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Date:	Tue, 21 Jan 1997 16:39:20 -0500
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From:	"Nancee Belshaw" <Nancees AT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
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Subject:	[opendos] If Restaurants functioned like MicroSoft .N/A humor
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Hi all

I hope you enjoy this!!

> >   If Restaurants functioned like Microsoft....
> >
> >If restaurants functioned like shrink-wrapped (Microsoft) software:
> >
> >  Patron: Waiter!
> >  Waiter: Hi, my name is Bill, and I'll be your Support Waiter. What
seems
> >to be the problem?
> >  Patron: There's a fly in my soup!
> >  Waiter: Try again, maybe the fly won't be there this time.
> >  Patron: No, it's still there.
> >  Waiter: Maybe it's the way you're using the soup; try eating it with a
> >fork instead.
> >  Patron: Even when I use the fork, the fly is still there.
> >  Waiter: Maybe the soup is incompatible with the bowl; what kind of
bowl
> >are you using?
> >  Patron: A SOUP bowl!
> >  Waiter: Hmmm, that should work.  Maybe it's a configuration problem;
how
> >was the bowl set up?
> >  Patron: You brought it to me on a saucer; what has that to do with the
fly
> >in my soup?!
> >  Waiter: Can you remember everything you did before you noticed the fly
in
> >your soup?
> >  Patron: I sat down and ordered the Soup of the Day!
> >  Waiter: Have you considered upgrading to the latest Soup of the Day?
> >  Patron: You have more than one Soup of the Day each day??
> >  Waiter: Yes, the Soup of the Day is changed every hour.
> >  Patron: Well, what is the Soup of the Day now?
> >  Waiter: The current Soup of the Day is tomato.
> >  Patron: Fine.  Bring me the tomato soup, and the check.  I'm  running
> >late
> >now.
> >
> >  [waiter leaves and returns with another bowl of soup and the check]
> >
> >  Waiter: Here you are, Sir.  The soup and your check.
> >  Patron: This is potato soup.
> >  Waiter: Yes, the tomato soup wasn't ready yet.
> >  Patron: Well, I'm so hungry now, I'll eat anything.
> >
> >  [waiter leaves.]
> >
> >  Patron: Waiter!  There's a gnat in my soup!
> >
> >
> >  The check:
> >  Soup of the Day . ........... . . . . . . . . . $5.00
> >  Upgrade to newer Soup of the Day. . . . . . . . $2.50
> >  Access to support . . . . . . . . . . ...........$1.00

Nancee
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