Why we love doing tech support for 'friends'
IT pilot fish comes in to work one day to find a co-worker who's brought in a PC from home -- with an invitation to see "the world's worst memory upgrade."
"Barney opened the case," fish says. "In one of the memory expansion slots was a small memory board that clearly didn't match the size of the slot. Plus, it was sitting at a funny angle.
"Barney told us one of his friends wanted to increase the amount of memory in his computer, and asked how much it would cost. Because this was a friend, Barney gave him a lowball estimate that included only the actual cost of parts. But the friend accused Barney of overcharging him, and said he knew a guy who could do it for a fraction of that price."
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