I do not have the right temperment for tech support

[odditycollector]

 
"I've been using Yahoo since I got my first computer. And I like Yahoo, it seems to go everywhere, but now my son is talking about this new thing. He says it's better. It's called something like... Firefox? So what do you like better, Firefox or Yahoo?"

HOW DO YOU EVEN ANSWER THAT QUESTION YOU GUYS.

 
(For the record, I went with,
*stammering explanation of why my face has just twisted into a funny expression*
*silence*
"You know, I think if you can get on the internet now, you are obviously doing something right and should keep on doing *exactly that same thing*!"

Comments

[brownbetty]

You've been talking to my Grandma!

My dead Grandma, actually, so whatever you're doing, it could be very lucrative!

[odditycollector.livejournal.com]

Man. Ghosts in the tech support lines. There is a concept that should fill me with more surprise than it does...

[brownbetty]

Actually, if, as does not seem entirely unlikely, I die while on hold with tech support, the most likely outcome seems to me that I will then haunt their call center attempting to discover why I cannot get the wireless router to work.