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Apple support - the case against...

WARNING: Before you unleash the angst and fury of this blog post, you might want to make yourself a coffee or a cocktail to enjoy while reading - this tale does go on for a bit... A few of these might help

Larry from Tech Support

Boy did I get a doozy of a tech support guy this morning.. I didn't catch their name (and by the time the call was finished I felt it was safer if I didn't..) so for the sake of Internet anonymity lets just call him Larry...

Would you trust this man to poke around in your fusebox?

(Taking a quick break from the June Flashbacks today before I forget what I was going to write about...) If there's one downside (and depending on your situation, it can be a BIG downside) on being slightly knowledgeable when it comes to both computers and automotive thingamajigs, it's that more often than not you'll suddenly find yourself playing tech support when you least expect it. This can be for family, friends, work colleagues, hell even the homeless bloke who yells at invisible people who has a smart phone for some reason. I'm unofficial tech support using tools I've stolen borrowed from professionals, coupled with minutes of learning straight from Google. And my guarantee is that if I can't fix it, you probably should've found someone with half a clue first ;)   It's not sexy work. No woman will throw themselves at a guy who sorts out their email problems and now my wife doesn't bat an eyelid when I bravely dive into the router to clea...