June 12, 2009

from the comments

Cindy S.:

Did I ever tell y’all about the time around 12 years ago when we were offering computer basics classes to doctors? And the octogenenarian female doctor called me over because something was wrong with her computer, and it turned out that she had been resting her hand on the mouse and opened about 25 windows of the same thing–a little film of Smurfs having oral sex (saved to the desktop by a dental student, no doubt). That was a fun day at work.

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  1. Sheila Ryan on June 12th, 2009 at 8:48 am

    Cindy standing alongside the doctor and laboriously closing each and every one of the 25 windows.

  2. Dave Vogt on June 12th, 2009 at 9:20 am

    I think I’ve seen that one.

  3. Cindy Scroggins on June 12th, 2009 at 9:51 am

    I remember the day like it was yesterday. I said, “Oh, let’s clean up your desktop,” as I closed window after window. The doctor was great–didn’t bat an eye. She had wonderful porcelain skin and often advised me on how to care for my similarly fair complexion. She also explained to me how to read barcodes on manufacturers’ coupons in order to cheat the system (e.g., how to know if a coupon that says 16 oz size only actually will work on the 8 oz size). I had to swear never to share the information with anyone. The last time I saw her–maybe 2 years ago–she was gathering up all of the sugar and splenda packets at the coffee table during Grand Rounds.

  4. Sheila Ryan on June 12th, 2009 at 9:58 am

    Cindy, that makes me eager to be an ancient eccentric once I am done being a middle-aged eccentric.

  5. from the comments : clusterflock on June 12th, 2009 at 9:58 am

    [...] Cindy S.: I remember the day like it was yesterday. I said, “Oh, let’s clean up your desktop,” as I closed window after window. The doctor was great–didn’t bat an eye. She had wonderful porcelain skin and often advised me on how to care for my similarly fair complexion. She also explained to me how to read barcodes on manufacturers’ coupons in order to cheat the system (e.g., how to know if a coupon that says 16 oz size only actually will work on the 8 oz size). I had to swear never to share the information with anyone. The last time I saw her–maybe 2 years ago–she was gathering up all of the sugar and splenda packets at the coffee table during Grand Rounds. [...]

  6. Cindy Scroggins on June 12th, 2009 at 10:08 am

    Yep, Sheila. We’re on our way.

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