On Call: Exec couldn’t identify a photocopier, which made for a fax-inating tech support call
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One retro numeric keypad looks much like any other to some users
ON CALL By the end of the working week it can be tempting to phone it in, but The Register instead works to bring you extra amusement in the form of a new edition of On Call – the reader-contributed column that shares your tech support stories.
This week, meet a reader we’ll Regomize as “Orson” who told us they very much enjoyed the recent On Call about the lawyer who didn’t understand italics.
“It reminded me of an incident many years ago when I was a Facilities Manager for a major UK food company,” Orson told On Call.
“I came in one morning and was summoned by the Company Secretary, who was clearly annoyed because the night before, she tried to send an extremely urgent fax and the fax machine did not work.”
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