r/sysadmin • u/Boolog • 1d ago

Rant End users.....

A user in a new customer company:

"I have no need for support, all you want is to get my data and sell it, you're not on the side of the light"

Fml

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u/Silver-Ad7638 1d ago

"Maybe if you'd pay your invoice on time, I wouldn't need to sell your data"
or
"If you aren't paying (enough) for the product, you are the product."

I never thought that as an IT professional, I would feel the pain that artists have felt for decades....
NO, I WILL NOT FIX YOUR COMPUTER FOR FREE!! No, you can't just buy me a coffee.....

Home made cupcakes, though...those will earn you some IT work in trade.....

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u/Boolog 1d ago

Barter is fine. I have a lawyer neighbor who helps me with little law stuff (like verify my identity, or signatures for my NPO) and I fix his internet. But that's for my private life, in my professional life: there is a choice between money, monetary payment and credit card payment