~Judy Grahn
Me panicked: Hey, the WiFi on my netbook is not working!
GW calmly: Why not?
Me panicked: I don’t know why not. It was working a minute ago.
GW calmly: Reboot it.
Me panicked: I DID! And it’s still not working. I have to have it. It HAS to work! What’s wrong with it???
GW calmly: I don’t know. What did you do?
Me panicked: I didn’t DO anything! It just stopped working. One minute I was on a website and then it stopped working. I can’t get on ANY of the websites I need to be on. I NEED to have internet access.
GW calmly: Why? The netbook was strictly for writing on.
Me panicked: Um, sure. It is. But I have to have access to the internet! You know, research and everything.
GW calmly: Uh huh, sure. Did you make a point recovery backup?
Me panicked: Point recovery backup? Um, no. Was I supposed to do that?
GW calmly: Well, it helps for situations like this.
Me panicked: But I didn’t know. What do I do now? Does it have to go back to the factory? I don’t want to take it back. I have to have it.
GW calmly: Let me take a look at it. We might have to do a whole recovery on it.
Me panicked: What does that mean? What happens then? Will that make it work?
GW calmly: Yes, it will work. It restores it back to the factory settings.
Me panicked: Will I have to reload all my programs?
GW calmly: Yes.
Me panicked: NO!
GW calmly: Do you want it to work?
Me panicked: Of course! I NEED it to work.
GW calmly: Here’s the problem.
Me panicked: What? What is the problem? Is it broke?
GW calmly: Well, you might say that.
Me panicked: Oh, NO! What’s wrong? Does it have to go back to the factory? Can you fix it?
GW calmly: I already did.
Me no longer in a panic: You did? Cool! Is it working? What was wrong with it?
GW calmly: See this button here?
Me happy: Yeah, it has a little antenna thingy on it. What’s that for? Is it broke? Did you fix it?
GW patiently and calmly: No, it’s not broke. It turns the WiFi off and on. And guess what?
Me sheepishly with a red face: I turned it off?
GW shaking his head calmly: Oh, Babe!!!!
~Sandy
