How mean are you?

[cancer10]

Are you one of those ppl who talk to your friends/relatives only when u need them?

I have some friends<I dunno if they are really my friend or not> who only call me up or come 2 me when they need my help else they never show their face the rest of the time

[sixpack]

I have some friends<I dunno if they are really my friend or not> who only call me up or come 2 me when they need my help else they never show their face the rest of the time

i know what you mean, same here

they ask how you are doing for 10 sec

and then the s*** starts, some of the people i have over 2 houres on the foon

and when it's fixed, it's thanks and goodbuy, till next time

[cancer10]

So y the f*** ppl do that?

aren't they ashamed of doing the same?

[Synapse]

So y the f*** ppl do that?

aren't they ashamed of doing the same?

I am the same way people only seem to talk to me when their computers a broke. then its like talk to ya later...

I don't mind to much cause without me their computers would be a pile of junk metal lol.

[sixpack]

I am the same way people only seem to talk to me when their computers a broke. then its like talk to ya later...

yup, i hate them but then again i always help

I don't mind to much cause without me their computers would be a pile of junk metal lol.

[Synapse]

yea, what p***es me off was yesterday (Christmas) I spent all day removing about 1K spyware and over 50 viruses on my aunts computer.

[prathapml]

Are you one of those ppl who talk to your friends/relatives only when u need them?

Ooo no!

But yeah, the category who remembers you when your help is needed exists everywhere! I just take it to be a part of life, and move on.

Plus.... have you ever given a thought to when you yourself (unintentionally) might behave like that category?

[sixpack]

But yeah, the category who remembers you when your help is needed exists everywhere! I just take it to be a part of life, and move on.

Plus.... have you ever given a thought to when you yourself (unintentionally) might behave like that category?

no, never did

never will

[Synapse]

*cough* coming herer for help is an example... I think we are all guilty of doing this.

I used to come here to ask a question then not show my face till i needed something else. now i come here to help others that come herer only when they need help.. lol.

[rupert86]

Yeah, very ppl are like this. I myself phone them but they only phonr them when they have a problem in their system. However, most of the problems can't be fixed on the phone - I mean you have to see the problem - so I tell them to bring their PC to the workshop, where my dad charges for the technicians' fees LOLz.

Poeple tend to be very dlever, but a businessman has his own presence of mind, heh.

[phoenix_nf]

Yeah it feels like a rag (use and loose) just to be thought of when people need help

times have changed, now i keep them waiting a lil bit before i help them. so that they appreciate and realize my worth. i know it puts a strain on u r concience, but hey they should have a concience too to treat ppl this way.

[despal]

Yeah, very ppl are like this. I myself phone them but they only phonr them when they have a problem in their system. However, most of the problems can't be fixed on the phone - I mean you have to see the problem - so I tell them to bring their PC to the workshop, where my dad charges for the technicians' fees LOLz.

Poeple tend to be very dlever, but a businessman has his own presence of mind, heh.

That's REALLY IRRITATING!

Often they call me and say: "Hello! How are you? My modem doesn't work, what can I do??????"

or

"Do I have to buy a new PC to remove spyware??"

And much sillier things, as well as normal problems which I can't understand, especially with their English accent, reading the error messages

[Spyder2k]

I look at it as an opportunity, this way you get to interact with all different types of PC's with all different type of problems; which has and continues to prepare me for the corporate world.

Also you can make some change if you treat these people 100% professionally and cleverly disregard all 'small talk'.

[subhramani]

When there is a God & a Satan, why can't there be a good guy & a bad guy???

[un4given1]

Here's what I tell everyone (even family) when they call me about computer problems.

I will help you paint your house...  I will help you change your oil...  But I work with computers for a living, and I get paid to do that.  I will gladly help you with your computer, at a rate of $45 an hour.

Believe me... It works. Either the calls stop, or you get a couple hundred bucks. You wouldn't walk into your brother's place of employment and expect that he is going to give you something for free, why should you be any different? When I call my little brother up to help me work on my car, I pay him... Why? Because that's what he does for a living. There always is the exception to the rule though. My older brother... I will do work for him for free, because I know if I need him he will always be there. He always returns the favor.