Deathscythealpha
Dec 4, 2004, 10:52 AM
A housemate rant.
My housemates have decided that we're going to get Broadband internet installed. It doesnt matter that our housing people are going to install it for free for us next year, they want to get it. Leon has taken the reigns and is running the whole show.
To bad he doesnt have a real fucking clue about computers.
Its amazing some of the crap he spews out of his mouth and how much damage he is actually doing. Hes offered to 'sort out' my computer for me before hand, but after doing a 2 year computing course i know how to do most of it myself. Ive watched him fuck up atleast 3 computers/laptops in the past year while using his expert skills, but people keep going back to him.
Example last night. Steve bought a new graphics card and decided that last night was the best time to install it. I watched as he struggled to open the case and then as Leon jumped into the innards.
'You might want to take that jumper off' i offered, dont want static from your clothing damaging anything. That was ignored. He went straight for the graphics card and started pulling, wiggling from side to side and other vein attempts at removing the card.
'Whoever installed this stuck it in to tight' he moaned.
'Um, that clip there is holding it in' i pointed out, seeing the green clip that was strapped across the bottem of the slot and pinching the card in place. I get no reply.
'Man, it is stuck in tight, it just wont move' Leon grunts.
'Theres still that clip'
'I just cant move it'
'How about pushing that clip?'
He finally attempts to push the clip. He gives it a weak nudge then goes back to yanking. No second attempts or anything. Ok, the clip was down tight, so i go to the toolkit and get a screwdriver, you can easily slide that into the clip and pull it aside.
'DONT DO THAT!' he yells. What? Nudge the clip that you have shown little interest in so you can get the graphics card out? A single screwdriver isnt going to do much damage unless i scratch it across the top of the motherboard. How else does he think the people put the screws in on a PC? Psychic powers? At this point i leave the monkey to his job. 10 minutes later Matt walks into my room.
'If its any consolation, Paul, it was the clip holding the card in place'.
I shake my head with disbelief.
Back to the broadband. Hes chosen networking equipment that is not only overpriced but is incompatible with soem peoples PC. I tell him ive foudn it cheaper and that i wouldnt trust shopping from PC World as they have a history of being bad. I get a 'Im right, your wrong' lecture and he walks off. This isnt the first time he's done this, and last time when i pointed out that i did a 2 year college course on computing with Networking being one of my final pieces i got.
'That was a year ago, computers have moved on and your course is probably void now'
Im guessing that was the nice way to say 'Youve wasted 2 years of your life'. Way to knock the self esteem there Leon.
Urgh, i dont want part of this Broadband crap at my house but im stuck with it. My help and skills are ignored and i just see them making fuck up after fuck up. This is costing me way more then it should do and i dont know how to get out of this. I think a proper nights sleep would help aswell.
I think i lost the point and general direction of this rant.
My housemates have decided that we're going to get Broadband internet installed. It doesnt matter that our housing people are going to install it for free for us next year, they want to get it. Leon has taken the reigns and is running the whole show.
To bad he doesnt have a real fucking clue about computers.
Its amazing some of the crap he spews out of his mouth and how much damage he is actually doing. Hes offered to 'sort out' my computer for me before hand, but after doing a 2 year computing course i know how to do most of it myself. Ive watched him fuck up atleast 3 computers/laptops in the past year while using his expert skills, but people keep going back to him.
Example last night. Steve bought a new graphics card and decided that last night was the best time to install it. I watched as he struggled to open the case and then as Leon jumped into the innards.
'You might want to take that jumper off' i offered, dont want static from your clothing damaging anything. That was ignored. He went straight for the graphics card and started pulling, wiggling from side to side and other vein attempts at removing the card.
'Whoever installed this stuck it in to tight' he moaned.
'Um, that clip there is holding it in' i pointed out, seeing the green clip that was strapped across the bottem of the slot and pinching the card in place. I get no reply.
'Man, it is stuck in tight, it just wont move' Leon grunts.
'Theres still that clip'
'I just cant move it'
'How about pushing that clip?'
He finally attempts to push the clip. He gives it a weak nudge then goes back to yanking. No second attempts or anything. Ok, the clip was down tight, so i go to the toolkit and get a screwdriver, you can easily slide that into the clip and pull it aside.
'DONT DO THAT!' he yells. What? Nudge the clip that you have shown little interest in so you can get the graphics card out? A single screwdriver isnt going to do much damage unless i scratch it across the top of the motherboard. How else does he think the people put the screws in on a PC? Psychic powers? At this point i leave the monkey to his job. 10 minutes later Matt walks into my room.
'If its any consolation, Paul, it was the clip holding the card in place'.
I shake my head with disbelief.
Back to the broadband. Hes chosen networking equipment that is not only overpriced but is incompatible with soem peoples PC. I tell him ive foudn it cheaper and that i wouldnt trust shopping from PC World as they have a history of being bad. I get a 'Im right, your wrong' lecture and he walks off. This isnt the first time he's done this, and last time when i pointed out that i did a 2 year college course on computing with Networking being one of my final pieces i got.
'That was a year ago, computers have moved on and your course is probably void now'
Im guessing that was the nice way to say 'Youve wasted 2 years of your life'. Way to knock the self esteem there Leon.
Urgh, i dont want part of this Broadband crap at my house but im stuck with it. My help and skills are ignored and i just see them making fuck up after fuck up. This is costing me way more then it should do and i dont know how to get out of this. I think a proper nights sleep would help aswell.
I think i lost the point and general direction of this rant.