The phone rang and a male with an accent which didn't sound at all like Oregon said he was with Microsoft Technical Support in Oregon and they were getting error messages from my computer. Wow! I'm worried.
I put him on speaker-phone so my wife could hear and didn't tell him that my computer doesn't use Windows. I've been a dedicated Linux user for years.
I can't explain why I did this but the combination of knowing I had a live one who in turn thought he had a live one lead me to shout at the speakerphone in German. I don't speak German. Had a year of it a LONG time ago and spent maybe a week there once. But he didn't speak it either.
He: "Sir, are you in front of your computer?"
Me: "Komputer? Ich habe nicht eine Komputer."
He: "Sir, we are getting error messages from Windows on your computer."
Me: "Vindos? Vas Vindos? Meine haus has Vindos."
It went on for a minute or two, making it the longest conversation I ever had in German. Apologies to anyone who actually knows German, but mine was good enough this time.
I'm sure you all know this, but if anyone ever calls you and claims to be from Microsoft and they are getting messages from your computer, hang up. Or try some language you alvays vanted to speak.
I put him on speaker-phone so my wife could hear and didn't tell him that my computer doesn't use Windows. I've been a dedicated Linux user for years.
I can't explain why I did this but the combination of knowing I had a live one who in turn thought he had a live one lead me to shout at the speakerphone in German. I don't speak German. Had a year of it a LONG time ago and spent maybe a week there once. But he didn't speak it either.
He: "Sir, are you in front of your computer?"
Me: "Komputer? Ich habe nicht eine Komputer."
He: "Sir, we are getting error messages from Windows on your computer."
Me: "Vindos? Vas Vindos? Meine haus has Vindos."
It went on for a minute or two, making it the longest conversation I ever had in German. Apologies to anyone who actually knows German, but mine was good enough this time.
I'm sure you all know this, but if anyone ever calls you and claims to be from Microsoft and they are getting messages from your computer, hang up. Or try some language you alvays vanted to speak.