I remember having to physically smash my Adobe Photoshop install disk,
then photocopy the smashed disk to send back to Adobe to prove I
deserved a PC>Mac crossgrade. And that was a request from a big
corporation. I thought they were as crazy as the guy who photocopied
his floppy for you thought you were!
--
Jeff Cook
jeff@cookstudios.com
703-980-1104 (cell)
CookStudios.com
Freelance Video Editing
Washington DC & Portable
Quoting Marianna <marianna.montague@avid.com>:
> Ha! I got a better one. Back in the early days at Media 100 -
> back when most editors were NOT computer savvy (this is back in the
> 150KB timeframe), I took a call from a customer that was having
> issues with his application install floppy. I asked him to send me
> a copy of the disc ( I think I used ythose exact words) and what did
> I get a few days later in a big yellow envelope - a photocopy of his
> disc. It was priceless. I actually kept the photo pinned to my
> wall for a long time ;)
>
> M-
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Jason Gillet <jsg5403@...> wrote:
>>
>> Nice!!
>>
>> Â
>> Jason Gillet
>> Editor/Engineer
>> Moving Pictures NYC
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Tom McDonnell <ltr54@...>
>> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 12:00 PM
>> Subject: [Avid-L2] Figure everybody could use a good laugh...
>>
>>
>> Â
>> Tech Support: "I need you to right-click on the Open Desktop."
>> Customer: "Ok."
>> Tech Support: "Did you get a pop-up menu?"
>> Customer: "No."
>> Tech Support: "Ok. Right click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?"
>> Customer: "No."
>> Tech Support: "Ok, sir. Can you tell me what you have done up until this
>> point?"
>> Customer: "Sure, you told me to write 'click' and I wrote click'."
>>
>> Tom McDonnell
>> Los Angeles, CA
>> New Orleans, LA
>> 818-675-1501
>>
>>
>>
>>
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