Funny... I've helped out people with their computers.
Most times, I'm just glad to work on a problem... sure, it's my time off, but... what can I say? I get a kick out of it!
But if the problem is just too boring and simply requires leaving the computer on for a long long long time to check every file and clean them out... with a standard anti-virus or malware detector... than I don't care and charge something... (technically, that would be black market stuff, but oh well....)
Last time, the computer's hard drive had something crazy happen to it... For all intents and purposes, the hdd was blank... Plug in a win10 usb stick... run chkdsk /f.... oh look, everything is back! reboot... presto!
The person wanted me to ask money for it, but.... it was a 10 minute thing... what am I going to charge for that? bah!
Yeah, I kinda recovered very important and valuable work for that person, but I wouldn't call what I did "work"...
A week later, we get a gift for the kids from that person... There are some nice people out there.
But yeah... I too find it very difficult to say no, when people ask for my help. If I can help and have the time, why not?
Most times, I'm just glad to work on a problem... sure, it's my time off, but... what can I say? I get a kick out of it!
But if the problem is just too boring and simply requires leaving the computer on for a long long long time to check every file and clean them out... with a standard anti-virus or malware detector... than I don't care and charge something... (technically, that would be black market stuff, but oh well....)
Last time, the computer's hard drive had something crazy happen to it... For all intents and purposes, the hdd was blank... Plug in a win10 usb stick... run chkdsk /f.... oh look, everything is back! reboot... presto!
The person wanted me to ask money for it, but.... it was a 10 minute thing... what am I going to charge for that? bah!
Yeah, I kinda recovered very important and valuable work for that person, but I wouldn't call what I did "work"...
A week later, we get a gift for the kids from that person... There are some nice people out there.
But yeah... I too find it very difficult to say no, when people ask for my help. If I can help and have the time, why not?
