Cue: The internet is down... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5l7y9yejlI
On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:33 AM, William M. Bell <[email protected]> wrote: > I worked with a customer at Best Buy, about a month ago, who was very > similar to "Teacher B". She had her laptop for almost 4 years...let me > repeat that...ALMOST 4 YEARS, when her son changed the default web browser > to Firefox. > > CUSTOMER: "When my son changed my Internet to Firefox, the Internet stopped > working." > > ME: "Let me have a look at that... Hmmm... Seems to be working fine. (The > default Firefox-Google homepage opens)" > > CUSTOMER: "But that's not my Internet! My Internet is Google." > > ME: "Google is just a website within the Internet. See... you can get to it > by typing www.google.com, in your address bar." > > CUSTOMER: “THAT’S IT! THAT’S my Internet! ...oh, but it’s missing my > Yahoo! Internet. (NOTE: She’s referring to her bookmark bar)” > > ME: “Let me try something... (I waved my invisible magic wand, while I > opened up Internet Explorer)... Does this look familiar?” > > CUSTOMER: “YAY! All my Internets are there! Thank you!!” > > ME: (Sets IE as the default browser and waits until the customer happily > walks away to do a giant face-palm.) > > > ---------------------------------------------- > Bill Bell > Asst. Technology Coordinator > Monticello CUSD #25 > Monticello, IL 61856 > http://www.cafepress.com/tech-geeks > ---------------------------------------------- > > > > > On 9/8/10 9:54 AM, "Russ Gowin" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Just when you think you've heard it all, I had a teacher (Teacher A) tell >> me >> about something that happened earlier today with another teacher (Teacher >> B). Teacher A came to my office to ask me for some help, after telling her >> that I would be there in a few minutes, Teacher A proceeds to walk out of >> the library but it stopped by Teacher B who is helping a student on a >> library computer. Teacher B asks about doing research about the author of >> the book her class is reading. Teacher A tells teacher B "Why don't you >> just go to Google and type in the author's name?" to which Teacher B >> replies >> "You can only do that on the computers in the lab that have the little >> Google search bar in the upper right hand corner". Teacher A explains to >> B >> "You don't have to use those computers, just type Google.com into your web >> browser and it will take you to Google" to which Teacher B says "And this >> works with any browser? How do you do it?". Teacher A tells B to "Click >> on >> the address bar and type Google.com and press Enter" and Teacher B says "I >> didn't know you could do that. Thanks". >> >> Ya know, you just can't make this stuff up. >> >> Russ Gowin >> System Administrator >> Technology Specialist >> DeLand-Weldon CUSD #57 >> 304 E. Illinois Route 10 >> DeLand, IL 61839 >> 217-736-2311 >> >> >> | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | >> > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > -- "Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive." -Dr. Howard Thurman ****************************** Aaron Keith Hackney [email protected] Cell 210.325.2196 ****************************** | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
