He got me. . . .

Yesterday I was helping an clients employee set up his laptop for networking. He has a desktop and the company bought him a laptop to use on the road.

I get to his cube and the laptop is sitting on his desk. I sit down and he sits in the other chair watching. . . his laptop is already on so I grab the mouse and try to select network neighborhood. The mouse won't work. No problem, I reboot, I am sure it will recognize it this time. Nope, still not working and he is just sitting there quietly watching me. Finally I think, well maybe he didn't plug the mouse in correctly. I peer behind his laptop to see the mouse cord disappear over the back of his desk. . .where it was plugged into the desktop computer sitting underneath.

He started smiling really big and I told him quietly. "Son, what you got here is your very own, Get Out Of Stupid Free Card. I suggest you just hang on to this, because someday you will need it, and I'll cash it in for ya. . . "

[This message has been edited by ellingtond (edited August 10, 2000).]