Computers

"Quick Computer Meal"*

*My husband Brian is a computer systems administrator.
He is dedicated to his job and works long hours, rarely
taking time off for meals. One afternoon, Brian was
overwhelmed with solving computer network
problems, so I decided to deliver a meal for him to
eat at his workstation.

When I was getting ready to leave, I said good-bye
and reminded him to eat his burger and fries while
they were still warm.

Staring at his monitor, he waved me away. "Don't
worry," he said, obviously distracted, "I'll delete them
in a few minutes."

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"Computers"*

*This is a story of humor or meanness, depending on the viewpoint.

For a computer programming class, I sat directly across
from someone, and our computers were facing away
from each other. A few minutes into the class, she got
up to leave the room. I reached between our computers
and switched the inputs for the keyboards.

She came back and started typing and immediately got
a distressed look on her face.

She called the teacher over and explained that no matter
what she typed, nothing would happen. The teacher tried
everything. By this time I was hiding behind my monitor
and quaking red- faced.

I started to type, "Leave me alone!"

They both jumped back, silenced.

"What the . . . " the teacher said.

I typed, "I said leave me alone!"

The kid got real upset. "I didn't do anything to it, I swear!"
It was all I could do to keep from laughing out loud. The
conversation between them and HAL 2000 went on for
an amazing five minutes.

Me: "Don't touch me! That hurts!"

Her: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hit your keys that hard."

Me: "Who do you think you are anyway?!" Etc. Finally, I
couldn't contain myself any longer and fell out of my chair laughing.

After they had realized what I had done, they both turned beet red.

Funny, I never got more than a C- in that class.
Received on Wed Sep 1 07:28:28 2010