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[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 23 points 10 months ago

She was rude ans annoying, but I still don't like that you took advantage of her.

[-] DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 71 points 10 months ago

You've never worked retail have you

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 18 points 10 months ago

I have, actually.
A scam is despiccable in my book, no matter how deserving the victim.

[-] HatchetHaro 43 points 10 months ago

what scam? the customer wanted them to work on their computer, so they did, and charged the customer accordingly.

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 12 points 10 months ago

they lied to the customer and charged for work they didn't do

[-] HatchetHaro 32 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

what lie? they told the customer the truth from the beginning, and still agreed to the customer's demands to work on the problem. they agreed to remove all viruses from the peripherals, which they did, because the peripherals were returned to the customer at the end virus-free.

[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 11 points 10 months ago

Removing is an action, not an end result. Nothing was removed.

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 10 months ago

If you have no money, and throw away all of it, you still have no money.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

She wouldn't take "fuck off" for an answer. She got charged the special rate for believing whatever she pretended.

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 41 points 10 months ago

It's called the asshole tax, and it's what happens when you believe a child over the person you're paying to fix your/their mistake (again).

Having run my own computer repair side business for a while, I would have (and have) absolutely done the same thing in the situation. I also had repeat fliers that realized their mistakes and didn't try to blame me for their failure, and the nicer ones even got a discount. But the asshole tax is there to make dealing with problem customers more worth it, and potentially to encourage them to find someone else to torment and give money to.

[-] anotherandrew@lemmy.mixdown.ca 30 points 10 months ago

It’s called the asshole tax. Don’t be an asshole and you won’t be charged.

[-] unicorn@mander.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Have to agree, it's a funny story but charging someone a stupidity rate for nonexistent work isn't justified by that person being stupid and a pain in your ass. Unless your circumstances force you, you can always just refuse work from customers like this. So many people downvoting this is disappointing.

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, sometimes you get down voted and realize your take was a bad one. This is not one of those times.

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