I can assure you that this\u00c2\u00a0is all too plausible. Here’s the script:<\/p>\n
COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT . . . .<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Super Duper Computer Store. May I help you?<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: Thanks. I’m setting up an office in my den and I’m thinking about buying a computer.<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Mac?<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: No, the name’s Lou.<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Your computer?<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: I don’t own a computer. I want to buy one.<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Mac?<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: I told you, my name’s Lou.<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: What about Windows?<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: Why? Will it get stuffy in here?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Do you want a computer with Windows?<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: I don’t know. What will I see when I look in the windows?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: A desktop and wallpaper.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: I already have a desk with a large top, so never mind the windows with the computer. I just need a computer and software.<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Software for Windows?<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: No. For the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What have you got?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Office.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: I just did.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: You just did what?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Recommend something.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: You recommended something?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Yes.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: For my office?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Yes.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: OK, what did you recommend for my office?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Office.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: Yes, for my office!<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: I recommend Office with Windows.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: I already have an office with windows! OK, let’s just say I’m sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Word.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: What word?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: The Word in Office.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: The only word in office is “office”.<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: Which word in office for windows? I told you I don’t want windows installed in my computer.<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: The Word you get when you click the blue “W”.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: I’m going to click your “blue ‘W'” if you don’t\u00c2\u00a0 start with some straight answers! OK, forget<\/p>\n
that. Can I watch movies on the internet on this computer?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Yes, you’ll want Real One.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: Maybe a real one, maybe a cartoon. What I watch is none of your business. Just tell me what I need!<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Real One.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: If it’s a long movie I also want to see reel 2, 3 & 4. Can I watch them?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Of course.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: Great! With what?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Real One.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: OK, I’m at my computer and I want to watch a movie. What do I do?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: You click the blue “1”.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: I click the blue one what?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: The blue “1”.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: Is that different from the blue “W”?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: The blue “1” is Real One and the blue “W” is Word.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: What word?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: The Word in Office for Windows.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: But there are three words in “office for windows”!<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: No, just one. But it’s the most popular Word in the world.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: It is?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Yes, but to be fair, there aren’t many other Words left. It pretty much wiped out all the other Words out there.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: And that word is “real one”?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Real One has nothing to do with Word. Real One isn’t even part of Office.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: STOP! Don’t start that again. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Money.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: That’s right. What do you have?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Money.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: I need money to track my money?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: It comes bundled with your computer.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: What’s bundled with my computer?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Money.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: Money comes with my computer?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Yes. No extra charge.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: I get a bundle of money with my computer?\u00c2\u00a0 How much?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: One copy.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: Isn’t it illegal to copy money?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Microsoft gave us a license to copy Money.<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: They can give you a license to copy money?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Why not? THEY OWN IT!<\/p>\n
A FEW DAYS LATER . .<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Super Duper Computer Store. May I help you?<\/p>\n
COSTELLO: Your people set up this computer in my den and turned it on, but how do I turn it off?<\/p>\n
ABBOTT: Click on “START.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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