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This weekend I was interrupted during a shower (twice!) because an in-law couldn't get something on an iPad set up for mother's day. I had a good laugh about i
by furyg3 15y ago
This weekend I was interrupted during a shower (twice!) because an in-law couldn't get something on an iPad set up for mother's day.
I had a good laugh about it, but it just goes to show that people expect you to know everything about every technology, at a moment's notice, for free, and love helping.
It's just not the same for other professions (you wouldn't ask your neighbor the plumber to install a new sink for you for free while you go off and run some errands).
I think there's some combination of "he's a computer genius so it's a breeze for him!" and "he loves working with computers so he doesn't mind!" which leads people to think that it's ok to ask for 'help' without even marginal compensation.
- _delirium 15y agoI agree it's odd, and I've long since passed the point of finding it tedious, but I don't think it's completely groundless. When I was a teenager, I did like helping random people I knew fix computer problems, and I think that's prevalent in a way that teenagers who enjoy fixing plumbing isn't. It was a mixture of liking that I had some skill that people valued, and enjoying some of the problem-solving and learning aspect of trying to track down bugs and solutions.