Re: Stupid Users

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From: gordon
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 1990 08:13

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	I worked as a computer lab monitor while I was attending college.  We
had an IBM PS/2 Model 25 out front, running a "Welcome" message.  Taped
to it was a sign that said "You must give your I.D. to the monitor".  So, the
new users, eager to demonstrate their new-found computer knowledge, did just
that.  They gave their ID to the "monitor" buy putting it in the drive slot!!

	Some other good ones:

The guy who kept losing his disk, so he decided he'd stick it to the fridge
with a magnet...

The guy who was running an application, and got an error message "door open",
so he got up and closed the office door....

The guy who tried to format 6 disks at once by stuffing them all in the drive..

The guy who read in the manual that he needed a 'clean disk', so he put one
in the dishwasher...

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