I would hope that there's a sudden down turn in call volume...but you know the users will ignore it because theirs is a real problem and they've tried everything already...
Reminds me of the phone call I got last night (Sunday, at home) in the middle of the ball game (Yankees @ Red Sox)
Me: Hello?
"Friend": I think I have a virus.
Me: [Thinking] WTF do you want me to do about it, besides smacking you upside the head for being stupid enough to open that email?
Me: That sux.
"Friend": How do I fix it?
Me: [Thinking] Hold down the following keys F-U-C-K-M-E and press Enter while banging your head on the desk repeatedly until the machine reboots.
Me: Do you have any idea what the "virus" is? (Suppressing urge to lecture on the difference between a virus and malware)
"Friend": How do I find out?
Me: (after running through a long list of symptoms and probable causes) Best thing would be to back up your data and re-image the disk. You have your recovery disks, right?
"Friend": Huh? I'm not good at this computer stuff.
Me: Bring it over tomorrow night, I'll take care of it. (and don't forget the bottle of Woodford Reserve (http://www.whisky.com/brands/woodford_reserve_brand.html) and a hooker.)
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Date: 2009-08-24 07:09 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2009-08-24 01:38 pm (UTC)Me: Hello?
"Friend": I think I have a virus.
Me: [Thinking] WTF do you want me to do about it, besides smacking you upside the head for being stupid enough to open that email?
Me: That sux.
"Friend": How do I fix it?
Me: [Thinking] Hold down the following keys F-U-C-K-M-E and press Enter while banging your head on the desk repeatedly until the machine reboots.
Me: Do you have any idea what the "virus" is? (Suppressing urge to lecture on the difference between a virus and malware)
"Friend": How do I find out?
Me: (after running through a long list of symptoms and probable causes) Best thing would be to back up your data and re-image the disk. You have your recovery disks, right?
"Friend": Huh? I'm not good at this computer stuff.
Me: Bring it over tomorrow night, I'll take care of it. (and don't forget the bottle of Woodford Reserve (http://www.whisky.com/brands/woodford_reserve_brand.html) and a hooker.)
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Date: 2009-09-01 01:36 pm (UTC)* not really; there will always be those willing to pay others to follow it