"You don't have to give me ATTITUDE about it!"

[Dave1982]

This happened to one of my managers today. This woman interrupted him to ask a stupid question while he was carrying a wad of cash for one of the registers and at the same time trying to help someone else.

Sucky Woman: Excuse me!

Al (Manager): I'm sorry, did you need help?

SW: *huffs* Yes! I need to know if these will work in my printer. *Holds up package of labels* It says not recommended for laser printers.

Al: Well, what kind of printer do you have?

SW: Dell.

Al: Ok, is it inkjet or laser?

SW: I told you, it's a DELL! I just bought it.

Al: Yes, but what KIND of Dell?

SW: *huffs and puffs* It's a DELL! Are you going to help me, or not?!

Al: I'm trying to help you, but I need to know what type of printer you have, inkj---

SW: Well you dont' have to give me an ATTITUDE about it!!

Al: Ma'am, Dell makes many different printers. I can't answer your question without knowing which one you bought.

SW: DELL!!!!!!!!



Al: OK, ma'am, are the cartridges large *gestures* or small *gestures*.

SW: DELL!!!!!!!! You sell Dell, can't you just look up what I bought?!

Sorry, you FAIL! I don't know if he ever found out what kind of printer she bought.

When relaying this story to me, Al said "Yeah, we make Dell in the back, so let me go find out which one."

Me: And if you don't shut up and answer the question, we're gonna hogtie you and bring YOU out back here to make more Dells with the rest of the problem customers!

[MisseLaneius]

Some people would rather bite off their own forearm than admit - "I'm not sure".

And when they do, its always hilarious.

[cinema guy]

Al: Ok, is it inkjet or laser?

SW: I told you, it's a DELL! I just bought it.

Didn't you know there are 3 types of printer - laser, inkjet and DELL?

Of course if you look at paper, labels and things, none of them say 'For laser, copier and DELL,' so she won't be able to get paper for it either.

[donruss]

Why am I not surprised? This is what the Dells, AOLs, and Apples of the world have brought us.

[Crazeyal]

Yeah.. and YOU made the printer in the first place SO WHY WOULDN'T YOU KNOW?!?!?!

[Jacen]

lol why couldn't she have at least remembered the NAME of the printer. For example, mines a Canon Bubblejet (I think lol) which is enough to for them to start to help me.

[Chazzie]

I don't know why Al had such a hard time understanding her.

It's simple: She has a DELL!

[Captain Trips]

Duuude!

At that point, I would have either walked her over to the printers, or shown her a DELL catalog. Then tell her, pointing to laser and ink printers, saying, "This is a laserjet. This is an ink jet. Here are the respective cartridges. As you see, even DELLs come in different types. I can't tell which yours is unless you tell me more about it than 'DELL'." Of course, I work a help desk with people who still call their computers the "modium."

[powerboy]

Al should have said; Dude, you have a DELL.

[BookstoreEscapee]

lol why couldn't she have at least remembered the NAME of the printer. For example, mines a Canon Bubblejet (I think lol) which is enough to for them to start to help me.

That would make sense and that's not allowed. Seriously, you've been here long enough to know this, so stop spouting such ridiculous ideas as "knowing what you have before you go looking for stuff to go with it."

[mattm04]

dude! you're an idiot!

[PorkChop]

Yeah, I was going to say that too matt.

Duuudde! You're a moron.

[Pezzle]

Dave why do I get the feeling we work for the same red paper attatching device company?

Throw an easy button at her.

[blas]

"NO! I WANT THE DELL BUTTON!"

I can imagine this woman walking around the rest of the day, in the car, at a red light "NO, it's a DELL!"

Then freaking out at McDonalds "NO I SAID IT WAS A DELL!"

Then yelling at the dog "I SAID IT WAS A DELL!"

[crazylegs]

Well thank the lord she doesn't own a dot matrix, 4 choices to her DELL!!!11!! would just blow her little mind