name?" the service rep asked."L-O-W C-E-L-L"
-:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179:BestSnowman
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2 that I got by email.
*Great Writer*
There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed his desire to
become a great writer.When asked to define "great" he said, "I want to write stuff that the
whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly
emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, howl in pain and
anger!"He now works for Microsoft, writing error messages.
*Pager Woe*
One of my friends works in the customer service call center of a
national pager company. He deals with the usual complaints regarding
poor pager operation, as well as the occasional crank caller demanding
to be paged less often, more often, or by more interesting people.The best call came from a man who repeatedly complained he was being
paged by "Lucille." He was instructed that he would have to call her and
tell her to stop paging him."She don't never leave no number, so I can't call her back," he said.
After three such calls, someone thought to ask how he knew it was
Lucille if she didn't leave a number."She leaves her name" was the reply. After establishing that the
customer had a numeric-only pager, the light bulb came on. "How does she
spell her name?" the service rep asked."L-O-W C-E-L-L"
-:suss:Matt Newman / Windows XP Activist:suss: -Sonork ID: 100.11179:BestSnowman
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