Power Failure


ho3 ho3 ho3
22 Mar 2004
This is a true story from the Word Perfect helpline which was transcribed from a recording monitoring the customer care department. Needless to say the helpdesk employee was fired; however, he/she is currently suing the Word Perfect organization for "Termination without Cause".
(Actual dialogue of a former Wordperfect Customer Support employee:)

"Ridge Hall computer assistance; may I help you?"

"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with Wordperfect."

What sort of trouble?"


"Went away?"

They disappeared."

Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"



It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type."


How do I tell?"

Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?"

What's a sea-prompt?"



Does your monitor have a power indicator?"

What's a monitor?"


I don't know."


Yes, I think so."








I can't reach."







Well, turn on the office light then."

I can't."

No? Why not?"

Because there's a power failure."



Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."


Really? Is it that bad?"

Yes, I'm afraid it is."


Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."


OSNN Senior Addict
12 Dec 2008
I remember seeing that one, it's sad that this actually did happen in real life! Thanks for posting it up here though it gave me a good laugh when I read it.

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