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> The response is usually, "Oh, cool. my computer has been doing this funny thing for the past month and I can't figure it out, would you mind taking a look at
by RyanMcGreal 17y ago
> The response is usually, "Oh, cool. my computer has been doing this funny thing for the past month and I can't figure it out, would you mind taking a look at it?"
Fixed your response.
- Derrek 17y agoHaha, so true and reminds me of this xkcd post: http://xkcd.com/627/ http://xkcd.com/627/
- philwelch 17y agoIs there a tactful way of saying, "No, I do my computer stuff for a living, and these are my rates"?
- deleted 17y ago[deleted]
- RiderOfGiraffes 17y agoA doctor and a lawyer are at a party and someone comes up to the doctor saying "I have this small problem that ..." The doctor answers curtly, tactfully, as politely as possible, finally getting rid of them, then turns back to the lawyer and says "I hate that. Do you have the same problem with people constantly harrassing you?" "Yes," said the lawyer. The doctor replied "What do you do?" "I give them short, simple but accurate advice, and then the following day I send them a bill for my time charged at my usual rates." "Fantastic!" said the doctor. "I'll try that." The next day the doctor gets an invoice from the lawyer ...
- tnovelli 17y ago"Sorry, I don't know much about that. I'm just a programmer!"
- ahoyhere 17y ago"Fixed your response"? Is this reddit? I find that really rude.
- trafficlight 17y agoIt was a joke, but it was also the truth.
- cjg 17y agoI once had this kind of response from a lawyer when I told him what I did. I said to him that if you needed a criminal lawyer you wouldn't ask a intellectual property lawyer you met at a party to help out. I could see him thinking about fees.