Saturday, November 11, 2006
Cashback
"How much do I owe you then?" the man at the door is saying to my Dad."Oh, just forty or so," my Dad says.
"Magic mate. Dunno how you do it."
The door closes behind him.
"Easily pleased," my Dad says.
"More dodgy dealings?" I say.
"No, just fixed a laptop."
"What was up with it?"
"Dunno. Just put the system CD to sort it," he says.
"And then what?"
"Well just, you know. Just pressed go."
"That man just paid you forty quid to restart his computer didn't he?"
"Yep!"
Labels: NaBloPoMo
by billygean.co.uk at 7:26 PM |
3 Comments:
I need to learn such valuable repair skills. ; )
Forty years ago my grandfather told me a story about Leo, the world's first commercial computer. One day it refused to run and the computer manager called in the expert to look into it. The expert duly arrived and without hesitation walked up to the machine and gave it a sharp kick, whereupon it whirred into life. "It'll be alright now," he said, and left.
Next day his bill arrived. It was for a hundred pounds and one penny. (Leo was built in the 1950's so we're talking big money.)
An angry computer manager rang the expert to protest about the huge fee. "You were only here for two minutes and all you did was give it a kick," he protested.
"I only charge a penny for the kick," replied the expert, " but I charge a hundred pounds for knowing where to kick it."
Maybe your Dad earned his money.
Just thought I'd say hi as I'm trying to visit and comment on as many of the NaBloPoMo blogs as I can. :)
If I were to be paid for giving out computer advice, I'd probably have a lot more money I already do ;)
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