Jokes: Mouse Trouble
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Once optional, now essential, the mouse is one of the most misused,
misunderstood peripherals in the home computer market. Keyboards and
printers are easier to grasp by those already familiar with typewriters, but
the principles of the mouse are unprecedented in the mainstream.
Several years ago I was at a computer show demoing software. The audience was comprised of retired school teachers. I explained how to use the mouse to point to things on the screen. As I walked around the room making sure everyone was doing ok, I saw one woman holding her mouse to the Mac's monitor moving the mouse around on the screen. ---------------------------------------
One customer held the mouse in the air and pointed it at the screen like a TV remote, all the while clicking madly.
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I was teaching a user about windows.
Me: "Move the cursor up to the menu line. . . . Move the cursor to the menu line. . . . Move the mouse up to move the cursor up to the menu line. . . ." Still, nothing was happening on the screen. Finally I looked over her right shoulder to see what she was doing. She had raised the mouse literally up -- about a foot off the desk.
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Tech Support: "Ok, can you see the arrow in the middle of the screen?" Customer: "Yes." Tech Support: "Good! Now trying moving the mouse around. Do you see the arrow moving?" Customer: "No." Tech Support: "Not even a little?" Customer: "No, not at all." I spent several minutes having the user follow the cable from the the mouse to the back of the PC. It was plugged in all the way.
Tech Support: "Ok, try moving it again. Up, down, left, right -- anything?" Customer: "Nope, still nothing." Tech Support: "Hmmm, maybe the table is too slippery -- why don't you try rolling the mouse on a book or a piece of paper?" Customer: "Oh!! On the table!"
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One lady, in an Excel class, was having a terrible time with the mouse until the instructor noticed that she was literally pointing with her finger and clicking the mouse.
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Tech Support: "Ok, to access the files on the disk click the mouse on the picture of the disk." Customer: "Nothing happened. I told you, I've already tried this." Tech Support: "Ok, do it again. Is the mouse moving?" Customer: "Yep." Tech Support: "On the screen?" Customer: "Yep." Tech Support: "Now click twice on the picture of the disk." The consultant hears two clicks. Customer: "Nothing." Tech Support: "Ma'am, double click once more for me." The consultant hears the two clicks again. Tech Support: "Ma'am, are you hitting your screen with your mouse?"
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Tech Support: "Ok, now click your left mouse button." Customer: (silence) "But I only have one mouse."
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And another user was all confused about why the cursor always moved in the opposite direction from the movement of the mouse. She also complained about how hard it was to hit the buttons. She was quite embarrassed when we asked her to rotate the mouse so the tail pointed away from her.
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posted by Nikhil Wadhwani @ 1:38 PM
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