* "Does this monitor come with the latest version of the Internet?"

shree2006 · 06-06-2009, 09:26 AM

I work in the tech support of a large ISP. More than a few of our users are convinced that the monitor is a two-way device, and that I can see into their living rooms, dens, kitchens, or offices.

So many times I've wanted to answer, "Of course, sir. And might I say, that's a beautiful dress you're wearing."

shree2006 · 06-06-2009, 09:28 AM

The first time she called and said her monitor didn't work. I got up there, and it looked fine. I tried to explain that there was probably something wrong with the software, but she insisted it was the monitor, so I changed it just to make her shut up. The next day she called and said it happened again. The new monitor, she said, didn't work either. I went up to see. The monitor was fine; she had just exited Windows somehow and was at the MS-DOS prompt. Before I could explain this to her, she said:

* Her: "Maybe it's the keyboard that's broken? Or the mouse? Or the printer? It could be the printer, right?"
* Me: "No."

A few weeks later I had to check how much memory the computers on that floor had.

* Her: "What are you doing?"
* Me: "I'm checking how much memory these computers have."
* Her: "Oh. That's like the strength of the monitor, right?"
* Me: "No."

Ricardo · 06-06-2009, 01:22 PM

I've heard some interesting misconceptions about computers in the past, but not so much lately.

That exchange makes me wonder what the person actually does with her computer, and is she in an area where there aren't many computers or something like that?

jack2009 · 06-07-2009, 02:05 AM

i wouldn't think so...they can not personally hack into your specific stuff..but i think they can go into a specific website and find out who's visiting it, but i doubt they do that.
I think it;s just a conspiracy or something.