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Can't handle it USMCmaggot11-Jun-04 5:03 USMCmaggot 11-Jun-04 5:03  I can handle people in my family asking questions about computers because they're not always that stupid. What makes me mad is Marines calling me up asking how to use this new copy paste function!! (I chose the wrong ***** MOS) Oh, wait Paul Watson9-Jun-04 0:56 Paul Watson 9-Jun-04 0:56  If she is pretty then no problem, right? regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand? Re: Oh, wait Aaron Eldreth9-Jun-04 2:45 Aaron Eldreth 9-Jun-04 2:45  Paul Watson wrote: If she is pretty then no problem, right? Absolutely! Aaron Eldreth TheCollective4.com My Articles While much is too strange to be believed, Nothing is too strange to have happened. - T. Hardy Re: Oh, wait Alvaro Mendez10-Jun-04 11:25 Alvaro Mendez 10-Jun-04 11:25  You're one shallow man, Paul... but I agree with you. Regards, Alvaro Give a man a fish, he owes you one fish. Teach a man to fish, you give up your monopoly on fisheries. Re: Oh, wait Weiye Chen10-Jun-04 15:21 Weiye Chen 10-Jun-04 15:21  <font=arial>Weiye Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life... Re: Oh, wait Daniel Turini10-Jun-04 13:10 Daniel Turini 10-Jun-04 13:10  A typical geeky reaction. She's only interested on making her computer work again, man... Yes, even I am blogging now! Re: Oh, wait Weiye Chen10-Jun-04 15:25 Weiye Chen 10-Jun-04 15:25  Paul Watson wrote: If she is pretty then no problem, right? You will probably end up making it even worse cos both your eyes each have different field of view. <font=arial>Weiye Chen When pursuing your dreams, don't forget to enjoy your life... Re: Oh, wait Jörgen Sigvardsson11-Jun-04 4:59 Jörgen Sigvardsson 11-Jun-04 4:59  If she's pretty, it's obvious that she's using it to get to your skills. Just say no. As a rule of thumb, I don't fix pretty women's computers, because all they want is my bodyskill. I'm half serious. -- Ich bin Joachim von Hassel, und ich bin Pilot der Bundeswehr. Welle: Erdball - F104-G Starfighter Home user assistance... sucks AlexCode8-Jun-04 23:13 AlexCode 8-Jun-04 23:13  Sometimes I supply the hardware infrastructure my application need, and making a assistance contract with the company... and I say company... not home user. Abou 10 years ago my main incomme, came from Hardware, and what bothered my the most was when I had to install Internet!... and it still is... Feeling that the owner of the new PC never used Internet before allways cost me 3 or 4 hours of explaining... It's the list of Search Engines, Porn sites... everything but joy! The phrase... "Yesterday I say this outdoor with a web page address... www."#$%"#"#$"#$."#$" Damn... Regards, Alex I have a good method to avoid been called over and over! Miguel Lopes8-Jun-04 11:22 Miguel Lopes 8-Jun-04 11:22  Im specially knowned for a special quality i have: i can be a real pain in the ass boring people to death with tecnical details... But i only do that when i want to bore people... So, when people ask me to repair a computer, i do it and then when they asked me what it was, i start talking about the influence of solar dark spots on computers. Then i move along to explain the earth's magnetic dinamo workings, to explain it all. As i did a favour to those people, they really have to dig all the crap talk, but they dont call me again Re: I have a good method to avoid been called over and over! Liobsynde8-Jun-04 11:59 Liobsynde 8-Jun-04 11:59  I don't tell people what I use at work, and my home computer is a Mac. People know not to call me since "I don't do Windows !" liobsynde --Wish I had something great to say here, but the good ones have already been taken... Re: I have a good method to avoid been called over and over! Pavlos Touboulidis10-Jun-04 23:48 Pavlos Touboulidis 10-Jun-04 23:48  Ahhh, so that's why people buy Macs Re: I have a good method to avoid been called over and over! RobJones11-Jun-04 5:05 RobJones 11-Jun-04 5:05  LOL Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door! Re: I have a good method to avoid been called over and over! Justin Grieves13-Jun-04 11:03 Justin Grieves 13-Jun-04 11:03  A tried and true method for sure! In the event this doesn't work and you are required to be a little more blatant, try this trick I picked up from a good friend of mine. The next time someone asks you to spend 4 hours fixing their computer and offers you $10.00 for your effort, open your wallet, thumb through any cash contained therein and boldly announce that you will be willing to pay them all of the cash you have on hand NOT to fix their computer as it will save the both of you time and frustration. I've had to resort to this maneuver on three occasions and it has worked quite well. Although I can't say for sure, I think it has something to do with making them think twice about how you value your time. Re: I have a good method to avoid been called over and over! Colin Angus Mackay13-Jun-04 13:03 Colin Angus Mackay 13-Jun-04 13:03  Justin Grieves wrote: The next time someone asks you to spend 4 hours fixing their computer and offers you $10.00 for your effort If you live in a country with a national minimum wage [all EU countries have a minimum wage - In the UK it is £4.50 per hour ($7.95 or €6.45 approx.).] You could exclaim something like "Wow! £1.40 per hour" [$2.50 == £1.40 approx.] which will at least make them realise they haven't even matched the national minimum wage that the McDonald's employee will be getting (and apparently they pay a doller extra if you smile too!) "You can have everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people get what they want." --Zig Ziglar The Second EuroCPian Event will be in Brussels on the 4th of September Can't manage to P/Invoke that Win32 API in .NET? Why not do interop the wiki way! My Blog You made it worse! Marc Clifton8-Jun-04 3:18 Marc Clifton 8-Jun-04 3:18  Inevitably, two weeks later, after spilled coffee on the keyboard, three new viruses the kids accidentally download, and a lightning strike at the transformer down the street, who gets blamed for the new problems? Naturally, the last person to "fix" the computer! Marc Microsoft MVP, Visual C# MyXaml MyXaml Blog Re: You made it worse! Aaron Eldreth8-Jun-04 3:32 Aaron Eldreth 8-Jun-04 3:32  Marc Clifton wrote: Inevitably, two weeks later, after spilled coffee on the keyboard, three new viruses the kids accidentally download, and a lightning strike at the transformer down the street, who gets blamed for the new problems? Naturally, the last person to "fix" the computer! Well yeah, naturally. Do you think the people would admit that it was their own fault (or the fault of their kids) that their PC broke? Aaron Eldreth TheCollective4.com My Articles While much is too strange to be believed, Nothing is too strange to have happened. - T. Hardy Re: You made it worse! Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳11-Jun-04 1:11 Xiangyang Liu 刘向阳 11-Jun-04 1:11  I once took my computer to BestBuy, the floppy drive was not working. They shipped it to the factory and fixed it at no cost to me. They also told me that they found a broken pencil inside the floppy drive, the pencil was given back to me in a plastic bag. It rurns out that my younger son did that. My articles and software tools Re: You made it worse! Vega0216-Jun-04 6:15 Vega02 16-Jun-04 6:15  Hilarious! Really, though, it's awesome that they still fixed it for you at no cost. Many other companies that I've dealt with would have said "Tough luck" and charged for the cost of a new drive, including installation. Re: You made it worse! Jörgen Sigvardsson11-Jun-04 5:01 Jörgen Sigvardsson 11-Jun-04 5:01  Been there done that. All you have to say is "Well, the next time you want your computer fixed, either pay someone to do it, or do it yourself". That'll end the discussion rather quickly. -- Ich bin Joachim von Hassel, und ich bin Pilot der Bundeswehr. Welle: Erdball - F104-G Starfighter Ethics NormDroid7-Jun-04 21:56 NormDroid 7-Jun-04 21:56  When my friends do work on my house (1-2 days work), I expect them to bill me (discount for friends of course) and they do. Now when I get a phone call asking to me to come over to fix their PC, which usually takes a couple of hours at a time, should I bill them?, especially when the problem a virus or some nasty adware problem usually picked up from viewing prOn sites. Re: Ethics devvvy8-Jun-04 1:56 devvvy 8-Jun-04 1:56  Yes, you definitely should, "brother". Norman Fung Re: Ethics Navin10-Jun-04 5:18 Navin 10-Jun-04 5:18  Or work out a deal... "Fish and guests stink in three days." - Benjamin Franlkin Re: Ethics Michael Dunn10-Jun-04 8:29 Michael Dunn 10-Jun-04 8:29  At some point, if you don't ask for something in return, they will assume you'll fix anything for free. If you don't want to ask for money, use barter. Ask for pizza and beer, or your other food/beverage of choice. --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ---- "That probably would've sounded more commanding if I wasn't wearing my yummy sushi pajamas."   -- Buffy Re: Ethics NormDroid10-Jun-04 23:24 NormDroid 10-Jun-04 23:24  I the past the favour has been return with an 8 pack of beer

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