Recovering Help Desk Tech

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I don't work on 'puters that much but some times i have to intergrate them with scales and scale systems . I am a command line commando from a while back , my first puter was a 386 16 mhz ,8 meg ram(that i added ) , and a 40 meg hd .

one of my all time fav tech problem is when a cust calls and says i have no display, first question is "is there power to the equipment ??" I have had to drive for 4+ hours just to say "sir you have to turn on the power switch first " his responce was " uhhhh your' not going to charge me for this are you ???" He was pissed when the bill showed up .

My next fav is when a cust calls and says that a rail car weighs about half what it should ( a full rail car should weigh approx 250,000lbs depending on the rail service ) Generly some bozo has pushed the lb/kg button ( 2.204 lb per kg )

but the all time best is when a farmer called and said "I mashed the button but the stomper didn't stamp" . Old style printers used rotating print wheels and a rising platten ( stomper )to print .
The secertary asked for a translation ( you had to know the dude , good as gold , but as country as can be ) . I talked him thru clearing the mouse turds out of the printer .