On Sunday 12 September 2004 08:41 am, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Sun, 12 Sep 2004, Björn Persson wrote: > > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > >> This is a true story from the WordPerfect helpline. Needless to say > >> the help desk employee was fired: however, he/she is currently > >> suing the WordPerfect organization for "Termination without Cause". > > > > I don't quite understand why people feel the need to claim that these > > little stories are true. I think they're perfectly funny in their own > > right. > > your point is well taken. i just reproduced the piece as i received > it, i never took it seriously. for debunking stuff like this, there's > always www.snopes.com: > > http://www.snopes.com/humor/business/wordperf.htm > > which discusses other too-stupid-to-be-true myths like not being able > to find the "any" key on the keyboard, using the CD-ROM drive as a > coffee cup holder and so on. > > rday If there's one on that list about some idiot calling WordPerfect to complain that his printer wouldn't work -- it seems that it wasn't plugged in -- its actually true. Don't ask. And no, the cleaning guy didn't do it. -- cmg
