goin to CA soon, to be a CC tychoon

From: Wayne M. Smith <wmsmith_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Tue Jun 10 01:52:00 2003

> Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> > On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Doc wrote:
> >
> >> I will agree that expecting *help* there is nuts. But folks, I
> >>bill in the neighborhood of $100/hr for knowing what to do
> >>with/to/about a computer. Can I *really* expect a $9/hr
> sales kid to
> >>know more than I do?
> >
> >
> > Perhaps not, but I sure the hell expect them to be able to say more
> > than, "I don't know".
>
> Why? Much better "I don't know" than "I don't know, but
> instead of
> admitting it, I'm gonna try to blow smoke up your butt."
>
I keep hearing that "smoke up your butt" stuff ever since I moved to the
West Coast. In the midwest, it was always "blow sugar up your ass" --
makes more sense if you ask me.

-W
Received on Tue Jun 10 2003 - 01:52:00 BST