The Geek Squad associated with Best Buy SM
Posted By: Paget Dermatome on 2008-03-28
In Reply to: At what point do you call the Geek Squad? sm - mollyMT
near me, know less about computers than I do, which is almost next to nothing.
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Not exactly the Geek squad, but
my husband is extremely helpful around the house, can do anything from plumbing, electrical, you name it. When we married he had been helping out a couple of elderly sisters who gave him a few dollars when he showed up (considered family) and they would call and living not too far, he would go by and assist when he could. We moved about 30 miles away and I just had to put a stop to his going there because the way he works driving out of town so much and not having that much time to spend on his own, time to cease. You just have to say no but then you can always give them the number, tell them a little about the Geek services and be sure to mention the cost, I would think. The Geeks do not come cheap, we have used them so know but at the same time your husband should not be at their beck and call forever.
At what point do you call the Geek Squad? sm
At what point do you refer someone to the Geek Squad to help them with their endless computer issues? My husband, a software engineer and computer guru, offered to help our friends/neighbors (a couple in their mid-60s) with some *computer issues* they said they were having. They are the type of people who can barely turn the thing on, do not care to learn much about troubleshooting or virus protection, and just use it really for e-mail and some web surfing. When my husband showed up it was infected with a virus and had Spyware all over the place on it and was about ready to shut down with the blue screen of death! Needless to say, they had no antivirus installed and no spyware software either. He spent hours working on it for them over a period of several days. I then spoke with one of them the other day and now their e-mail is not working. They said they clicked on *something* and now no mail will come in. It has done this before, they say, but they do not know how to fix it and can my husband come back to work on it? He does not mind helping people out at all, but we have 3 computers here at the house for him to maintain (including the one I use for work), full-time jobs, school, and not a lot of spare time to tinker around on their computer, which has really turned into Pandora’s box. I am thinking if the Geek Squad showed up and they actually had to shell out cash for a fix they might be more willing to learn some simple things themselves instead of waiting to be rescued? Not trying to sound ugly, but at what point do you tell someone to hire help?? 
Another band geek here
Also a flute player; principal flute in concert band my senior year, only flute in jazz band. Too much of a goody two shoes for drugs or alcohol or stretching exercises, even... did take part in a Vietnam war protest or two, and walked several miles to school on the first Earth Day, which accomplished exactly nothing because the diesel exhaust-belching school buses ran anyway, regardless of whether I rode them or not.
And I may join up with some friends for the "Teed Off Party" on the 4th of July....
Executed or firing squad??
Good morning,
The article didn't say but I'm sure it was either one or the other. There isn't any gas chamber or electric chair in China but maybe hanging. Seems like a pretty stiff penalty but then the "shame" part of the Chinese culture drives the "punishment." They are a proud people!
Go back to the firing squad
Shoot 'em all. If you find out later they didn't do it, you can shoot the one who did, and voila' -- you're working on our population problem and overcrowding in prisons at the same time!
I am a bona fide computer geek.
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