Because everyone who knows you, and all their family and pets will want their pc fixing/upgrading etc

my task for today has been to "fix up" up a 7 year old PC so it can go on broadband. belonging to swmbos mum and very recently got "upgraded" by a local computer store..

so what have we got here... a P3 500 (slot cpu) 416mb ram, 2mb graphics card. running a pirate version of xp pro without any patches, norton viruschecker which hasnt been updated since 2003 (also pirate) and another 30gb disc full of other software of dubious legality.. lol

now this is an IDEAL candidate for that

Never admit you work with Skodas.

People want servicing and technical advice all the time

Never admit you work in insurance, or fix computers on the side.

Never admit to working at all, claim to be an illegal immigrant:rolleyes:

Anyone who wants their books doing can f*** off!

Do what i did. go work for apple then tell everyone you no longer support windows machines

Anyone who wants their books doing can f*** off!

I'd rather use a super accountant that I know of on here, than a bodge job person like you :P

I've long abandoned making and fixing PCs for friends and family.

I just point them all in the direction of Dell's latest offers and be done with it.

Much easier than spending hours trying to fix up old spyware infested antiques.

Never admit to working in engineering...... people either go to sleep or walk away quickly.

Never admit to working in engineering...... people either go to sleep or walk away quickly.

I have to agree with that, or on the flipside is the person you speak to who asks you what you do, my usual reply is "Engineer" as my proper job title is sleepworthy, and they instantly perk up and start asking you questions, They are usually engineers too

:eek: I 'read' an article in a magazine while away on holiday earlier this month regarding 'fake women', you know the type, the one's the cheap version require good lungs :eek: - the main buyers of these 'women' worked predominately in engineering and IT :rofl:

I hate having anything to do with computers outside of work.

Pet hate is because you work in IT you must know everything about computers and anything to do with them.

:eek: I 'read' an article in a magazine while away on holiday earlier this month regarding 'fake women', you know the type, the one's the cheap version require good lungs :eek: - the main buyers of these 'women' worked predominately in engineering and IT :rofl:

Statistically, i think quite a large proportion of Skodas vRS sales are to people in that profession too

never admit you're an engineer

Tell me about it.

Never admit you work for the council.

Never admit you work for the council.

Not sure if the words 'Work' and 'Council' can be used in the same sentence.

Not sure if the words 'Work' and 'Council' can be used in the same sentence.

I've long abandoned making and fixing PCs for friends and family.

I just point them all in the direction of Dell's latest offers and be done with it.

Much easier than spending hours trying to fix up old spyware infested antiques.

I've done the same. However, my cousin got his sticky little fingers onto my aunt's Dell machine and I'm now trying to clear all the porn and viruses off it that he kindly left for her.

It would have been fine if when the hard drive broke down Dell had set up the passwords on the new drive in the same way as I had on the old one - they didn't (I didn't realise) and the little darling* was able to do whatever he liked.

Ben

*insert any word you like here to describe a particularly unsavoury 22 year old lazy good for nothing dosser

Agreed, never admit anything. They'll want help all the time, even if there isn't a problem really, but when you want help...

Tell me about it.

Never admit you work for the council.

I work for the council in IT. Does that mean I'm doubly cursed?

I work for the council in IT. Does that mean I'm doubly cursed?

Im in a similar boat, i'm an engineer for the Government, I just tell people i'm a school Janitor

I work for the council in IT. Does that mean I'm doubly cursed?

Well I'm a sysadmin in the private sector and I do **** all! I dread to think with council IT - do you even have to go in?

Go in to work? Sometimes. Supporting the homeworkers has fringe benefits... The office is under a mile away and I'm on flexi time so it's no great stress commuting to work when I go in!

Certainly beats working for Big Blue ...

I've done the same. However' date=' my cousin got his sticky little fingers onto my aunt's Dell machine and I'm now trying to clear all the porn and viruses off it that he kindly left for her.

It would have been fine if when the hard drive broke down Dell had set up the passwords on the new drive in the same way as I had on the old one - they didn't (I didn't realise) and the little darling* was able to do whatever he liked.

Ben

*insert any word you like here to describe a particularly unsavoury 22 year old lazy good for nothing dosser [/quote']

Id rather not think of porn and sticky fingers in the same sentance :eek:

Please stop...

either that or pay a visit to a goatse replacement or tubgirl.

(note if you don't know what these are you don't want to know and they are totally not work safe at all)