Took this off a blog, its so funny reading some of these and knowing exactly what he is talking about.I have recently had my boss tell me to walk around and make reports of any issues and turn it in to him since there are some employees thatactually think i sit in my office and play video games all day! if i could play halo or COH at work, i would stay all night! crazy bastards, i am the computer guy b/c they dont know jack about computers, dee da dee!

Here is the source, but the site isdown right now.
http://www.lifereboot.com/2007/10-re...-computer-guy/

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I only met my brother’s ex-girlfriend’s family once — the year they invited our family over to share Thanksgiving dinner. Since we were basically a group of strangers looking to make a good first impression, the table conversation was nothing more than friendly idle chitchat.

When I asked our hostess for more mashed potatoes, she took the opportunity to ask me about myself while dishing out my second helping — “So Shaun, what do you do for a living?”

Hesitantly, I responded: “I work in computer support.”

The transition to silence was immediate. All eyes suddenly turned to me, raised eyebrows all around. If you hadn’t heard my response, judging from everyone’s reaction you might think I said something outrageous like I was a male stripper or a gynecologist — but I knew the awkward silence would soon be broken by an overwhelming outpouring of computer questions.

“Oh wow, a computer guy!” — “So you know how to remove spyware and viruses and stuff, right?” — “Our family computer is really slow, I think it has a virus.” — “Do you have a business card, or can I get your number?”

I politely and patiently answered their questions, hoping that we’d exhaust the subject in a matter of minutes and then move on to something else. As it would turn out, my hopeful prediction was very wrong — the gentleman sitting next to me scooted his seat closer to me to begin an interrogation.

This man I was meeting for the first time must’ve truly believed that I was going to help him with his problem at that very moment. It didn’t matter how uninterested I looked or sounded, he was convinced that I must know the answer he’s looking for and he was determined he would get it.

Situations like this one were common for me. I’ve had eavesdropping strangers approach me with questions about their computer while I was eating in a restaurant. I’ve had oblivious coworkers step in front of me in a buffet line to tell me about their computer problems while I was serving myself food. I’ve had neighbors who spotted me from their window rush outside to coax me into working on their home computer while I was walking to the corner market. My knack for solving people’s computer problems had become so well-known among my neighborhood that these circumstances were near impossible to avoid.

You might be thinking, “So why complain? If your help is in high demand, why not embrace your talents and charge people for your time?”

I tried to for seven years. I’ve worked in the computer industry in various ways — help desk support, web design, consulting and sales, field technician, freelance computer specialist, and whatever other fancy name you want to give “the computer guy.”

I stopped enjoying it. There were certainly times when I enjoyed myself, but most of those times were when my computer talents were still developing. Once I stopped learning new things on the job, I would become fidgety and want to move on to something else.

From my career-hopping experiences in the computer industry, I’ve become acquainted with the Top Ten Reasons it doesn’t pay to be the computer guy:

Reason #10 - Most Of Your A

 

That was touching to the point of a tear. It perfectly explains my life/situations. I really hate it when someone as a friend or parent what im going to college for when im around or not around and they tell them Networking Security/ IT. Because they always without a doubt someone will chime in hey i have a question.. This one time i was at work(my job is a manager at a grocery store til imout of college)some guy a coworker walks up with papers and ask what video card or something along that lines he should get.....touching

 

i get that everyday here at work, I am the Network Admin and 'every other thing that has some sort of processor in it' tech. i work on everyones home computer and tell them all what type of computers, laptops, accessories, printers. i just lately started telling people that computers hate me so i should not touch them anymore...lol. its true, every freakin possible thing that could break, does for me. #10 was my favorite for the reason i mentioned already....what they dont know, is I AM THE COMPUTER GUY, which means i have a list of every **** or social site they visit during the day (which happens to be alot) and they have the audacity to say i dont do anything, LOL! lazy fockers!

 

HahahahaPorn?!?! Time for some blackmail

 

Ya i got a degree in computers and i feel your pain. People call me only when they have a computer problem. The conversation usually goes like this.
Phone rings----hello--hey leo man got a problem my internet thingy will not work-----ok can you explain what it's doing--- ya i click on the little e and it doesn't work-----ok----So whats wrong with it man----don't know i would have to be lookin at it to fix it----Well i don't want you to have to come over if you could just tell what to look for. Takes me an hour to get off the phone because after i help them fix the problem they start to ask random questions about anything that has to do with a computer. Ya thats about once a month.

That and when people come up to me and want help picking out a laptop for there only computer. I tell them to buy a desktop. No laptops are better they say. If they know more about computers than me why in the hell are they coming up to me to ask my opionion. Never fails They buy a laptop and bug me about it doesn't have big enough hard drive it, it keeps getting really hot. You name it. I frigging hate laptops.

Also if you notice that most new pc's come with dvd burners know. Any time someone i knows buys a new computer they want to know how to burn illegal copy's of movie rentals. Then i have to explain the whole process to them of why it does'nt work. Then i get the question "well, you know computers cann't you just hack into it and bypass the security?" Why yes let me jump on that cause it incredibly easy to do.

Most favorite thing about computers Email. If the internet provider goes down you will get a call from every person you have at your company will call you and tell you that they cann't send or recieve emails. you tell them ya not my problem the provider is down it will be back in about an hour. Everyone one calls every 15 min. to let ya know that it's still not up.

 

yeah, i got you on getting a million calls about the same thing at the same time, ha, and about people calling and spending an hour on the phone. When the email goes down, its our exchange server. we host our own email. i bet its worse for cops.

 

...Ummmm, RRasco, the CBR forum is slow to load sometimes...do I have a virus? Also, my son wants to play Xbox live through the wifi, what speed do I need? Can you tell me why my **** sights always require an email address? Can you help me today? Why is my mom so overbearing? Why does the dog nextdoor bark all night? Why does my third molar hurt? How come I fart so much when I eat broccoli? What is the answer to the afterlife? Thanks in advance...

 

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No, you have to stop watching **** first.

Aten-speed.

Not sure, I always assumed **** 'sights' required bouncing boobies!

Thats not your mom,she isthemasculinist of yourfathers.

Must be an infinite loop in a conditional somewhere, ill have to check the source code.

Your internal kernal is nearing dangerous levels ofheat causingit to short circuit at random intervals. A human kernal is located under the third molar as it needs immediate access to the cranial chipset.

Must be a glitch in the matrix.

You should have taken the red pill.

 

That post explains about 99.99% of what I did in the army as an INFANTRY guy.

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