As I've mentioned in other threads, you see some pretty horrific shit when you're a PC tech. This thread is dedicated to sharing some of the best/worst tales I've encountered.
Note: Names, if used, have been changed to protect the innocent
I had a customer call me with an email problem. He couldn't send emails from Outlook. This is normally caused by someone attempting to use Outlook who didn't set it up properly. That's OK, not the end of the world. Normally you can just Google server and port settings and call it a day.
When he came in, he brought his wife and his laptop. Standard work laptop, bare-bones OS, XP. This means he's using Outlook Express. I ask him who he uses for email, and he says "AOL." Well, normally I don't fuss with AOL shit, but this is a quick fix, so whatever.
I go online, find the directions, and open Outlook. And that's when you piece everything together in a second.
Let's take a step back and go on a tangent. You know of Craigslist.org, right? Classifieds site. You can buy a car, arrange a riot, or find random people who want to fuck. When you click on their email address, it opens your default mail client--in this guy's case, Outlook Express
In his outbox (that opened by default, with his wife standing there) are a good handful of m4m emails. This guy was going online, finding gay guys that wanted to blow an older dude, and was trying to hook up. In the fastest Ctrl-A/Del movement, I got them off of the screen before they knew what was going on.
And that's the first time I saved a marriage.
Note: Names, if used, have been changed to protect the innocent
I had a customer call me with an email problem. He couldn't send emails from Outlook. This is normally caused by someone attempting to use Outlook who didn't set it up properly. That's OK, not the end of the world. Normally you can just Google server and port settings and call it a day.
When he came in, he brought his wife and his laptop. Standard work laptop, bare-bones OS, XP. This means he's using Outlook Express. I ask him who he uses for email, and he says "AOL." Well, normally I don't fuss with AOL shit, but this is a quick fix, so whatever.
I go online, find the directions, and open Outlook. And that's when you piece everything together in a second.
Let's take a step back and go on a tangent. You know of Craigslist.org, right? Classifieds site. You can buy a car, arrange a riot, or find random people who want to fuck. When you click on their email address, it opens your default mail client--in this guy's case, Outlook Express
In his outbox (that opened by default, with his wife standing there) are a good handful of m4m emails. This guy was going online, finding gay guys that wanted to blow an older dude, and was trying to hook up. In the fastest Ctrl-A/Del movement, I got them off of the screen before they knew what was going on.
And that's the first time I saved a marriage.