Monday, September 17, 2007

Reboot

When I worked as a technical support specialist for a computer company, customer help calls ranged from the mundane to the bizarre.

One memorable problem I had to troubleshoot came from a man who complained that every time he flushed his toilet, his computer would reboot.

It turned out that he lived in a rural area with water supplied by a well with an electric pump. Every time he flushed, it would turn on the pump, causing a dip in the electric power, which in turn, would cause the computer to restart itself!

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