A neighbour/friend bobbed in to see if I would help a friend of his with a computer problem. No probs, and off we went. Said friend of neighbour is loaded. Self-made director of several business, so fair play to that. So he's not short of a few bob; new Merc SL, plus a god-awful Land Rover brick like people carrier/hummer-wannabee that he leaves over here (he's only here maybe 3 or 4 weeks a year).
Anyways, we get to this blokes house and he shows me to the computer. I sort the problem pretty quickly (getting his Mac laptop onto a wireless network) and he disappears into the garden with the laptop. I shut down the desktop then me and the neighbour follow blokey into the garden. He's happily browsing the web, looks up briefly, shakes my hand, and says to my neighbour 'Settle it for me Jerry' and goes back to browsing. I've been dismissed!
This guy didn't offer me a coffee, chat or anything normal like that. He just expected to do the job and go, pay me off. I felt cheap. I don't mind doing stuff like that for people. It's a doddle for me. I wasn't looking to be paid. A genuine 'thank you' would have sufficed.
Don't think I'll be bothering to 'help' again!
Anyways, we get to this blokes house and he shows me to the computer. I sort the problem pretty quickly (getting his Mac laptop onto a wireless network) and he disappears into the garden with the laptop. I shut down the desktop then me and the neighbour follow blokey into the garden. He's happily browsing the web, looks up briefly, shakes my hand, and says to my neighbour 'Settle it for me Jerry' and goes back to browsing. I've been dismissed!
This guy didn't offer me a coffee, chat or anything normal like that. He just expected to do the job and go, pay me off. I felt cheap. I don't mind doing stuff like that for people. It's a doddle for me. I wasn't looking to be paid. A genuine 'thank you' would have sufficed.
Don't think I'll be bothering to 'help' again!
