Fucking old men when I'm doing their work for their money they want MY knowledge
MarineBoat
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As some of you may know, I repair the no. I get a lot of old men calling with computer trouble and they want me to repair their no's.
Usually it's something simple, like a virus or they want their shit backed up or they put some precious document in the recycle bin. So as I'm working I get a fuckload of "what's this do" and "what are you doing now" and "It's cold in here can you turn up the heat". No you old coot, this is MY house. You can go home while I do the work and pick your no up on Thursday, like we agreed upon. And it's not cold in here so I don't know what the hell you're on about.
Sometimes they have the gull to call me up a week from then when they fucked up their computers even further, just to say how they don't need my help and thank me for learning them something. Well thanks for taking away business. Old ladys are nice though. I once got overpaid by like $50 when repairing an old lady.
Usually it's something simple, like a virus or they want their shit backed up or they put some precious document in the recycle bin. So as I'm working I get a fuckload of "what's this do" and "what are you doing now" and "It's cold in here can you turn up the heat". No you old coot, this is MY house. You can go home while I do the work and pick your no up on Thursday, like we agreed upon. And it's not cold in here so I don't know what the hell you're on about.
Sometimes they have the gull to call me up a week from then when they fucked up their computers even further, just to say how they don't need my help and thank me for learning them something. Well thanks for taking away business. Old ladys are nice though. I once got overpaid by like $50 when repairing an old lady.
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That's usually what I do. Or I say "It's loading, and will take a while.".
Still annoys me like hell though.
Was it the input jack? I fucked my input jack on my Dean ML, and it was fucked more than just a simple solder job, and cost $20 for a new input jack.
To op, maybe you should focus on being more likable. And plant trojans in their computers so you can have customers on will-call. Just sabotage something simple, like jacking up a registry key, or deleting a critical system file. Make sure you do it when there is something in the news about Russian Hackers, or the Patriot Act, or a Meteor Shower. Old people don't know any better.
You remedy that issue in utero with a bit of loctite, a 9/16" or 1/2" ratchet, and a pair of pliers. Takes about 80 seconds.