William Robison

@randulo@mastodon.social we are becoming a nation of stupid, a pariah, and possibly a global threat to life it's self.

@dianea i have spent many days like that.

@lexi@catcatnya.com ah I loved a user like you. The one click was a freebie. You on the other hand are billable hours.

@lexi@catcatnya.com I walked in and the wall wort for the router was hanging down a foot or two from the front of the shelf. He obviously did look. Plugged it in, checked it had a heartbeat. Less than 5 minutes on site, handed him a bill for $300, and left. If I hadn't been pissed of for having driven 40 miles for nothing I would have sat down and done some other stuff better done onsite.

@mttaggart@infosec.exchange this comes under the "don't feed the trolls column.

@lexi@catcatnya.com oh that's happened more than once. For on sight I charged a 3 hour minimum. Customer: there is no Internet. Me: ok, ah, I can't see you. Let me dial in. Ok, the router is up, could you check that the router is on. Customer: no lights are on. Me: are you sure it's plugged in? Customer: yes. Me: ok I'll be there in about 45 minutes.

@hankgreen@mas.to ok. I am kinda old. I remember a time when people thought it was a good thing to practice self censorship. I guess like so many other things, what once was considered the good etiquette is now somehow inappropriate.

@joelle very good point. The fact that so many people struggle with identifying traffic lights and busses might mean we are not really for cars at all.

@randulo@mastodon.social I need to listen to the whole thing tomorrow.