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Reese · 12-15-2003, 06:36 PM

Do you feel the work you do is satisfactory? Do you ever question whether or not you could have done more even though you've met all the requirements?

So, I'm working on a computer for this guy, He's a friend of the family so I'm doing it for free(hopefully a reference) he's computer illiterate and all he wants is the computer reformatted. I explain exactly what I'm going to do, and he agrees. He leaves and I get to work. I boot up and yup he needs a reformat, So I plop in the Windows ME rescue Disk(First peeve) 5 seconds into the install I know the cd drive is about to die. The install keeps failing at 42-43 precent and I know it's the CD drive. So I pluck the one out of my computer to finish the install. I can't replace it because I don't have an extra one I can give away free. His still works, but It quits when it has to keep thinking for long periods of time.(second peeve) The computer only had 56mb of ram so I put an extra 64 in it that I took out of my computer recently. After getting everything installed, and got the aol, and other Gateway preinstalled crapware off the computer It's working fine.. Here. I know exactly what's going to happen when he gets home though. He's going to plug it up and be stuck in 640x480 256 color mode because he didn't bring his monitor.

I explained that his cd drive is about to die and told him someone who can hook him up with a really cheap one. I didn't even try to explain about Windows ME, and I told him that he MIGHT run into a problem with the monitor and if he did I'd come to his house and fix it for him.

I might end up replacing the cd rom in a few days/weeks but as of right now I don't feel like I did my job satisfactory even though I did what he wanted, gave him free ram, and even diagnosed his other computer problems for him.

I got to thinking about it and I do this ALOT. It's like every day is the first day at work, and actually that's quite true because I am working for different people on a daily basis. I think this coupled with my problem trying to constantly impess is really causing alot of undue stress in my life.

uhgh... I have a headache..

12-15-2003, 06:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
Reese Delicious	Is your work Satisfactory, to you? Do you feel the work you do is satisfactory? Do you ever question whether or not you could have done more even though you've met all the requirements? So, I'm working on a computer for this guy, He's a friend of the family so I'm doing it for free(hopefully a reference) he's computer illiterate and all he wants is the computer reformatted. I explain exactly what I'm going to do, and he agrees. He leaves and I get to work. I boot up and yup he needs a reformat, So I plop in the Windows ME rescue Disk(First peeve) 5 seconds into the install I know the cd drive is about to die. The install keeps failing at 42-43 precent and I know it's the CD drive. So I pluck the one out of my computer to finish the install. I can't replace it because I don't have an extra one I can give away free. His still works, but It quits when it has to keep thinking for long periods of time.(second peeve) The computer only had 56mb of ram so I put an extra 64 in it that I took out of my computer recently. After getting everything installed, and got the aol, and other Gateway preinstalled crapware off the computer It's working fine.. Here. I know exactly what's going to happen when he gets home though. He's going to plug it up and be stuck in 640x480 256 color mode because he didn't bring his monitor. I explained that his cd drive is about to die and told him someone who can hook him up with a really cheap one. I didn't even try to explain about Windows ME, and I told him that he MIGHT run into a problem with the monitor and if he did I'd come to his house and fix it for him. I might end up replacing the cd rom in a few days/weeks but as of right now I don't feel like I did my job satisfactory even though I did what he wanted, gave him free ram, and even diagnosed his other computer problems for him. I got to thinking about it and I do this ALOT. It's like every day is the first day at work, and actually that's quite true because I am working for different people on a daily basis. I think this coupled with my problem trying to constantly impess is really causing alot of undue stress in my life. uhgh... I have a headache..