IT help for the parents; It should be quick – Expectations vs. Reality

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• scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  At some point I learned to set boundaries with my mom and IT help. I know I’m good at it, hell I worked geek squad for years, but she got demanding. Started calling me out of the blue demanding help even if I was in the middle of something.

  “My printer doesn’t work”. “Okay, well I’m out right now… I’m not even home”. “BUT I NEED TO PRINT SOMETHING FOR TOMORROW” “Okay, well if it’s that urgent the library has printers, or the FedEx office can do it. I can help you in a couple of days on my day off”

  Me helping is a gift, it’s something I give to you, it’s not something I am required to do or an obligation. Since a couple of confrontations like that it’s gotten much more manageable

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  • HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨17⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    It has been a running gag with friends when I had to help my mom save a file on a disc, it took over half an hour, and it still failed.

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