End Users and DIY'ers

[ZOOTECH]

Re: End Users and DIY'ers

Ha ha ha.... Ok not simple enough....

I mean : most people post on CTN because they're in the sh!t, and they prefer it that someone else help them out of it. Which is all good an well as long as they show that they have attempt to make an effort first....

Is that simple enough....

Darn, where's that weed, it was here a minute ago...

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[banginbishop]

Re: End Users and DIY'ers

I had one in the KM forum...C360, he made it clear he was an end user, but saw something on You-Tube and thought he could do the repairs himself. I helped him out as best I could, but, of course, he wanted firmware, and how to install it. So now I have 3 categories;
1. Trained tech
2. End user
3. You tube trained tech

Emujo

missing 2.

1. The "trained" tech who's too lazy to work it out!
2. The "trained" tech who hasn't followed basic troubleshooting or procedures.

[zed255]

Re: End Users and DIY'ers

For a while I was a pretty active contributor here. The 'end user / DIY'er' crowd drove me away. Oh, and the fraudsters, the 'how can I reset couters' ones. Sheesh!

[NeoMatrix]

Re: End Users and DIY'ers

For a while I was a pretty active contributor here. The 'end user / DIY'er' crowd drove me away. Oh, and the fraudsters, the 'how can I reset couters' ones. Sheesh!

Your probably suffering from what is know in the volunteer organisations as "Carers fatigue".
I saw a bit of it when I was an active member in the SES (State Emergency Service) volunteers.
I also saw TV documentry of it happening in St VincentDePauls an other volunteer organisations.

Carer fatigue happens when you get emotionally or physically tied of repeatedly caring for other people.
It leaves you zapped of your energy an emotionally drained. Some groups of people are living breathing soul parasite's that can drain your truthful honest intent and goodwill from your very soul. Then you also have the opposite groups of people who can elevate you... You just have to do a balancing act and know when you've had your fill of both emotions.

Anyway I better stop there else I'll be off wandering in the weeds again...

FYI. Australian SES helps out after major flooding,fires, search and rescue/recovery and major road accidents...

[Iowatech]

Re: End Users and DIY'ers

Also, it doesn't hurt to cut some slack to the people who don't speak English and don't understand the concept but are trying. Some places like that are in a lot more dire straights than you'd imagine. When I was probably in the Reserves, there was a humanitarian mission in Central America back in the '90s that I probably participated in several times, and it is likely I saw that there.