Need to rant...

[mix-hyenataur.livejournal.com]

Recently got fired from GeeksMobile with 2 checks having a 'stop-pay' on them.

Seriously spending hours in someone's house is unprofessional as it is, only to have them bitch that it should've taken me sooner, and they always fight to get their money back. You can't really please these fucks. Yes, because doing a virus scan for a dell that only has the specs to run Win98 is going to take 30 mins? These people expect me to know exactly whats wrong and how to fix it as soon as I get there and just get to work fixing it, not diagnosing it before. What happens if it can't be repaired? Expect them to bitch and for me not to get paid. I spent 4 hours, 1 of which driving to fry's, and 2 other repairing the other 2 computers she requested for a customer that I was warned was 'difficult'. The original problem couldn't be solved. I ended up only charging her for 1 hour, since she was going to bitch if I charged her for 2, at a discount. She ends up bitching anyways that I didn't solve her original problem, and that I "should have known that it was a bad hard drive before I got there, through remote-support".

Ugh... I really hate this company... moreso, I really hate this type of work. I really just want to open up a shop with a sign that says "Cash only. If you won't pay, I'll destroy your pc with a sledgehammer in front of you."

Clown users.

[emt-hawk.livejournal.com]

I got a request for computers for salesmen who go to vendor shows:

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In my opinion, perfect show machines should have:



Hardware:

- 4 to 8 GB RAM (I find RAM makes a big difference in performance)

- If possible solid state drive (SSD), which would make a huge speed difference over
conventional drive.

- Dedicated hardware graphics card (makes a difference in PPT screenshow and video
playback)

- Decent audio card (for video playback + walk-in/walk-out)

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1 These are for laptops.
2 These machine run POWERPOINT, and that's it.
3 These machines will be running 32-bit WinXP.

Idiots.

Recursive backups.

[tanamiya.livejournal.com]

"Oh, hey, I found those pictures you were looking for. They were hidden in C:\Documents and Settings\(user)\Documents and Settings\(user)\Documents and Settings\(user)\Revision\Documents and Settings\(user)\Documents and Settings\(user)\My Pictures.

I also really hope you'll reconsider buying the external hard drive, and using Windows Backup from now on..."

True story.