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The weirdest day I ever had fixing PCs started with a pickle jar
Last Tuesday I had three calls in a row where the issue was just a loose power cord. First one at 9 AM, then another at noon, then a third at 3 PM. It made me wonder if I should start asking clients to jiggle the cord before I drive out. Has anyone else had a run of these phantom problems?
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wendy_murphy1612h ago
Started calling people from my truck before I even put it in gear. Made a habit of saying "Okay, I'm outside. Can you try unplugging the power cord and plugging it back in?" About 30% of the time they'd say "Huh, it's working now, never mind." Saved me maybe 50 trips last year. One guy even offered to pay my cancellation fee because he felt bad. Told him to just buy me a coffee next time.
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karenf4012h ago
Lol okay but is it really that serious though? Like you're driving out to someone's house and a third of the time they fix it before you even get there. That's just part of the gig, right? I mean 50 trips saved is cool and all but it's not like you were driving cross country for each one. Probably saved you what, like an hour total over the whole year?
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