Thursday, October 11, 2007

story of my day

I just had someone print out a Word document containing photos, ask me to scan the photos, and make JPEGs of them so he could put them in another Word document. No lie.

5 comments:

Steve said...

I actually had a double take to make sure that your post said was what i thought it did. I will never stop being amazed at the simple things in life.

Amber said...

Not long afterward, the same person asked how to make a PowerPoint presentation into one of those "icon things" on the desktop--I said, "you mean, by copying the file there?" never had a laptop before, so I also had to explain that the files on our office network aren't automatically still on the laptop when you leave the office.

Steve said...

yes, i held back earlier, but i do feel sorry for these people who ask the questions, and of course for you. Although you do provide some smiles and joy that i don't have to deal with things like that. But i get even more interesting things in condos and such, only difference: everyone is emotional and worked up because "they pay the bills and pay us so we work for them".

"Sir, I am sorry you are cold, maybe you should turn on your unit heater." "Why should I do that? That cost money, the building should turn its heat up so its 75 in my unit"

Anonymous said...

it sounds a bit like me buying .wma music files online, burning them on a cd, then ripping them back to get a mp3 file i can play on my mp3 player. but now i just buy from itunes since i got the ipod.

Amber said...

Yeah, Trisha, I've had to do that, too. I've downloaded converter software and such, but that way is much easier.