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Crash test dummy
Which brings us to a little Christmas pedantry. Last week we sugsted that thanks to the confusion over CBT, you might turn up to your computer-based training thinking you were taking a motorcycle test.
But: ‘If one turned up for a Microsoft Office 7 training session wearing a crash helmet, the first question would probably more likely be: “Why are you wanting to learn about an 11-year-old version of MS Office?”,’ points out Antony Hawkins at the University of Sheffield (where nitpickers watch for people who miss the ‘200’ off the front of ‘2007’).
‘That would be quickly followed by “Did you pay real money for this course?” and “Would you be interested in OS/2 training, for only an extra £1,000 cash?”’ he adds.
You could cover your embarrassment of course by admitting that you are late because you did not know how to set up an alert in Outlook.
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