What NOT to do
Apr. 16th, 2003 08:04 am![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
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techrecoveryLet me share a little story with you concerning my younger brother, Greg.
Greg works at a place where he does "Unofficial tech support". I'm sure you know what that means... it's where you have some technical knowledge, so your boss has you do all the computer work in addition to your regular job.
Anyway, his boss had just recently bought a laptop from a distribution center... You know, one of those "Friday! Saturday! Sunday! Get new computers for ten dollars! Laptops for twenty dollars! Software for fifty cents!" type deals. Only, when you get there, the advertised prices are off by a few decimal places. Anyway, the boss decided to ask Greg to take the laptop home and install the OS for him, since Greg is so technical (as if installing WinXP is sooo hard).
My brother, being less wise in the ways of science than I, agreed. He powered up the laptop and was ready to install the OS. And my niece spilled some water on it (pfzzt!!! crackle, crackle, wisp-o'-smoke... laptop is now a $1500 paperweight). Of course, having been purchased from a distribution center, there is no warranty (expressed or implied).
Greg, feeling responsible, told his boss what happened and, once the his boss stopped freaking out, offered to pay for repairs. The paperweight has been shipped off to Compaq for repairs, and I guess we'll see what's broken (I'm hoping just the mobo is fried, but we'll see).
The moral of this story is that you should never take home other people's equipment if you can possibly avoid it.
Greg works at a place where he does "Unofficial tech support". I'm sure you know what that means... it's where you have some technical knowledge, so your boss has you do all the computer work in addition to your regular job.
Anyway, his boss had just recently bought a laptop from a distribution center... You know, one of those "Friday! Saturday! Sunday! Get new computers for ten dollars! Laptops for twenty dollars! Software for fifty cents!" type deals. Only, when you get there, the advertised prices are off by a few decimal places. Anyway, the boss decided to ask Greg to take the laptop home and install the OS for him, since Greg is so technical (as if installing WinXP is sooo hard).
My brother, being less wise in the ways of science than I, agreed. He powered up the laptop and was ready to install the OS. And my niece spilled some water on it (pfzzt!!! crackle, crackle, wisp-o'-smoke... laptop is now a $1500 paperweight). Of course, having been purchased from a distribution center, there is no warranty (expressed or implied).
Greg, feeling responsible, told his boss what happened and, once the his boss stopped freaking out, offered to pay for repairs. The paperweight has been shipped off to Compaq for repairs, and I guess we'll see what's broken (I'm hoping just the mobo is fried, but we'll see).
The moral of this story is that you should never take home other people's equipment if you can possibly avoid it.
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