I don't mind so much if little things get messed up, but when it comes to things like my computer (which at this point has had over a grand of GOOD computer components put into it)... GRRRRRRRRRR.
I hate more than anything else people that waltz into my apartment and expect that it's okay for them to sit at my computer and start browsing the web without even asking. Usually, these are also the sort that use IE and download programs with loads of spyware or worse.
Fortunately, this doesn't happen very often, because I'm liable to really go off on them. There are some things I have no patience for, and that's one of them.
That totally makes sense, and I can't grasp why people do that and think it's all right. That is the ultimate of boundary pushing -- especially for a writer. Your livelihood is in that machine and they're going to download spyware into it and maybe crash it?
People don't think writers do real work, but you and I know that it is. You might want to put a sign that it's off limits if the people who come over regularly have this habit. Or at least sit near it and hiss and spit and snarl as soon as they get near it.
It's hard to say "No" to people sometimes. But I've learned the hard way that I have to do it.
Well, here's the thing. We have older "spare" computers. I don't mind them using those. So my response is usually something along the lines of "Uh-uh. Mine. Go use that one." Or I start brandishing a flyswatter. >: )
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I hate more than anything else people that waltz into my apartment and expect that it's okay for them to sit at my computer and start browsing the web without even asking. Usually, these are also the sort that use IE and download programs with loads of spyware or worse.
Fortunately, this doesn't happen very often, because I'm liable to really go off on them. There are some things I have no patience for, and that's one of them.
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People don't think writers do real work, but you and I know that it is. You might want to put a sign that it's off limits if the people who come over regularly have this habit. Or at least sit near it and hiss and spit and snarl as soon as they get near it.
It's hard to say "No" to people sometimes. But I've learned the hard way that I have to do it.
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