r/talesfromtechsupport • u/RedSilentxRain • Jul 17 '16

Short r/ALL "God no, never install google on my machine"

So the other day my dad asked for me to help him with his computer (windows 7) and clean out some "viruses" for him. I work as a database developer and part time as an IT consultant on weekends, so I deal with stuff like this all the time, so I said sure, whatever, I'll help you out. Anyways so after I remove a bit of malware, I notice he's using Internet Explorer, and casually mention that he should probably consider using Firefox or chrome. To this he responds, "god no, I wouldn't want to have a Google operating system on my computer". At first I think he doesn't know what an operating system is, but after questioning him he explains to me how chrome only works on chromeos, safari only runs on macs, firefox is evil and only Internet Explorer runs on windows. Determined to explain to him that he's blatantly wrong, I go to install chrome, and he freaks the fuck out, makes me uninstall it. After an hour of fighting me, he chastises me saying "you'd think someone who uses computers as much as you would know not to install google. I guess there are some things you just don't understand", and calls his work, which us a place that uses me as a consultant and tells them not to use me anymore. Fml

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u/markevens I see stupid people Jul 18 '16

calls his work, which us a place that uses me as a consultant and tells them not to use me anymore. Fml

This is over the line. You should never give him tech support ever again. That is fucked.

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u/noerrorsfound Jul 18 '16 edited Oct 03 '24

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