Inside the Secret Lives of the Ultra-Rich: Shocking Tales from Luxury Hotels and Restaurants Revealed
He told me he didn’t have time to explain the problem. That his time was too valuable and I should just “figure it out” because that’s what he paid me for. Let me assure you, as someone that bills by the hour, I definitely made that one work.
The others are actually way more positive. Though also super-wealthy.
1) Old lady calls up, computer has a virus. Show up at her “condo.” To be clear, “condo” is 4-stories, directly on the ski slope, with a private elevator and dedicated movie theater.
Computer itself is just junk though. Standard Dell crapola from 2004 or whatever. I start the virus scan and it’ll take like an hour or more. Half an hour in, this little dog is yipping at me (friendly like) and the old lady picks her up, then asks how much longer. I tell her I can’t really say. Scan has another 30 minutes, but if a virus shows up, it could take a lot longer to clean it up.
Old lady, Mrs. Callendar, she says “Oh, no rush, we just wanted to know if we should tell our pilot to warm up the plane yet or not.”
Yeah, a $1000 PC, and my $95/hr virus scan are literally holding up a private f*****g plane. And she’s okay with that.
For the record, the DOG’S name is “Marie.”
And I took about 45 more minutes, and removed a minor virus, then reset her browser’s settings to disable about 35 toolbars and fixed the issue.
2) Guy calls because his internet is crapped out.
Show up, typical wireless internet (directional terrestrial) for the area. Mid winter. Go climb up on the roof and hammer a bunch of icicles away from the dish antenna. Come back down, reset everything. No prob. Kids all back online.
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