i built a pc for my mum once.
i then had to spend SIX FREAKING HOURS teaching her how to use word, because she had neglected to tell me she had a stack of work reports to do for the next day.
then she wants to get on the internet, so i get broadband set up at her house, which she never used and continually moaned about the fact that it was costing her money
she moves house to where she cant get broadband, so she sticks an aol cd in the machine, and it wont work because its trying to use the usb broadband modem. so she calls aol tech support
. they tell her its because she doesnt have a modem. she rings me, furious because i have apparently "ripped her off" by not giving her a dialup modem, and demands i spend £30 on the train plus the cost of a modem and sort it out. i tell her that perhaps she should try uninstalling the broadband modem, and plugging the phone lead into the modem i installed when i originally built the machine.
"well yes, the plug is there for the lead, but the AOL man reckons there is no card in the computer, and its just an unconnected socket"
i told her that i hope she and the aol man will be very happy together, and next time she wants a pc built, she can buy a ******* dell.
oddly, she's never asked for help again.
TG