Larping as a Professional IT Guy (Within Your Family)

the beginning

imagine this:
it’s a regular old boring day and you’re just hanging out when… OH NO! YOUR FAMILY HAS A TECHNICAL ISSUE! they need a IT professional to fix it. to fix what? oh right, one of them accidentally moved a icon to the shadow realm. it, is, a, DRAGON level threat¹; and someone needs to handle it quick. ..oh and did we mention that the ultra omega super saiyan tech expert is… YOU?

you handle this with ease (and you just broke your record on fastest icon placement time), and you feel annoyed by the way they look. they do it as if you were supposed to do this, like, in a completely serious way.

but then, you see someone approaching you. a woman. she’s in the distance, you take a look at this woman, and the way she looks, it doesnt look like some easy fix. you have no other option but to suffer through this.

well…

your family needs help all the time due to their lack of technical info. you choosed to help them. i mean, it’s not like you can just say “nah, i’d dip” and get away without paid with consequences.

and you can handle your family’s issues pretty easily.

there is a problem though: you cannot fix the issue™ of this woman no matter how hard you’re trying.

well, why?

because of these 6 things you will encounter

6 things you will encounter during your fixing

lack of information

your family might think “THIS GUY IS A TECH PRODIGY!!!” but what if you are NOT?

your brain has limits so you might not even know something that they need to fix (like fixing a dead EMMC)

incompatibility

what if the stuff you use to fix broken tech ALL THE TIME isnt compatible in the thing you are trying to fix?

well weird isnt it? the thing you use to make your family HAPPY dont even work?

processing errors

what if you are tired SO MUCH that you cant even fix something?

your body has limits too, if you are tired can you even fix the thing they are telling you to fix?

software

imagine this: your dad gives u his UNC Galaxy S2 phone and wants you to get him support for apps but he SPECIFICALLY wants a Galaxy S4 theme

doing it is IMPOSSIBLE because theres no software containing the same modern android version with the Galaxy S4 theme sadly..

strict rulesets

what if you are UNDER CONTROL by the person that asked u to fix it, they FORCE you to fix their phone UNDER A HOUR

the thing is, their phone is COMPLETELY BRICKED BECAUSE OF THEIR EMMC DYING?

distractions

while ur fixing their stuff u ask the person (or family) stuff VERY CRUCIAL and they get distracted

WHY??? CANT YOU JUST FOCUS ON THE MAIN TOPIC??

the aftermath

well what happens after the issue?

ranting

and what if you cant fix it?

guess what,

“YOU ARE SO SHIT AT THIS!!!” “WE THOUGHT U WERE A PRODIGY” “YOU ABSOLUTELY SUCK AT THIS!!” “EVEN MY 92 YEAR OLD GRANDFATHER CAN FIX THIS!!”

and you failed to fix it.

you tried your hardest, your POTENTIAL on that single issue, but you couldnt fix it. well, what happens then?

of course, the woman RANTS about you not able to fix whatever she needed.

you take that VERY seriously. you feel ashamed. you feel like you have no purpose but you still know, failing one task isnt enough for you to stop.