I had posted this on a tech support comedy site but It also fits here:
Before I get into the story let me describe my job. I work in my school’s main computer lab, my job is to walk around wearing a red vest and help students work the computers as well as stock printers and refill staplers. My boss is a good guy, it works around my school schedule and it is actually rare to run into a rude person. However rare is not never, otherwise why would I be posting here? Now I only actually work 4 hours a week 2 Thursday and 2 Monday. I don’t mind helping people when they ask nicely and no one is on shift as happens a lot.
Now that you have the background lets set the stage: Me, and my two friends (B and A) are sitting at a table in the lab (there are empty tables for laptops) and talking. Over walks this girl that B knows from class. She begins discussing an assignment with B which included her playfully slapping B a couple times. She turns to me and the following conversation takes place.
Girl (never actually did learn her name): Do you still work here?
Me (Most wonderful person in the room): yes but I’m not on shift right now (currently 9:30 I work 1-3).
Girl: Do you know how to use photoshop?
Me: yeah, what do you want to do?
Girl: *incoherent babble about a title page and how another person has a title page without actually describing what she wants*
Me:*asking questions trying to understand*
(it is rapidly becoming clear she wants either an hour long tutorial which I don’t have time to give or me to do the assignment for her to her specifications which is not going to happen.)
Me (hearing her mention printing on a larger page size): for the paper size all you have to do is make sure the printer is selected and then choose the paper size.
B: yeah it’s not that hard to do.
Girl: but I don’t know how to use photoshop can you show me?
Girl: Let me do something on your laptop. (note: not a question, I guess she didn’t want cooties from Syzyx’s mac)
Me (experiencing whiplash from the topic change): what?
Girl: Let me do something on your laptop.
Me: what do you want to do on my laptop?
Girl: I just need to check something.
Me: what do you want to check?
Girl: I just need to check something.
Lather, rinse, repeat four times.
Me: what do you want to do on my laptop?
Girl: I need to open my dna. (yes she said that, word for word)
Me: WHAT????
A: *trying not to laugh has actually pulled his touque down over his face*
At this point she has come around the table and is standing next to where I am sitting. I forget the exact words but I basically find out she wants to open a word document on her thumb drive and went back and forth from wanting to check it and wanting to work on it.
Me: why can’t you just use the school computers.
Girl: they’re too slow. (they really are)
Me: so you just want to correct a spelling mistake in the assignment?
Girl: yeah.
Me: *reaches for the thumb drive to put in my computer just so I can get rid of her*
Girl: *yanks it out of my hand*
Me: *puts thumbdrive in my computer*
(basically she just wanted to check that she had saved her document correctly and didn’t make any changes and wanted to show her very poorly edited picture of Wayne Gretsky’s head on a cartoon pig, it only took about thirty seconds why she couldn’t just tell me I’ll never know)
Girl’s friends show up and they go another room to work on the photoshop thing (there are small meeting rooms off of the computer lab that do have one computer in them each).
Five minutes later she stands in the doorway of the room facing me with an expectant look on her face. (I had previously commented that she could use paint, word or even powerpoint instead.)
Me: *explains again politely that she can use another program*
Girl: * keeps looking at me*
Me: you can ask steve *points to the guy who just came on shift* for help if you need it.
Girl: No.
Me: Fine $20/hr minimum of 2 hours (note I have class in an hour)
Girl: I don’t want to have sex with you (yes she said that)
Me: press F1.
B: yeah that will actually open the help and you can search for what you need.
Girl: *keeps looking at me*
Me: *finally tired of this crap* No. *goes back to what I was doing*
Girls: *sighs and storms off and doesn’t ask steve at all* (lucky steve)
Me to B and A: What the F*** was that?
B and A: general shrugging notions.
Later on I found out that she came back and complained about me to B.
Later on while I was working I walk by her as she is using one of the school computers.
Girl to friend: I don’t want to ask him for help he was rude to me earlier.
Me: you mean after you demanded to use my laptop, and then tried to get me to do your homework for you, no you were the one being rude.
Girl: *denies and keeps complaining*
Me: if you have a specific question about a program I will help you but I will not do your homework for you. *walks away*
From now on when I’m sitting in the computer lab I have a sign that says: due to recent events my tech support is no longer free unless I’m on shift, exceptions at my discretion.
I have no problem helping people like this other girl today who asked me how to print on both sides, quick and easy done in thirty seconds and she asked nicely and clearly but what the hell was with this girl?
Before I get into the story let me describe my job. I work in my school’s main computer lab, my job is to walk around wearing a red vest and help students work the computers as well as stock printers and refill staplers. My boss is a good guy, it works around my school schedule and it is actually rare to run into a rude person. However rare is not never, otherwise why would I be posting here? Now I only actually work 4 hours a week 2 Thursday and 2 Monday. I don’t mind helping people when they ask nicely and no one is on shift as happens a lot.
Now that you have the background lets set the stage: Me, and my two friends (B and A) are sitting at a table in the lab (there are empty tables for laptops) and talking. Over walks this girl that B knows from class. She begins discussing an assignment with B which included her playfully slapping B a couple times. She turns to me and the following conversation takes place.
Girl (never actually did learn her name): Do you still work here?
Me (Most wonderful person in the room): yes but I’m not on shift right now (currently 9:30 I work 1-3).
Girl: Do you know how to use photoshop?
Me: yeah, what do you want to do?
Girl: *incoherent babble about a title page and how another person has a title page without actually describing what she wants*
Me:*asking questions trying to understand*
(it is rapidly becoming clear she wants either an hour long tutorial which I don’t have time to give or me to do the assignment for her to her specifications which is not going to happen.)
Me (hearing her mention printing on a larger page size): for the paper size all you have to do is make sure the printer is selected and then choose the paper size.
B: yeah it’s not that hard to do.
Girl: but I don’t know how to use photoshop can you show me?
Girl: Let me do something on your laptop. (note: not a question, I guess she didn’t want cooties from Syzyx’s mac)
Me (experiencing whiplash from the topic change): what?
Girl: Let me do something on your laptop.
Me: what do you want to do on my laptop?
Girl: I just need to check something.
Me: what do you want to check?
Girl: I just need to check something.
Lather, rinse, repeat four times.
Me: what do you want to do on my laptop?
Girl: I need to open my dna. (yes she said that, word for word)
Me: WHAT????
A: *trying not to laugh has actually pulled his touque down over his face*
At this point she has come around the table and is standing next to where I am sitting. I forget the exact words but I basically find out she wants to open a word document on her thumb drive and went back and forth from wanting to check it and wanting to work on it.
Me: why can’t you just use the school computers.
Girl: they’re too slow. (they really are)
Me: so you just want to correct a spelling mistake in the assignment?
Girl: yeah.
Me: *reaches for the thumb drive to put in my computer just so I can get rid of her*
Girl: *yanks it out of my hand*
Me: *puts thumbdrive in my computer*
(basically she just wanted to check that she had saved her document correctly and didn’t make any changes and wanted to show her very poorly edited picture of Wayne Gretsky’s head on a cartoon pig, it only took about thirty seconds why she couldn’t just tell me I’ll never know)
Girl’s friends show up and they go another room to work on the photoshop thing (there are small meeting rooms off of the computer lab that do have one computer in them each).
Five minutes later she stands in the doorway of the room facing me with an expectant look on her face. (I had previously commented that she could use paint, word or even powerpoint instead.)
Me: *explains again politely that she can use another program*
Girl: * keeps looking at me*
Me: you can ask steve *points to the guy who just came on shift* for help if you need it.
Girl: No.
Me: Fine $20/hr minimum of 2 hours (note I have class in an hour)
Girl: I don’t want to have sex with you (yes she said that)
Me: press F1.
B: yeah that will actually open the help and you can search for what you need.
Girl: *keeps looking at me*
Me: *finally tired of this crap* No. *goes back to what I was doing*
Girls: *sighs and storms off and doesn’t ask steve at all* (lucky steve)
Me to B and A: What the F*** was that?
B and A: general shrugging notions.
Later on I found out that she came back and complained about me to B.
Later on while I was working I walk by her as she is using one of the school computers.
Girl to friend: I don’t want to ask him for help he was rude to me earlier.
Me: you mean after you demanded to use my laptop, and then tried to get me to do your homework for you, no you were the one being rude.
Girl: *denies and keeps complaining*
Me: if you have a specific question about a program I will help you but I will not do your homework for you. *walks away*
From now on when I’m sitting in the computer lab I have a sign that says: due to recent events my tech support is no longer free unless I’m on shift, exceptions at my discretion.
I have no problem helping people like this other girl today who asked me how to print on both sides, quick and easy done in thirty seconds and she asked nicely and clearly but what the hell was with this girl?
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