Please, next time, just put her out of her misery... ;) _____________________________________ Julian Zottl CTO, Radiant Network Technology, LLC Getting ahead in the tech sector isn't about kissing butt ... you gotta sniff the right packets
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Thane Sherrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List <hardware@hardwaregroup.com> Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 19:22:40 -0300 >Here's another one: > We had a customer purchase an Enermax external HD case and an 80GB >hard drive. I assembled it and formatted the drive as NTFS since I >figured that would be beyond her. She called the next day to say the >case was "falling apart" and "the green stuff was coming out." We >had her bring it in, because, honestly, I had no idea what the green >stuff would be. So she brought the drive in today. I was really >interested in seeing a)how the case could be falling apart, and >b)what the heck the green stuff was. As those of you who have seen >the Enermax external HD cases, you know it comes in a rather classy >looking cardboard box. She took the box out of her back pack, and >showed us the torn cardboard on one corner, through which the green >plastic packaging inside was showing. She was concerned that the >"carrying case" was falling apart already, and the green stuff was >coming out. It took me a second to compose myself and avoid saying >"You ripped the cardboard packaging and you think that's a product >flaw?!?" I explained the metal case was enough to protect the hard drive. > >Users. Thank god they make sure I'll always have a job. :) > >T > >
