Chapter 2
“Won’t turn on?” she asked.
Jerry felt his ire rise. “No, it turns on, but after the Windows logo goes away, nothing happens.”
For a moment, she didn’t answer. Then, speaking slowly as if she were talking to a child, she explained, “We’re using Macs now.”
“I have a laptop,” he told her. “It won’t start. Can you—”
“We don’t service personal computers, sir.”
Jerry grit his teeth and counted backwards from five before he dared to say anything else. “This is a company computer. I had it with me over the weekend and now it won’t start.”
“So you’re saying it won’t turn on?” she asked again.
“Did I stutter?” Jerry asked, angry now. “It’s on, but there’s nothing on the screen.”
The woman sounded bored. “Did you try turning on the monitor?”