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RE: Helping one of my oldest clients and being bitten by the scope monster.

in #life7 years ago (edited)

lol, Ive never heard that term before but completely recognise it...back in 1998 when i set up my IT support service , I walked the streets every day in my local town pushing leaflets with a list of my services and my mobile number through letterboxes. The jobs I used to hate back then were setting people up on the net, dial-up 33.6k modems were the order of the day and the time I spent on the phone with aol or virgin support..nightmare. Then just when i was about to leave....'you couldn't have a look at my printer could you' ? driver issues on the 'new' usb printers. Nightmare. I used to walk to most jobs back then and when I had enough cash, spent £500 on an old van....happy days :-) funny how sometimes a post brings back such similar and vivid memories!!

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It's so recognizable!

"while you are here could you take a quick look..." (aka not charge me) at problem X. I think the term scoop monster covers all that perfectly.

exactly..at no extra cost lol..