back when windows 3.1 was out, my sister called me long distance for help w/her computer. after trying to figure out the problem over the phone w/o much success, i finally said, "sounds like it's frozen. maybe you've got too many windows open."
ms. genius relies, "yes, it is kinda cold in here."
I hate the proliferation of paper receipts. One day at the century theatres in Sacramento the sweet young thing at the snack bar register handed me "my receipt." I asked her if the food was tax deductible. She said she didn't know. I said I don't believe it is, so I won't need a receipt. She said I had to take it. I said is this a new rule for customers or they can't get in to the movie. She said she would be fired if I didn't take it. I said, that's ok, why would you want to work where they had such stupid rules that she'd be responsible for the customers behavior.
Again Sacramento, Carl's JR Franklin and Florin. 1 receipt at the first window, a second receipt wrapped around the bag at the second window and a third receipt in the bag. All for the same thing of course.
Same CJs, different day. Lunch time on a work day. I enter and start to give my order. The young man says, the computers are down, we can't take your order. I said, I have a suggestion. Write down what I order with the price next to the item. Total up the prices add the tax and I'll pay it. On paper you can subtract what I owe from what I give you and that will be my change. At the end of the day, add up the pieces of paper against the money in the registers. Answer: we don't know how to do that.