March 19, 2008

• Why is it....

  that just because my husband and I are IT professionals (even though I stay at home!) does everyone assume we're happy to give them free tech support all the god-damned time?  We own an IT company, people, just so we can charge you!

  Don't get me wrong, we love helping out our friends and do it frequently.  What irks me are the acquaintances who just assume that, once they have us on the phone / in their house / on IM / through email, they can pick our brains for whatever computer question they have and one or both of us will help them out.  One or two times is fine, but eventually it starts getting ridiculous.

  We had one friend, and I use the term loosely (as he was an old high school buddy of Craig's) that would come over all the time, bring his computer for Craig to fix his fuck-ups, and then, when I'd remind him that he owed us a pizza at the very least because of his countless hours of mooching, DAMMIT, I only have six bucks again, can you spot me? 

  EVERY TIME.  So not only was Craig fixing his computer nearly every week, but we'd have to feed him, too!  AND he'd get pissy if we didn't order *his* pizza.  So:

  1.  We're fixing his computer
  2.  We're paying for his dinner
  3.  He expects us to order the specialty pizza he likes, or make something for dinner that he enjoys.

  Wonder why we don't talk to him much? 

  Or how about Craig's brother, who only calls when he has tech problems, and when he's horked his system beyond even Craig's immeasurable talents, then talks shit about Craig to everyone.  Even though Craig has built him a computer, fixed it countless times, and even attempted to fix an iPod for him, he talks crap, telling everyone that his computer is worse off now after Craig has had it.  NO, the fact that you download tons of porn, spyware, and who knows what else is what fucks it up.  And after it's all said and done, there's not even a "hey, thanks for trying!", after he's complained for days that Craig hasn't fixed it fast enough.

  It's really not so much about not getting paid as much as there's little gratitude shown by the people who expect that we'll willingly help them out.  Sure, we'll help you out, but don't treat us like dogshit in the meantime.  You never know what we'll do to your equipment. 

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