It never ceases to amaze me how computer illiterate people are. Even the ones who use them EVERYDAY!
My Hubby just replaced the hard drive in the computer of a co-worker of mine. She brought her tower to me a couple of days ago. Hubby fixed it yesterday and I went to drop it off at work this afternoon (since I won't be back to work till Friday) Well I walk in carrying her tower and here is how the conversation goes:
Her Customer sitting in her chair:" Oh someone's hard drive!"
Her: "Couldn't he fix it?"
Me: "All fixed! It is all ready to get plugged in and turned on. Just call him if there is a problem"
*her getting a very confused look*
Her: "But isn't this my OLD HARD DRIVE?"
* Me getting a confused look *
Me: "Ah, no this is your old tower! The new hard drive is inside"
Her: "That's not the part he replaced? I thought that was the hard drive"
Her Customer: "THAT IS THE HARD DRIVE!"
Me: "NO, THIS IS THE TOWER. The hard drive is inside the tower along with the CD-Rom, floppy disc and lots of wires and cables. "
* I reach in and I pull out the old hard drive from the bag of her CD's*
ME: "This is a hard drive. This one is now a paper weight! *laugh* It is the wrong terminology to call this *pointing to the tower* the hard drive. It can be the tower, box, computer but it actually isn't the hard drive.
Her Customer: "Well my husband works with computers all day and he calls that the hard drive!" *saying quite snippy*
ME: "I dinna come har to peck a fight" *in my best Braveheart accent*
"But your husband is an idiot, and so are you!"
Okay I didn't really say that last line but I sure wanted too.
