The Case of the Guy Who Expected Me to Memorize Everything

[EricKei]

Ok, but I told them that if I have to do anything to it, I would be paid for it.

Standard CS response: "Well, OF COURSE you'll get paid for it...You just won't be charging ME for it..."


Because, of course, the store somehow manages to make payroll without making people pay for any services >_>

[dalesys]

Welcome to the boards.

Whenever someone blesses me out because I can't help them with something they declare to be "a simple fix," I always want to tell them:

"If it's really that simple to fix how come YOU can't fix it?"

But, you know, I can't actually say that. I just think it and try not to giggle.

"If it takes a simple to fix it, why haven't YOU?"

Restated for what I'd want to say if I was next in line.

[Utter_iMADNESS]

Try being the unofficial tech support for your family.

My stepdad knows just enough about computers to be dangerous.

I'm in the exact same boat. I've basically become tech support for my friends and family. And my dad is quite proficient with computers considering he studied to get the A+ certification (but never took the test ). But he still thinks that you need a special network card depending on the ISP, that everything free on the internet is a virus (yes, even firefox), that games cause his computer to boot slower, and that blinking lights on the wireless router while no one was using the wi-fi meant that someone was hacking into his computer.

The day I was liberated from his computer by getting my own is a day I will always remember .