eeboater
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- Jul 19, 2004
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OK Background time: <br /><br />Being the head geek here at my place of employment, I have the ability to reach out and touch any computer in the company. By that, I mean I can connect to, control, and fix things on my own rather than having to walk someone through it over the phone. In addition to that we use instant messengers to communicate with each other. <br /><br />One of the employees in our KS location has been having issues with her computer. Nothing serious, just its quirky and bothers her once a day or so. Basically, the monitor goes black, she turns it off and back on and she has her screen again. Like I said, once a day -- not that obtrusive in the scheme of things.<br /><br />So, I finally broke down and grabbed a computer off the shelf for her. The computer is only 1.5 years old or so, so its in good shape. The only thing was it needed "rebuilt" where I deleted everything and reinstaleld everything. I do this as a courtesy to the recipient of the computer then they have a clean, well running machine.<br /><br />I stayed here until 10:45 last night rebuilding the computer for her. That is a total of a 15 hour day where 5 hours were put in getting her computer running.<br /><br />I spoke with her this morning about a question on how to make her job EASIER!! I.E. when we hung up, I had connected and showed her how to do something that would save her about 5 minutes each time she did it. Well, when we were talking I off-handedly said I stayed late last night to get your computer setup for you so I can ship it out today. <br /><br />When we hung up I clicked off her screen and checked my email. I realized I still had her screen up and as I'm about to close it I notice she sent a message to her boss in KS stating:<br /><br />User: Sean stayed late to rebuild my computer for my last night <br />User: I feel so @$%@#$% special. <br /><br />She actually used the symbols instead of a swear word. The boss didn't respond. What do you guys think, is she an ungrateful b*tch?!? Or am I misconstruing her message. I wish I didn't see what she wrote because I know I have a bad taste in my mouth and feel NO need to go out of my way to help her again. Mentally, she was just put at the very end of the pecking order on my priority list. I know that I'm not supposed to do that, but thats life.<br /><br />Sean
Although, she is much more "replacable" than I am 
