Mail Archives: opendos/1997/02/02/12:55:31
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> > 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
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