[ale] [Fwd: New users and laptops shaken, not stirred]

[Jim Philips]

On Monday 03 November 2003 08:52 pm, Matthew Magee wrote:
> I had to provide phone support for 30+ sales reps where I worked in
> Baltimore. More than once, I had to get these people to send me the
> machines for repair, only to find Napster or BonziBuddy installed.  Oh, and
> many questionable pictures!  I usually just pulled the sales manager aside
> and showed him what they had done.  Eventually, I convinced management to
> have ME approve any software installed on a laptop no matter how trivial. 
> Shoulda' been done from the get-go, but I really enjoyed my power by saying
> NO! to them! :-)
>
> Why is it these users would never dream of digging around under the hood of
> their cars, but insist on changing everything in their PC?

Because you can't customize your car into a tool for downloading dirty 
pictures. ;-)