goin to CA soon, to be a CC tychoon

From: Jim Davis <jpdavis_at_gorge.net>
Date: Tue Jun 10 03:06:00 2003

Wayne M. Smith wrote:

>>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
>
>
>
My definition of "help" is a correct answer to "do you have X in stock"
or "where is X located" or "what is the warranty on X".
I would expect a blank stare from questions like: "can I use this
network card with linux" or
"what kind of memory does this MB use"
Jim.
Received on Tue Jun 10 2003 - 03:06:00 BST