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Subject:Re: Help Desk Doc Question From:John Ahlstrom <jahlstro -at- CISCO -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 8 Jan 1997 14:52:43 -0800
Keith Anderson wrote:
>I'm writing *all* of the documentation for a Help Desk. I need a
>consistent term to name the people who will have the problems and call
>the Help Desk.
How about "requestor" "help requestor" "helpless one"
"needy one" "truth seeker" "help seeker" "one in desperation"
"idiot" "luser" "illiterate" (as in RTFM)
jka
John Ahlstrom
jahlstrom -at- cisco -dot- com
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