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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 2159406" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>One of my CNE instructors back in the day told us about a joke that went awry. At the time he was working tech support for a large national bank when a lady called him, complaining that her computer was beeping, so he told her to hold the handset near the computer so he could hear what was happening. (IIRC, he was working out of DFW, and she was in NJ.) She did, and he heard the beeps, which were just normal POST failure beeps; without thinking, he immediately replied, "OH MY GOD, RUN! IT'S GONNA BLOW!"</p><p></p><p>The next thing he hears is the clatter of the handset hitting the floor, accompanied by the sound of running footsteps fading into the distance. </p><p></p><p>Fortunately for him, it turned out that a certain senior VP had a very good sense of humor...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 2159406, member: 26737"] One of my CNE instructors back in the day told us about a joke that went awry. At the time he was working tech support for a large national bank when a lady called him, complaining that her computer was beeping, so he told her to hold the handset near the computer so he could hear what was happening. (IIRC, he was working out of DFW, and she was in NJ.) She did, and he heard the beeps, which were just normal POST failure beeps; without thinking, he immediately replied, "OH MY GOD, RUN! IT'S GONNA BLOW!" The next thing he hears is the clatter of the handset hitting the floor, accompanied by the sound of running footsteps fading into the distance. Fortunately for him, it turned out that a certain senior VP had a very good sense of humor... [/QUOTE]
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