{"id":70654,"date":"2014-04-21T12:59:29","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T10:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.re-actio.com\/wordpress\/?p=70654"},"modified":"2014-04-21T13:11:17","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T11:11:17","slug":"word-perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.re-actio.com\/wordpress\/word-perfect\/","title":{"rendered":"(Word) Perfect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p><center> --- <sub>.<\/sub><sup>*<\/sup><sub>.<\/sub> ---&nbsp;<\/center><br>\nThis is a true sto\u00adry from the Word\u00adPer\u00adfect Hel\u00adpli\u00adne, which was tran\u00adscri\u00adbed from a recor\u00adding moni\u00adto\u00adring the cus\u00adto\u00admer care depart\u00adment. Need\u00adless to say the Help Desk employee was fired; howe\u00adver, he\/she is curr\u00adent\u00adly suing the Word\u00adPer\u00adfect orga\u00adnizati\u00adon for 'Ter\u00admi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon wit\u00adhout Cause.'<br>\n<center> --- <sub>.<\/sub><sup>*<\/sup><sub>.<\/sub> ---&nbsp;<\/center><br>\nActu\u00adal dia\u00adlo\u00adgue of a for\u00admer Word\u00adPer\u00adfect Cus\u00adto\u00admer Sup\u00adport employee.<br>\n<center> --- <sub>.<\/sub><sup>*<\/sup><sub>.<\/sub> ---&nbsp;<\/center><br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:         'Ridge Hall, com\u00adpu\u00adter assi\u00adstance; may I help&nbsp;you?'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:              'Yes, well, I'm having trou\u00adble with WordPerfect&nbsp;..'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:         'What sort of trouble?'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:              'Well, I was just typ\u00ading along, and all of a sud\u00adden the words               went&nbsp;away.'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:         'Went&nbsp;away?'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:              'They disappeared'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:         'Hmm. So what does your screen look like&nbsp;now?'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:              'Not\u00adhing.'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:         'Not\u00adhing??'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:              'It's blank; it won't accept anything when I&nbsp;type.'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:         'Are you still in Word\u00adPer\u00adfect, or did you get&nbsp;out?'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:              'How do I&nbsp;tell?'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:        'Can you see the 'C: prompt' on the screen?'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:              'What's a sea-prompt?'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:         'Never mind, can you move your cur\u00adsor around the screen?'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:              'The\u00adre isn't any cur\u00adsor; I told you, it won't accept                       anything I&nbsp;type.'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:         'Does your moni\u00adtor have a power indicator?'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:              'What's a monitor?'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:         'It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a&nbsp;<span class=\"caps\">TV<\/span>.<br>\n                         Does it have a litt\u00adle light that tells you when it's&nbsp;on?'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:               'I don't&nbsp;know.'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:          'Well, then look on the back of the moni\u00adtor and find whe\u00adre the power cord goes into it. Can you see&nbsp;that??'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:              'Yes, I think&nbsp;so.'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:         'Gre\u00adat. Fol\u00adlow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's plug\u00adged into the&nbsp;wall..<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:              'Yes, it&nbsp;is.'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:         'When you were behind the moni\u00adtor, did you noti\u00adce that the\u00adre were two cables plug\u00adged into the back of it, not just&nbsp;one?&nbsp;'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:               'No.'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:          'Well, the\u00adre are. I need you to look back the\u00adre again and find the other cable.'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:               'Okay, here it&nbsp;is.'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:          'Fol\u00adlow it for me, and tell me if it's plug\u00adged secu\u00adre\u00adly into the back of your computer..'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:               'I can't reach.'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:          '<span class=\"caps\">OK<\/span>. Well, can you see if it&nbsp;is?'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:               'No...'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:          'Even if you may\u00adbe put your knee on some\u00adthing and lean way&nbsp;over?'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:               'Well, it's not becau\u00adse I don't have the right ang\u00adle -- it's becau\u00adse it's&nbsp;dark.'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:          'Dark?'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:               'Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is coming in from the window.'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:         'Well, turn on the office light&nbsp;then.'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:              'I can't..'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:         'No? Why&nbsp;not?'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:              'Becau\u00adse there's a power failure.'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:         'A power .... A power fail\u00adure?  Aha. Okay, we've got it licked now. Do you still have the boxes and manu\u00adals and pack\u00ading stuff that your com\u00adpu\u00adter came&nbsp;in?'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:              'Well, yes, I keep them in the closet..'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:         'Good. Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up just like it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store you bought it&nbsp;from.'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:              'Real\u00adly? Is it that&nbsp;bad?'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:         'Yes, I'm afraid it&nbsp;is.'<br>\n<font color=\"red\">Cal\u00adler<\/font>:               'Well, all right then, I sup\u00adpo\u00adse. What do I tell&nbsp;them?'<br>\n<font color=\"blue\">Ope\u00adra\u00adtor<\/font>:          'Tell them you're too dam\u00adned stu\u00adpid to own a computer!'\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>--- .*. ---&nbsp; This is a true sto\u00adry from the Word\u00adPer\u00adfect Hel\u00adpli\u00adne, which was tran\u00adscri\u00adbed from a recor\u00adding moni\u00adto\u00adring the cus\u00adto\u00admer care depart\u00adment. 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