Re: What to do to the clueless in a computer lab?

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From: Joe Block
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 00:00

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In article <4i6m6b$f72@zen.hursley.ibm.com>,
mortonr@estimate.hursley.ibm.com (Rob Morton) wrote:

>David Gerard (gerdw@cougar.vut.edu.au) wrote:
>: 
>: ObASR(2): On the other hand, I might just charge the next one a consulting
>: fee in advance for wasting my valuable time. Heh. I could quite get into
>: that.
> 
> I admired the notice that a friend working elsewhere had by his desk, 
>roughly from memory ($B(B = UKP) 
>
>"In order to assist our user community with their forward financial 
>planning, we have implemented the following scale of charges for 
>your convenience.  
>
>Answers       (each)  50p 
>Answers (correct) (each) $B(B12 
>Instructions to RTFM     $B(B1.50 
>Blaming another dept     $B(B2.50 
>Listening to vague rambling whine   $B(B25.00 plus 50p per sympathetic noise

>Keeping a straight face - plus 10% 
>
>Dumb looks are of course still free

A buddy of mine who worked part-time in the university computer center
used to have a t-shirt with a similar price list that He'd wear when
off-duty to warn off the lusers.

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From: jpb@miamisci.org (Joe Block)
Subject: Re: What to do to the clueless in a computer lab?
Date: 1996/03/19
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