[Figmo Bohica]

PEBKAC Vurus

P = Problem
E = Exists
B = Between
K = Keyboard
A = And
C = Chair

True storys:

Back in the old days, when we first retired and moved to New Mexico, I did in home repair of computers. I worked with another company that did in shop repairs only. If I could not fix it in the field, I would pull the computer take it to the shop, then return it and hook everything up again. Found one that had a hardware problem, that needed to go the shop. Took it in, repaired it, returned it to owner, set it up, all was working great.

Got a problem call from the shop, seems that the program that the customer had on his computer was missing, "you know the one that keeps the dust off the inside of the screen," customers description of problem. I had to return to his home and put the Mircosoft Windows logo screen saver back on, that we had turned off while repairing his computer. He was really happy that now no dust would build up on the inside of his computer screen.

Frantic call from local real estate broker. Same town, different day. She told me that her A drive had eaten her disc and she really needed the information from that disc as the client was coming in, in the morning to close on their house. Of course the tower is under her desk on the floor, there I am crawling around with a little flashlight trying to look in the opening to the A drive. Finally I tell her, I have to open the tower and see where the disc went, please clear a space on your desk.

She picks up a pile of papers and, you guess it, there is the disc that the computer eat. Cost her a $55 office call.