Friday, May 2, 2008
Also, Don't Steal Cars
So the big story in entertainment news is that the opening of "Iron Man" may be eclipsed by the release of "Grand Theft Auto 4" this last Tuesday. That's right. There is a fear that people will be too busy playing the latest video game to go out and see the latest comic-book-turned-movie...
I just don't even know how to respond to that. Except to say that I saw "Iron Man" last night and was thoroughly entertained. You could do a lot worse for $8.75.
The phones have been busy today. Most callers fall into one of three categories: 1) they want more information about our product, 2) they have a question about an existing account, 3) they want to sell me toner. But once in a while I get a real doozy of a story; here are a couple of my favorites:
A woman's ex-boyfriend had installed a Tom-Tom in her car and she was afraid that he was stalking her from three states away. She wanted to know what could be done about it. I told her that I was pretty sure the Tom-Tom just did navigation, not data reporting, but that she was welcome to call their support line to verify it. Also, if you think you're being stalked, call the police. Instead of me.
Someone called wanting to know how small GPS devices were because he was interested in using GPS technology in an invention. I told him that you can find them as small as USB thumb drives, but he didn't know what that was... which is not a particularly firm footing from which to launch your career as a technology inventor, but whatever. The size of the device has a lot to do with the functionality you want to get out of it, but he wouldn't tell me any details because the idea hadn't been patented yet.
That wraps it up for me for the week. The Vista Sidebar Weather Gadget tells me that Webster Groves is currently 64-degrees and is being electrocuted (could the T-storm graphic be any more ominous?). Have a good weekend. And go see "Iron Man".
I just don't even know how to respond to that. Except to say that I saw "Iron Man" last night and was thoroughly entertained. You could do a lot worse for $8.75.
The phones have been busy today. Most callers fall into one of three categories: 1) they want more information about our product, 2) they have a question about an existing account, 3) they want to sell me toner. But once in a while I get a real doozy of a story; here are a couple of my favorites:
A woman's ex-boyfriend had installed a Tom-Tom in her car and she was afraid that he was stalking her from three states away. She wanted to know what could be done about it. I told her that I was pretty sure the Tom-Tom just did navigation, not data reporting, but that she was welcome to call their support line to verify it. Also, if you think you're being stalked, call the police. Instead of me.
Someone called wanting to know how small GPS devices were because he was interested in using GPS technology in an invention. I told him that you can find them as small as USB thumb drives, but he didn't know what that was... which is not a particularly firm footing from which to launch your career as a technology inventor, but whatever. The size of the device has a lot to do with the functionality you want to get out of it, but he wouldn't tell me any details because the idea hadn't been patented yet.
That wraps it up for me for the week. The Vista Sidebar Weather Gadget tells me that Webster Groves is currently 64-degrees and is being electrocuted (could the T-storm graphic be any more ominous?). Have a good weekend. And go see "Iron Man".
Labels: humor
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]