Tech Support Doesn't Work

Transcript

A person is in front of his computer, holding his modem and talking on the phone.

Panel 1

Person: ...restart my computer? I know you have a script to follow, but the uplink liht on the modem is going off every few hours. The problem is between your office and the modem.

Panel 2

Person: My computer has nothing to do with... OK, whatever, I "restarted my computer". It's still down, and even if it comes back, it's going to die again in a few hours, because your—

Panel 3

No longer holding the modem.

Person: I don't have a start menu. This is a Haiku install, but that's not import— Haiku? It's an experimental OS that I ... oh, never mind.

Panel 4

Person: I'm sorry, but this won't get fixed until I talk to an engineer. Can you look around for someone wearing cargo pants, maybe a subway map on their wall?

Panel 5

In the tech support office

Tech support: There's a chick two phones over with a stuffed penguin doll and a poster of some bearded dude with swords.

Person: Perfect. Can you put her on?

Tech support: Sure.

Panel 6

A different tech support person, this one with a penguin on her desk.

Person: Hey, so sorry to bother you, but my connection—

Tech support #2: Have you tried restarting?

Person: Yes

Tech support #2: Okay, then click "start"...

Person: *sigh*

Title text: What, you thought she would be more helpful?