  Tag: tech satire  Broken computer or operator error?  Posted
by GNC at 6:32 AM on July 18, 2009  25242_3732A friend of mine’s
elderly mother experienced “car trouble”.  She backed up out of
her drive accross the street and into the ditch.  Finding
herself in the ditch she thought “The steering must have gone
out!”  Leaving the car in the ditch she went into the house to
call her son for help.  Upon his arrival she explained that
something in the car had broken. So like a good son he crossed
the street to inspect.  He got in turned the key and it
started.  He turned the steering wheel and the wheels turned. 
He put it in drive and pulled the car across the street and back
into the drive.  His mother of course asked “What was wrong?” 
My friend replied, “Nothing much, just a short between the seat
and the steering wheel.”  True story.  The tech application? 
How many customer service type calls do you field from friends
and family about “broken computers” that turn out to be a short
between “the seat and the