Word of the day: "No."

[chaobell]

As in, no, you cannot bring in your computer and have us install software you do not own on it for free.

It's a very small word. Two letters. One consonant. One vowel. What is there to be confused about?

This guy came in, sans computer, expecting me to know the name of the software he needed installed. Could he tell me anything about it? Such as, what it did? What's the word of the day, kids? No.

He called home. Someone there told him it was McAfee. Could we install that for him?

"Do you have the CD, sir?"

"No."

"Okay. We can order it for you, or you can buy it at the store of your choice."

"...I don't want to pay for it. I want you to install it with your CD."

What's the Word of the Day, kids? NO.

"Well, sir, we don't have McAfee here, and besides that, what you're asking us to do is illegal. You'll need to buy it."

"I don't want to pay for it! Can't you get it off one of those pirate websites or something?"

Minor change to the Word of the Day. The Word of the Day is no longer "no." The Word of the Day is now "hell, no." Dude, just cough up the thirty-forty bucks for the damn software!

"But I don't want to pay for it! I want it for free! Why can't you just install it for free?"

BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE JAIL, THAT'S WHY!!! No, I've never personally been in jail, but I hear it sucks a whole bunch and it's a rumor I'd rather not verify in person, thank you very much! And yes, I know the odds of getting busted for `//aR3Z just for giving one dude a hot copy of McAfee are about 900,252,472,723,835,247,742 to 1, but! Principle! Gaah!

Also had one gentleman who insisted the large full-tower system he brought in was "the modem."

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Comments

[drnazo.livejournal.com]

No, you would get caught because the dumb son of a bitch ass whore slut bag would then call mcafee support and ask stupid questions and then eventually let them know that you installed the pirated software.

I would love to make his computer my own personal bitch though. Install VNC and then host a wareZ site on his box and advertise in chat rooms across the internet. His ISP's support will be able to give him some advise as to where he can stick his modem.

[akage.livejournal.com]

ROTFL...damn. I'd have been sorely tempted in that situation. "Okay, sir...I can hook you up. Got this great little package, even better than McAfee. It's called Sub7. And just because you're such a winning personality, I'll throw in BackOrifice for free."

Hopefully, he'd have a webcam. Then you could see his face the first time you changed his desktop to hardcore porn while his wife is standing there.