Sep. 13th, 2011
I had a dude phone me "from my computer's service center" to tell me that the last time I went online I got a virus and he was calling to help me with that.
I asked him "I'm sorry, what company did you say you worked for?", he said "HP", and I said "well, then, this sounds important. What do I need to do?"
And he started on a spiel of needing me to go to my computer and turn it on and I said "I'm already there, what's the next step?"
And he hung up.
I think he figured out that perhaps I was not the mark he was looking for.
Which is sad. Next time I will go slower.
I asked him "I'm sorry, what company did you say you worked for?", he said "HP", and I said "well, then, this sounds important. What do I need to do?"
And he started on a spiel of needing me to go to my computer and turn it on and I said "I'm already there, what's the next step?"
And he hung up.
I think he figured out that perhaps I was not the mark he was looking for.
Which is sad. Next time I will go slower.