techrecovery | Never *ever* let anyone know you work in computers.. (Reply)

This is my first post to the community - good, albeit slightly depressing site. Sometimes I wish I hadn't picked a career in computers - or at least never told anyone about it. Why? Because on several occasions I've had people who aren't even friends, only aquaintances, ring me out of the blue for tech support, after I've just got home from being a tech at work. And these aren't simple yes or no questions either - one guy rang asking how to get pictures from the phone he'd bought just that day. WTF? What's wrong with ringing the company you bought it from?

It's also that these people don't actually bother reading manuals or what's on the screen on front of them. They think 'Oo.. Morningside knows about computers, I'll ring him, he'll be overjoyed to help me with my problem down the phone despite not seeing my PC.' Would these people expect to get calls outside of work about what they do? Sorry to bitch - maybe I'm just being mean, but I could do with letting off steam.. aaggh.