I Got Your Hot Chotchkie Right Here!
Ok.
Now I have officially seen everything.
Back when I was a field support tech, lo those many moons ago, we used to joke about idiots that thought a CD drive was a coffee cup holder. In fact, I remember this cute little joke email that said something like, "Congradulations! You have won a free Coke cup holder for your computer. Please click here to receive your prize."
And when you clicked on the button, the CD tray ejected.
We all thought it was a pretty cool joke.
Until we started getting calls about how some users had trouble with their cup holders.
"My cup holder fell out."
"Your cup holder?"
"Yeah. My cupholder."
"What does that have to do with tech support?"
"Well, its built into the computer. Hmph, I thought you guys were supposed to be smart."
"There are no cup holders on the computers, in fact we like to discourage the use of liquids in and around company computer equipment as a general rule."
"Then why the hell did you install cup holders!?!"
"We didn't."
"You did."
"Did not."
"Did to."
"Did not."
"Did to."
"Did not."
Fifteen minutes later...
"Did to and I can prove it!"
"Ok. Go ahead."
"All I have to do is press this little button and the tray comes out."
At that point you hear the delightful click and whirr of a CD tray ejecting. You can always tell when someone in technical support gets "one of those" calls. They invariably have this look of shock and awe, incredulous disbelief, spread across their faces.
(Check out Mike's face here to see what I mean)
Usually followed by a migrane and a few hours of Half Life 2 or Halo or whatever gory shoot-em-up they use to bleed off the stress. (My personal favorite was the Redeemer from Unreal Tournament. Nothing like a handheld tactical nuclear weapon to help smooth out those wrinkles in the day.)
Anyway, I got something in the email this morning that brough all of this techy goodness back. It even comes with a cigarette lighter.
Holy Chotchkies Batman...




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