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Plot Summary of Techmares: The World's Dumbest Computer Users
"Customers call the technical support hotlines with the dumbest questions and understanding of what the actual problems are. The book humorously shows how the technical support personnel deal with dumb customers."
Timothy D. McLendon, Resident Scholar




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Plot
Tone of book? - humorous
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Life of a profession: - computer programmer
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - teacher
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric - deluded - emotionally unstable
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Genius
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - student
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - dumb
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Retarded
Physique - quite fatty

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 ()
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast - Texas - West - Northeast - Deep South - Midwest - Pacific NW - California - Alaska - Hawaii
Misc setting - scientific labs

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Unusual Style: - No single main character? - written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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