aja8888
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.......... Where do I find these people?
Looks like they are finding you.
Time to change your phone number/eBay I.D./Facebook settings/etc....?
.......... Where do I find these people?
Looks like they are finding you.
Time to change your phone number/eBay I.D./Facebook settings/etc....?
Some more updates on my snake-bit friend and his friend.
SB friend told his SB friend not to call me with any more PC problems. SB friend's friend responded to him that did not understand why I felt that way because he thought he had compensated me adequately (pizza lunch). I told SB friend that it wasn't compensation but the fact I did not want to be a go-to person for his (SB friend's friend) dumbass PC problems and make more housecalls for things which he could have discovered on his own. SB friend's friend said he sorta understood.
Last night I was at SB friend's place and guess what? His TV wasn't working. All he had was static and he wanted me to look at it. The first thing I saw was his cable TV descrambler box was off. No power light and no digital display of the time which what appears by default. I push its power button and nothing happens. What could that possibly mean? DUH, the descrambler box is not plugged in! But I did not have to start moving the dresser away from the wall to see back there. Instead, the power cord had become unplugged from the descrambler box itself and was laying on the dresser in plain sight about 2 inches away from the box! I yelled to SB friend and pointed to it and the lack of any digital display on the box. He gave me a DUH and I plugged it in and after the box rebooted all was fine. I told him he was turning into another [SB friend's friend name]. He told me at least I did not have to make any special visits (which was not the point, it was his increasing ineptitude on anything remotely mechanical). Unreal LOL!
Sounds like the experiences I used to endure when I had my computer service business (which I sold after 5 crazy yeas). I used to wonder how some of those people got dressed in the morning and found their way to work.
Yes, I have put up with one way "friendships" like that. It gets old after awhile. But, it is your own fault and he is playing on your inner guilt. I would wean him off by telling him the problem is above your level and you don't know how to fix it. Then tell him of a good place he can take it to. A few times of that and your friend will get with the program when it starts costing some money and inconvenience.
Throughout the years this problem came up a few times. It takes a few reminders about the Mac store in their area, but eventually they stop asking. You'll also have to respond to their questions about the repair bill from the Mac store. LOL.Last April and May, as I described in earlier posts, I drew the line with major repair issues and he had someone else handle the repair issues because they were indeed above my level of expertise. They would also have taken way too long and I didn't want to spend most of the time at his place working on it. For little items which take little time and effort and not special trips to his place, I'm okay with that. He knows I won't hesitate to tell him it will take too much time and effort and won't try to fix it.
As for his friend (the one who called me last week asking me to make another house call), I have no desire to get involved with him and his PC no matter how easy it turns out to be or how much he wants to pay me. I've already weaned him off my help so I doubt very much he will be calling me again.
Last April and May, as I described in earlier posts, I drew the line with major repair issues and he had someone else handle the repair issues because they were indeed above my level of expertise. They would also have taken way too long and I didn't want to spend most of the time at his place working on it. For little items which take little time and effort and not special trips to his place, I'm okay with that. He knows I won't hesitate to tell him it will take too much time and effort and won't try to fix it.
As for his friend (the one who called me last week asking me to make another house call), I have no desire to get involved with him and his PC no matter how easy it turns out to be or how much he wants to pay me. I've already weaned him off my help so I doubt very much he will be calling me again.
The behavior of your friend and his friend is strange to me, because I HATE asking people for favors. I'd much prefer to pay a professional to come fix something than bother my friends or family (never mind an acquaintance).
I'm usually happy to help other people out, but I don't like feeling like I "owe" someone. These guys have no shame.
The behavior of your friend and his friend is strange to me, because I HATE asking people for favors. I'd much prefer to pay a professional to come fix something than bother my friends or family (never mind an acquaintance).
I'm usually happy to help other people out, but I don't like feeling like I "owe" someone. These guys have no shame.
My in-laws called 2 days ago with their latest PC issue. The screen image was upside down. They didn't like my initial tongue in cheek response to physically turn their screen upside down. A quick review on getting to their screen properties showed it was flipped for some reason - a 2 minute fix.
I have no idea though how they get themselves in these situations but they've done so many things for me over the years I have no problem helping them.
I got an email from him yesterday and he told me he might have thrown out my Windows 10 thumb drive by mistake. He will replace it, of course (it costs about $110), but I am just stunned that he could be so careless with it. He doesn't know if he left in his old PC (which he still has) or the cleaning woman threw out the box with the thumb drive in it. (His cleaning woman often seems to throw out things she isn't supposed to throw out.)
I mean, can't I ever lend him something he won't be so stupid and careless as to not lose it? When I sent it home with him, I made it clear this was a valuable item and NOT to lose it or misplace it. But that is exactly what he did.
My snakebit friend is at it again.
I got an email from him yesterday and he told me he might have thrown out my Windows 10 thumb drive by mistake.
I mean, can't I ever lend him something he won't be so stupid and careless as to not lose it?