Fixing computers, however, was not fun. Heres how it usually went:1. Decode the symptoms from the users terrible use of computer terms. I pity anyone who performs this step over the phone.
2. Fight with hordes of spyware apps, viruses, and shortcomings in Windows to restore the computer to a clean, usable state.
3. Talk to the angry user 3 months later when the system is back to an unusable state, and convince them that this is not my fault and I am not obligated to come fix it for free. Or, if Im lucky, the customer will be nice and Ill just have to feel guilty accepting their money again to fix the same problem.
4. Go to step 1.
Boy does THAT ever hit close to home.
And that is why the unofficial motto of datapoohbah:Â No, we won’t fix your computer!
Read the whole thing, you have to be in IT to understand why it’s depressing, but trust me. It is.
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