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so I need a new PRAM battery for one of my G4s ... who do I call? Radio Shack, of course .. it's not like we have authorized Apple Dealers on this rock in the middle of the Pacific .. so I call RS ... this is the telephone conversation:
*ring* *ring*
RS: "Aloha, thank you for calling Radio Shack - you have questions, we have answers, this is Kathy, how can I help you?"
me: "Aloha Kathy - I'm calling to find out if you have 3.6 V lithium batteries in stock."
RS: "I'm sorry, 3-point-what?"
me: "3.6 V lithium batteries. It is also referred to as PRAM batteries" (pronounced Pea-Ram, in case someone didn't know that)
RS: "Is that the serial number?"
me: "No, that's the kind of battery I need."
RS: "And that was a 3-point-what?"
me: "3.6. 3.6."
RS: "3.6?"
me: "yes, 3.6. Do you have them in stock?"
RS: "I'm not sure. If we don't have them in stock, do you want us to order it for you?"
me: "No. Because you have only had questions for my questions. Thank you."
RS: "Are you sure?"
at this point, I couldn't take it anymore *click*
You'd think that takes the cake, would you? No, there's more ...
A co-worker's scanner wouldn't work. She called me over and I took a look at it ... checked the cords .. checked the connections .. checked the power .. all looked good ... checked the folder ... looks alright ... tried to test it ... nothing ... sat there for a good 15 minutes ... checking everything I could think of, wracking my brain for something I knew I was missing ...
Was I missing anything? No ....
After about an hour of researching the problem and looking at everything I could think of, she walked by me and said, "wow, it's a good thing I got rid of those little things in the system tray huh?"
"What things?"
She shrugged and said "nothing I knew I needed. Just stuff like the simple trax application and stuff"
I was about ready to blow at this point.
I stood up from her desk and told her, in the most calm of voices, "turn on everything you turned off and got rid of. You'll surprise yourself."
Of course, the scanner now works. And I wasted a good hour or more of my life.
I do believe I have stumbled on STOOPID PEOPLE DAY!!!
*ring* *ring*
RS: "Aloha, thank you for calling Radio Shack - you have questions, we have answers, this is Kathy, how can I help you?"
me: "Aloha Kathy - I'm calling to find out if you have 3.6 V lithium batteries in stock."
RS: "I'm sorry, 3-point-what?"
me: "3.6 V lithium batteries. It is also referred to as PRAM batteries" (pronounced Pea-Ram, in case someone didn't know that)
RS: "Is that the serial number?"
me: "No, that's the kind of battery I need."
RS: "And that was a 3-point-what?"
me: "3.6. 3.6."
RS: "3.6?"
me: "yes, 3.6. Do you have them in stock?"
RS: "I'm not sure. If we don't have them in stock, do you want us to order it for you?"
me: "No. Because you have only had questions for my questions. Thank you."
RS: "Are you sure?"
at this point, I couldn't take it anymore *click*
You'd think that takes the cake, would you? No, there's more ...
A co-worker's scanner wouldn't work. She called me over and I took a look at it ... checked the cords .. checked the connections .. checked the power .. all looked good ... checked the folder ... looks alright ... tried to test it ... nothing ... sat there for a good 15 minutes ... checking everything I could think of, wracking my brain for something I knew I was missing ...
Was I missing anything? No ....
After about an hour of researching the problem and looking at everything I could think of, she walked by me and said, "wow, it's a good thing I got rid of those little things in the system tray huh?"
"What things?"
She shrugged and said "nothing I knew I needed. Just stuff like the simple trax application and stuff"
I was about ready to blow at this point.
I stood up from her desk and told her, in the most calm of voices, "turn on everything you turned off and got rid of. You'll surprise yourself."
Of course, the scanner now works. And I wasted a good hour or more of my life.
I do believe I have stumbled on STOOPID PEOPLE DAY!!!
