technoidiot
was chatting with my dear friend last night, and we were just exchanging 'stories' about our *cough*incompetent*cough* colleagues, and was thus inspired to write this post.
please be warned that the following might cause you to laugh out loud (very loud) and therefore if you are reading this during office hours, please proceed with caution.
you have been warned.
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so, i have this colleague whom we shall call Poppy. Poppy is rather peculiar, and although she's said to have a lot of experience in the industry, has launched a brand here in the hong kong market a few years back and was in some regional role in a major player in the industry, her actions and work don't really seem to reflect this.
anyways, Poppy is what i would call a... i don't know how to put this politely... technoidiot. yup. she is CLUELESS about technology (very very very basic skills with the computer), to the point of hilarity.
a few classic examples:
Poppy wanted me to send her some forms from XX Inc. so that she can work on the brief. so she pointed to the hardcopies on the table and asked me to email those forms to her. so i told her i only got the hardcopies from XX Inc.
and then she asked me, "you mean they didn't email you the software for those forms?"
for a moment, i went blank. completely.
then i realised she actually meant "softcopy".
so i told her, "no, i only have the hardcopies. XX Inc didn't send me the softcopies."
and then she said, "really?? they didn't send you the software of those forms?"
i wanted to laugh AND smack her head at the same time.
but i did neither.
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Poppy wanted to transfer her existing number to another telco/service provider, so she asked our administrator to check on it. so our adminstrator asked her what her current telco was.
(FYI, the telcos here in HK are: SmarTone-Vodafone, CSL, Peoples, 3, PCCW, Sunday, New World Mobility)
our dear Poppy answered, "3G."
at which point, another colleague & myself who were nearby were biting our lips to keep from laughing out. then our administrator repeated her question, "no no, what is the service provider you are currently using? is it SmarTone? 3?"
and then Poppy very indignantly replied, "3G!!!! it's 3G!!!" and then she pointed to the top left hand corner of the mobile phone screen and said, still very indignantly, "see, it says 3G here!!!"
at this point, it was physically painful to keep from laughing out loud. and therefore i must say that i have to hand it to my administrator (a young lass of only 24, mind you). she just very calmly said, "nevermind, i'll check it myself" and promptly took the phone from Poppy's hand.
*applause*
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you may now pick yourself up after being done rolling on the floor. ;)
please be warned that the following might cause you to laugh out loud (very loud) and therefore if you are reading this during office hours, please proceed with caution.
you have been warned.
______________________________________________________________
so, i have this colleague whom we shall call Poppy. Poppy is rather peculiar, and although she's said to have a lot of experience in the industry, has launched a brand here in the hong kong market a few years back and was in some regional role in a major player in the industry, her actions and work don't really seem to reflect this.
anyways, Poppy is what i would call a... i don't know how to put this politely... technoidiot. yup. she is CLUELESS about technology (very very very basic skills with the computer), to the point of hilarity.
a few classic examples:
Poppy wanted me to send her some forms from XX Inc. so that she can work on the brief. so she pointed to the hardcopies on the table and asked me to email those forms to her. so i told her i only got the hardcopies from XX Inc.
and then she asked me, "you mean they didn't email you the software for those forms?"
for a moment, i went blank. completely.
then i realised she actually meant "softcopy".
so i told her, "no, i only have the hardcopies. XX Inc didn't send me the softcopies."
and then she said, "really?? they didn't send you the software of those forms?"
i wanted to laugh AND smack her head at the same time.
but i did neither.
_______
Poppy wanted to transfer her existing number to another telco/service provider, so she asked our administrator to check on it. so our adminstrator asked her what her current telco was.
(FYI, the telcos here in HK are: SmarTone-Vodafone, CSL, Peoples, 3, PCCW, Sunday, New World Mobility)
our dear Poppy answered, "3G."
at which point, another colleague & myself who were nearby were biting our lips to keep from laughing out. then our administrator repeated her question, "no no, what is the service provider you are currently using? is it SmarTone? 3?"
and then Poppy very indignantly replied, "3G!!!! it's 3G!!!" and then she pointed to the top left hand corner of the mobile phone screen and said, still very indignantly, "see, it says 3G here!!!"
at this point, it was physically painful to keep from laughing out loud. and therefore i must say that i have to hand it to my administrator (a young lass of only 24, mind you). she just very calmly said, "nevermind, i'll check it myself" and promptly took the phone from Poppy's hand.
*applause*
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you may now pick yourself up after being done rolling on the floor. ;)
posted by insomnious at 11:24 AM
2 Comments:
Your stories are hilarious! I miss reading your stuff...back in action again huh? :)
aahhh yes. i'm back in action. my dear friend here in HK has remarked that i have been laughing louder, speaking faster, and generally having a bigger reaction to things around me. i figured that it's because i'm very repressed at work. i don't get to laugh as loud as before (you know what i mean), and you can usually hear a pin drop in our office here. it's sickening. and so i need to find an outlet to vent. which leads me back to blogging. :)
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