I was once hired to fix a computer. I told them that the fix would just be a simple reformat, and asked if they wanted me to back up any files.
they said no, they had backed everything up already. I asked if they wanted to take one last look through the system to make sure. They got huffy and told me to just take care of it already.
So I did.
then they asked me to restore their files.
it was a CD-R of hundreds of desktop links to programs, and even photos. no actual data. just links.
They were not happy when I explained it to them.
i can totally believe the story in Op’s picture to be one that actually happened.
Reminds me of my grandfather who thought the relative location of icons on the desktop would be reflected in the file manager. It was quite a struggle to explain to them that wasn’t one of the sorting options.
Why would you assume someone who required professional help to reformat a PC would have properly backed everything up?
You should have backed it up for them and then ransomed it back to them.
“Why didn’t you go against the customer’s wishes and dig through their data after being told to proceed with the task you were told to do? You could have extorted them while showing you were willing to violate their privacy and steal a customer’s data!”
FTFY
I wasnt a professional, Just the “computer guy”… and its been like 25+ years, but if I recall correctly they didnt hire me to reformat it specifically, I believe it was windows 98, and memory serves it hadnt been reformatted in years, and i think they slapped some new PCI cards into it without removing the software for the old ones? I dont remember the details, but basically told them that a clean start would have a 98% chance of fixing their system, and if it didnt… I’d still need the clean start to figure out what was wrong where.
They were over my shoulder the entire time, wouldnt have let me if i wanted to (Edit, and I wouldnt have wanted to, because I hate going through peoples stuff even with permission)… and quite frankly I just wanted to get out of there asap cause I didnt like the attitude i got for being there trying to help them.
I did run into them again at a later time, where they were sad to have lost their stuff, but said the computer was running faster than ever, not realizing how much the bullshit had been dragging them down.
because they double checked and the customer got huffy about it
customer did this to themselves, OP tried to help them and was punished for it
You could do it in a less criminal way…
But then they wouldn’t learn /s
This reminds me of how a buddy of mine used to rename his desktop files from like “Carmaggedon demo” to remove the “demo” because it made him feel rich.
i used to have this case on my computer!
it is still laying around somewhere
100 games and only 37KB? Jackpot!
Surely if copy paste didn’t work, the “send to” button will lol
I used to do this with floppy disks!
I used to do it with reams of dot matrix printed BASIC.
No one’s commenting about how golden your post title is, so I wanted to.
Thank you, I was wondering if it would land.
Don’t worry, some of us connected the dots
Wheels down confirmed, Chore Daddy, you are on deck
Copy that.
Title was GOLD
we used to burn installers to CDs and pass them around computer class when the teacher wasn’t looking
Must’ve been deaf too!
omfg I remember laughing at classmates that did this way back in the era of knights and magic
What’s a “cyber cafe,” grandpa? Is it a sex thing?
Can we browse the intewwebz at the cybercafe?
Mom: no, we have internet at home
internet at home:
woooow, that nostalgia rush
Mom was wise beyond words. She knew the internet would turn to trash and was trying to save humanity.
Holy shit, I can still laugh!
Cybercrime isn’t what it used to be.
Game shortcuts? Like what windows calls symlinks, you copy them to your USB drive and then they don’t work when you get home?
Shortcuts and symlinks are 2 technically different things. Windows does have symlinks too.
Yup, that’s the joke
That’s me. I know what shortcuts are too well and didn’t get that the joke was the OP didn’t.
Didn’t catch that.
Yeah, desktop shortcuts is what they’re saying. So yes. The joke is the fact that the kid copies all the games desktop shortcuts onto their USB stick thinking they just stole all these games.
Kids be stupid
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