| [ MIT ] in KIDS 글 쓴 이(By): Charles () 날 짜 (Date): 1998년 11월 19일 목요일 오후 05시 45분 29초 제 목(Title): If Restaurants Functioned Like Microsoft If Restaurants Functioned Like MICROSOFT > >Patron: Waiter! >Waiter: Hi, my name is Bill, and I'll be your Support Waiter. What > seems to be the problem? >Patron: There's a fly in my soup! >Waiter: Try again, maybe the fly won't be there this time. >Patron: No, it's still there. >Waiter: Maybe it's the way you're using the soup; try eating it with a > fork instead. >Patron: Even when I use the fork, the fly is still there. >Waiter: Maybe the soup is incompatible with the bowl; what kind of > bowl are you using? >Patron: A SOUP bowl! >Waiter: Hmmm, that should work. Maybe it's a configuration problem; > how was the bowl set up? >Patron: You brought it to me on a saucer; what has that to do with the > fly in my soup?! >Waiter: Can you remember everything you did before you noticed the fly > in your soup? >Patron: I sat down and ordered the Soup of the Day! >Waiter: Have you considered upgrading to the latest Soup of the Day? >Patron: You have more than one Soup of the Day each day?? >Waiter: Yes, the Soup of the Day is changed every hour. >Patron: Well, what is the Soup of the Day now? >Waiter: The current Soup of the Day is tomato. >Patron: Fine. Bring me the tomato soup, and the check. I'm running > late now. >Waiter: (Leaves and returns with another bowl of soup and the check.) >Waiter: Here you are, Sir. The soup and your check. >Patron: This is potato soup. >Waiter: Yes, the tomato soup wasn't ready yet. >Patron: Well, I'm so hungry now, I'll eat anything. >Waiter: (Leaves.) >Patron: Waiter! There's a gnat in my soup! >Waiter: That sir, is not a gnat. It is the protein feature we have > now included for free with your upgrade. Didn't you read the license > agreement? We are not liable for the disliking of our product > features! >Waiter: (Removes old check, and leaves a new one.) >Patron: (Reads the check:) > >Soup of the Day . ........... . . . . $1.50 >Upgrade to newer Soup of the Day. . . $2.50 >Access to support . . . . . . . . . . $5.00 X 3 INCIDENTS= $15.00 >Subtotal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $19.00 >Mandatory Gratuity. (25%) . . . . . . $4.00 >Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $23.00 >--- > >William T Hubbard >corwin@iastate.edu ============================================ ... Baiser, fils de deux levres closes ... ... Fille de deux boutons de rose ... ============================================ |