Yeah, that sure explains it
- TAGS:mouse, stapler
- IT TOPICS:Hardware, Macs & PCs, Management
IT support pilot fish at a small hospital gets a call from a user who wants a new mouse.
"She said her old one no longer works," reports fish. "Thinking she just unplugged the mouse, I asked her what happened before it stopped working.
"She said, 'I accidentally stapled my mouse to the desk, and now I can't get it to work.'
"After a moment of silence, I asked her how one staples a mouse to a desk. Her reply was, 'Well, I have an electric stapler.'
"I gave up troubleshooting and brought her a new mouse. Turns out that while yanking the mouse cable free from the desk, she had pulled the cable out of the computer as well. I decided it was best to give her the new one -- with her promise that she would not use the stapler on it."
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