ARRRRGGGGHHH
Why is it that just because i can competantly use a computer in all of my family and friends eyes am i now the offical techno-wizz/geek who can supposedly fix anything from toasters to computers???
Fine I can build a computer, fine i can tweak the registry and tweak windows xp in order to get the most out of my system... but does that mean i can open up a VCR and say oh yeah i know whats wrong... its this transistor or something... NO... does it also mean that I know all there is to know about using XP... again NO!
Yet I go to see a certain party of people (who i shall not name, in case they figure out that by clicking their IE logo they can magically access the internet!) and the first thing i get is not hello, it is oh we have this problem with our computer... so i spend an hour looking at it and cant find what has gone wrong... so i tell them and all i get is "But you are an expert why cant you fix it?" no oh well thanks for trying from me... they bought their pc from someone like dell and do they think to call the helpline... nope.
Then, their vcr breaks... oh time to ask the "expert" again... well i fixed that for them, but more on blind luck than anything... but still... then their washing machine broke down... yet again I am summoned... so i told them to p**s off!
They are so obsessed with having all the most up to date technology... standalone dvd writer, 5.1 surround system, digital tv, widescreen tv, new computer... yet they never learn about any of them... they had the worst 5.1 surround speaker layout i had ever seen (3 speakers on the left, 1 in the middle and 1 on the right.... so i suggested that 2 should be behind them.... but that suggestion was ignored! They seem to want the technology then live in fear of it once they have it!
I dont have a problem with people with no knowledge that take an interest and want to learn about their technological possesions... but when i get asked to fix something while they all go off and watch tv... it makes me really f**king mad!
Sorry for ranting but i needed a vent!
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Why is it that just because i can competantly use a computer in all of my family and friends eyes am i now the offical techno-wizz/geek who can supposedly fix anything from toasters to computers???
Fine I can build a computer, fine i can tweak the registry and tweak windows xp in order to get the most out of my system... but does that mean i can open up a VCR and say oh yeah i know whats wrong... its this transistor or something... NO... does it also mean that I know all there is to know about using XP... again NO!
Yet I go to see a certain party of people (who i shall not name, in case they figure out that by clicking their IE logo they can magically access the internet!) and the first thing i get is not hello, it is oh we have this problem with our computer... so i spend an hour looking at it and cant find what has gone wrong... so i tell them and all i get is "But you are an expert why cant you fix it?" no oh well thanks for trying from me... they bought their pc from someone like dell and do they think to call the helpline... nope.
Then, their vcr breaks... oh time to ask the "expert" again... well i fixed that for them, but more on blind luck than anything... but still... then their washing machine broke down... yet again I am summoned... so i told them to p**s off!
They are so obsessed with having all the most up to date technology... standalone dvd writer, 5.1 surround system, digital tv, widescreen tv, new computer... yet they never learn about any of them... they had the worst 5.1 surround speaker layout i had ever seen (3 speakers on the left, 1 in the middle and 1 on the right.... so i suggested that 2 should be behind them.... but that suggestion was ignored! They seem to want the technology then live in fear of it once they have it!
I dont have a problem with people with no knowledge that take an interest and want to learn about their technological possesions... but when i get asked to fix something while they all go off and watch tv... it makes me really f**king mad!
Sorry for ranting but i needed a vent!
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