Someone just asked me this.
seemed like the right answer.
I swear at computers
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I work for the GovernmentOriginally posted by doodab View Post
Technically correct and sounds far more interesting that what I actually do...."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife. -
I'm a seal-clubber is my usual responseComment
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something with ERP.
Never mention computers, you end up fixing their £25 inkjet they got free with their virus infested laptop.Comment
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Or, in my case, swearing at it for him.Originally posted by vetran View PostWhile you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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I can multi task, I can swear at it and smear congealed ink over my fingers at the same time.Originally posted by doodab View Post
who says I'm not versatile.Comment
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Originally posted by vetran View Post
I've just about stopped roffling at this after reading it 
I mentioned I 'worked in IT' to the Landlady of a B&B once. Big mistake. She had me fixing a 'broken' TV in one of the rooms. Turns out she didn't grasp the concept of one remote for the TV and one for the Freeview and had been 'figuring it out for days and had the whole lot unplugged several times to no avail'.
It's worse when you mention past ClientCos. especially Telcos. I think some people half expect you to climb the telegraph pole outside their house to diagnose their borked landline
Permietractor (probably)Comment
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OTOH telling people, especially women, that you work for/on an adult dating site tends to have an altogether different effect.Originally posted by Mephisto View Post I've just about stopped roffling at this after reading it
I mentioned I 'worked in IT' to the Landlady of a B&B once. Big mistake. She had me fixing a 'broken' TV in one of the rooms. Turns out she didn't grasp the concept of one remote for the TV and one for the Freeview and had been 'figuring it out for days and had the whole lot unplugged several times to no avail'.
It's worse when you mention past ClientCos. especially Telcos. I think some people half expect you to climb the telegraph pole outside their house to diagnose their borked landlineWhile you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'Comment
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Invoice, the rest is just filler
Whenever IT is mentioned the response is usually "oh like programming, or more like fixing laptops?". I think my job is more like solving general problems. Ostensibly computer related but more often its a case of getting people to think properly about what they really want or indeed just talk to each other.Comment
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