Customer walked in this morning – this is as close as I can come to the conversaton:

Me: “Can I help you?”

Customer: “do yo’ sell adappers?”

Me: “Adaptors for what?”

Customer: “Adappers fo’ computers”

Me: “What kind of adaptor? There are many different kinds of computer adaptors.”

Customer: “Adappers fo’ th’ internet”

Me: “What kind of internet adapter?”

Customer: Blank look

Me: “How do you get to the internet?”

Customer: puzzled blank look

Me: “What kind of internet adapter, there are serveral kinds”

Customer: “ah need an adapper fo’ mah computer fo’ th’ internet”

Me: “How do you get on the internet? DSL? Cable? Dial UP? Air Card? Satellite?”

Customer: Puzzled blank look – “ah need an adapper fo’ mah computer t’go t’th’ internet”

Me: “Do you have an internet connection?”

Customer: “ah need an adapper so mah computer kin git th’ internet”

Me: “OK so you need to get on the internet? Can you get on the internet now?”

Customer: “No ah cain’t git on th’ internet mah neighbo’ won’t let me use his computer no mo’e”

Me: “So you used to use your neighbors computer to get on the internet?”

Customer: “Yep but he won’t let me use his computer nomo’e, he says he doesn’t be hankerin’ his kids seein’ whut ah was lookin’ at on th’ internet”

Me: “So you want to connect your computer to the internet?”

Customer: “Yup ah’s hankerin’ t’git th’ internet on over th’ air”

Me: “Over the air? Are you looking for an Air Card?”

Customer: Blank stare

Me: “Do you want to connect to the internet with cellular?”

Customer: “Mah brother said ah c’d git an adapper an’ git th’ internet on over th’ air”

Me: “Get the internet over the air? Where would it the internet be coming from?”

Customer: “Whuffo’ fum mah neighbo’, he won’t let me use his computer nomo’e so ah need an adapper fo’ mah computer sos ah can git his internet on mah computer”

Me: “Can you tell me how that works?”

Customer: “Sho’nuff, ah need an adapper sos ah can git th’ Internet on over th’ air fum mah neighbo’. Like mah brother acrost th’ street does”

Me: “Your brother gets his internet over the air from the neighbor across the street? Is this the same neighbor who won’t let you use his computer any more? How does your brother do this?

Customer: “Yep mah brother jest takes his lappop out t’th’ po’ch an’ he gits th’ internet on over th’ air fum mah neighbo’. On account o’ he won’t let me use his computer no mo’e ah need an adapper sos ah can git th’ internet on mah computer”

Me: “OK your brother has a laptop and he can get your neighbors internet over the air from his porch? Does you neighbor know your brother is getting in to the internet from his wireless?

Cusomer: “Thet’s right. Mah brother gits his internet on over th’ air on his lappop fum mah neighbo’. An’ no mah neighbo’ doesn’t know, mah neighbo’ doesn’t like mah brother at all, ah reckon.”

Me: So what you want is a wireless adaptor? Do you have a laptop or a desktop?

Customer: “Thet is whut ah said in th’ fust place, ah need an adapper sos ah can git th’ internet on over th’ air on mah computer. Mah computer aint no lappop it is a box unner th’ table wif a screen on th’ table.”

Me: “You need to have your own internet service, maybe you should call the phone company and see if you can get DSL – if you can they will give you an adapter to connect you computer to the internet.”

Customer: “ah doesn’t got no phone, ah doesn’t need no phone, th’ phone costs too much. ah jest use mah brothers phone when ah need t’call some one. ah jest need an adapper sos ah can git th’ internet on mah computer.”

Me: “OK now I think I know what you need, I do not have any, you need to call the computer repair people that work out of here maybe they can help you. {I gave him the computer repair peoples phone number knowing full well that they will not connect a WiFi card so someone can steal WiFi}

NOTE: PLEASE CHECK YOUR WIFI AND MAKE CERTAIN IT IS LOCKED WITH A WAP OR WEK KEY – THIS GUY AND HIS BROTHER COULD BE YOUR NEIGHBORS!!!!