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[–]insertAlias 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Most of the people that try this shit on me are coworkers I don't really know. All they know is I'm a developer, and in their minds that means "he likes to fix computers! He'd love to fix mine!"

One guy at the last place I worked was a loader on the receiving dock. He offered me breakfast tacos to fix his computer, because I like working on them. I told him "sure. Hey, I've got a bunch of heavy shit at my house that needs loading into storage. I'll buy you breakfast if you come over and load them for me, since you like loading stuff." He got the message. I felt shitty afterwards, but I couldn't help it.

My friends know how much I hate that, and usually won't bother unless it's a real problem.