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Group Discussion Topic DetailsWhat's on Your Mouse Pad?
By LisaAKAmom
09-04-08
(I had this conversation recently with a lady who swore she
had been using computers since forever.)
Tech Support: "All right. Now click `OK'."
Customer: "Click `OK'?"
Tech Support: "Yes, click `OK'."
Customer: "Click `OK'?"
Tech Support: "That's right. Click `OK'."
Customer: "So I click `OK', right?"
Tech Support: "Right. Click `OK'."
(Pause.)
Customer: "I clicked `Cancel'."
Tech Support: "YOU CLICKED `CANCEL'???"
Customer: "That's what I was supposed to do, right?"
Tech Support: "No, you were supposed to click `OK'."
Customer: "I thought you said to click `Cancel'."
Tech Support: "NO. I said to click `OK'."
Customer: "Oh."
Tech Support: "Now we have to start over."
Customer: "Why?"
Tech Support: "Because you clicked `Cancel'."
Customer: "Wasn't I supposed to click `Cancel'?"
Tech Support: "No. Forget that. Let's start from the top."
Customer: "Ok."
(I spend the next fifteen minutes re-constructing the carefully
crafted setup for this lady's unique computer.)
Tech Support: "All right. Now, are you ready to click `OK'?"
Customer: "Yes."
Tech Support: "Great. Now click `OK'."
(Pause.)
Customer: "I clicked `Cancel'."
(And people wonder why my mouse pad has a target on it
labeled "BANG HEAD HERE.")
had been using computers since forever.)
Tech Support: "All right. Now click `OK'."
Customer: "Click `OK'?"
Tech Support: "Yes, click `OK'."
Customer: "Click `OK'?"
Tech Support: "That's right. Click `OK'."
Customer: "So I click `OK', right?"
Tech Support: "Right. Click `OK'."
(Pause.)
Customer: "I clicked `Cancel'."
Tech Support: "YOU CLICKED `CANCEL'???"
Customer: "That's what I was supposed to do, right?"
Tech Support: "No, you were supposed to click `OK'."
Customer: "I thought you said to click `Cancel'."
Tech Support: "NO. I said to click `OK'."
Customer: "Oh."
Tech Support: "Now we have to start over."
Customer: "Why?"
Tech Support: "Because you clicked `Cancel'."
Customer: "Wasn't I supposed to click `Cancel'?"
Tech Support: "No. Forget that. Let's start from the top."
Customer: "Ok."
(I spend the next fifteen minutes re-constructing the carefully
crafted setup for this lady's unique computer.)
Tech Support: "All right. Now, are you ready to click `OK'?"
Customer: "Yes."
Tech Support: "Great. Now click `OK'."
(Pause.)
Customer: "I clicked `Cancel'."
(And people wonder why my mouse pad has a target on it
labeled "BANG HEAD HERE.")
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Oh, noooo!
By Motherof4
09-04-08
That sounds like conversations I've had, but usually not about computers. Usually, I'm reading a map while someone else is driving...


