Heck Support
Monday, October 29th, 2007 • Filed under Theft
ONE OF LIFE’S LITTLE LESSONS #34: Whenever you are using heavy electronic equipment, always read the instruction manual before you try to start using it or at the very, very, very least, learn how to read.
According to the IDG News Service via Computer World magazine, a man in Missouri who stole a printer from a driver’s license office got caught when he tried to call tech support asking for the software to run it.
In his defense, computers are a pain to use. All those buttons and lights and dials, they make me dizzy just looking at them.
Apparently, he stole the printer but not the special computer that goes with since it was locked away, so he called the tech support line for help. They advised him to pick up the printer, go to the nearest police station and ask them for the software.
He reportedly told the tech support operator he didn’t know how to operate a computer. Police said they believed they were looking for a Mac user.
Iron Tigers says: November 23rd, 2007 at 5:08 pm
No one will steal my computer then
Caboose says: December 2nd, 2007 at 7:01 am
HA! lol
Peccavi says: February 14th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
No, a Mac user would have taken it to the Mac store and they would have charged them $400 to tell him “You need a PC”