[geeks] IBM rant

[Bill Bradford]

On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 06:44:30PM -0600, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> One of the folks[0] who worked tech support for me at $ISP answered a
> call with "SHUT UP AND REBOOT" before slamming down the phone.  It was
> simultaneously one of the funniest and horrific things I'd ever seen at
> that job.

"Reboot and try it again, call me back if it doesn't work" is a good way
to get a particuarly annoying customer off your back for at least five
minutes.  I admit to using this when completely unnecessary once or twice
when I needed a breather or needed to go take a leak.

Bill

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Bill Bradford 
Houston, Texas