THE HELP DESK • by Todd Wells
It was quiet. Usually by now they’d be putting the screws to me, but I’d already been at my desk for half an hour and, like a Minnesota duck pond in the middle of August, nothing had gone south yet.… Continue Reading
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TURING IN REVERSE • by David Cleden
Incoming connection… WARNING! AI originator: serial code ???472 incomplete or corrupted. Assign to: Support Agent Response Unit (SARU), Artificial Intelligence Level 9 Certified. # Discourse packet 1: SARU: Asynchronous connection established. Please state assistance required. (Inbound message from unconfirmed originator… Continue Reading
MAY I TAKE CONTROL NOW? • by Carroll Dale Short
“May I take control now?” the support tech asks me, her telephone voice so barely above a whisper I’m convinced she’s aware of the sexual innuendo. “Sure,” I say nervously, feeling naked and twelve years old. Like sorcery, the pointer… Continue Reading