Worst mistake of my life. I'm generally pretty good with tech stuff, or at least I'd like to think so, but the worst mistake I ever made was making it known to the rest; family, friends and even people who I rarely speak to seem to find a way to get in touch with when something's not working.
Their phone is too slow, their Android does something weird, the battery dies too soon. "Hey man, can you Jailbreak my iPhone?", there's a virus on their laptop, you get the drill.
Hell, I even have people who only text me when they need my help, I swear if I'd go back to my texts and check, "hey man, problem with this thing" would always be the subject. Fucking hell, not even a try-to-be-nice attempt and say "Hey man, sorry for bothering you, I know you're prolly busy?"
It's like I've created a company that deals 24/7 with their tech issues.
Now what? You may ask, well simple enough, I have a sweet spot for family, they get a pass, anyone else that 'uses' my skills gets cut off, "sorry man, got 3 assignments due for next week, you better take it to a shop cuz I'm hella busy."
So yeah, take it from me, if you're good at whatever it is that you do, never, ever, do it for free, and don't let it known because your phone will blow up with requests from help.
What's your story? Do you fix a lot of other people's shit? Are you annoyed by it? Oh well, comment below, I wanna hear it, or well, read about it at least.
Their phone is too slow, their Android does something weird, the battery dies too soon. "Hey man, can you Jailbreak my iPhone?", there's a virus on their laptop, you get the drill.
Hell, I even have people who only text me when they need my help, I swear if I'd go back to my texts and check, "hey man, problem with this thing" would always be the subject. Fucking hell, not even a try-to-be-nice attempt and say "Hey man, sorry for bothering you, I know you're prolly busy?"
It's like I've created a company that deals 24/7 with their tech issues.
Now what? You may ask, well simple enough, I have a sweet spot for family, they get a pass, anyone else that 'uses' my skills gets cut off, "sorry man, got 3 assignments due for next week, you better take it to a shop cuz I'm hella busy."
So yeah, take it from me, if you're good at whatever it is that you do, never, ever, do it for free, and don't let it known because your phone will blow up with requests from help.
What's your story? Do you fix a lot of other people's shit? Are you annoyed by it? Oh well, comment below, I wanna hear it, or well, read about it at least.