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Does anyone else kinda like being tech support for friends and family?
Idk maybe its just me but I like helping them even when it is kinda frustrating. Its satisfying to fix an issue and I like making them happy.
No good dead goes unpunished. My fucking sister-in-law... My computer is slow, can you check it out? Later, she accused me of messing something up on her computer since it was still slow.
This is the exact reason I don't help anybody anymore
Aw well that just sucks. Especially since you were helping. :/
When they take my advice yes when it breaks and they go back to the old way which caused issues in the first place mum no
I think it's fun when it's close family and friends, and very annoying when it's someone I see every third year at the out of state family reunion. I only met you 4 times aunt Jeannette, I'm not gonna spend 40 minutes trying to help set up your phone's finger print scanner with your wrinkly ass digits.
Haha yea i can kinda get that. It feels better when its someone you're closer to i suppose.
I hate working with phones, but I have basic computer knowledge.
My da was flabbergasted and delighted when I installed uBlock Orgin on his computer, because it made his newspaper comic website (and everything else) run much faster.
I also put a shortcut to his downloads right on his desktop and am considered a tech genius. I'll take what I can get. Lol
Now he asks me whenever he seems to have a computer issue. So whenever I stop over at their home to "take a look" at their computer, there is food waiting for me. Perks! I am a tech genius, after all.
Which is why you ask grandma for the tutorial first.
Recently had to help my Grandma with her yahoo email, took every fiber of my being not to point out all of the cons to having a yahoo email. I just smiled, solved the problem for her, and moved on. Then a month later she emailed me about her phone.
What are the cons of yahoo?
Good question. Just because it's out of fashion doesn't mean it's bad. I'd be curious if the commenter has legitimate gripes.
I know the pro: it's not Google
Their spam filtering is trash
When your grandparent got a cheap Xiaomi and next weeks you would spend teaching where are the buttons to close ads, notifications about Xiaomi products, promotions, suggested content, very useful tips, manual system cleanup reminders, sign in to Google dialogs, sign in to Xiaomi Cloud dialogs, sponsored content on lockscreen, daily lockscreen wallpaper suggestions, system update reminders, weather forecasts and daily step count.
How many variations of this joke do we really need, though?
She only gets a new phone, so you finally have to show up and spend some time with her.
I heard someone someone knew installed Linux on their grandparents laptop. That's one way to volunteer your time.
Install an OS other family members know.
MS DOS π
My sister and I take turns doing a lot of this, but she volunteered to teach mom Instagram. The consensus opinion is that this counts for two.
the tech guy keeps grandma's router and shit up. the rest of the fam can show her how to shitpost on whatever they use.
This is me but at work. Fuckmylife
Oh god. Someone dug up grandma.
You just stroke grandma's ego and tell her she's doing great and is easily figuring everything out.
Don't bother setting things up, don't change anything, don't teach her anything.
She'll just use it as a phone and nothing else.
From experience, this is rarely the case , they always end up doing something like removing the phone icon or forgetting how to take a picture because they somehow got stuck in the pro camera mode
You haven't done this before, have you?
this post was submitted on 16 Nov 2023
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