Thursday, March 18, 2010

Blast from the past

We've all heard the stories about the "cupholders" and such not working on computers, but this one actually happened to me when I first started in the IT industry.

I was working for a small company that made POS (point of sale) software for restaurants as a helpdesk tech. Our system booted up using 5.25" floppy disks (yes I'm showing my age here) and was specific to each customer. One day a lady calls having issues with the disk. It seemed one of the files wasn't putting the correct information on the screen. I asked her to make a copy of the disk and send it to me. The next day I received a FedEx envelope from her. I opened the envelope and found a single piece of paper...an actual photocopy of the disk...

Yes...it actually happened.

1 comment:

  1. ........ what's a floppy disk?

    I joke. I joke.

    This is hilarious. I can't wait to read more!
    This actually happened to you?

    wow... bless her little heart.

    xoxo
    -B-

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