Consumers
16 May 2007 at 7:50 am by Jason 148 views
Quick Rant…
As someone in the IT field, I’m sick of consumers who don’t understand what they buy. If you go into a store and purchase a new laptop with Windows Vista on it, I don’t want to hear you keep asking “Where is my XP? Why did I get this Vista thing?” Seriously. I don’t know why it’s still acceptable for people to not know anything about technology. I’m not asking that everyone be a technophile, but really, have a little basic knowlege. 
Above is a quick example… this is a scan of an actual note I got with a laptop yesterday (the color was added by me, it was a black & white scan). Sure, I’ll look into “Delete Vista” for you. *sigh* 
Show part deux was just as tiring as part 1, except we had the added bonus of “tear down”. As the saying goes, what must go up must come down… and down it came. The entire show (booths, product and all) was torn down, boxed up, and shipped out in just a couple hours. It’s crazy to see people go at it, but as I was told, for most of them this wasn’t their first rodeo and they had it down to a science. Crazy stuff.
Anyway, it’s time for me to rest my poor feet before I have to go back to work tomorrow… now I know why people cringe when someone mentions that show weekend is coming up. 
Today was my first introduction to the trade show that my company puts on. Since I was a “virgin” they decided I should work Badge Check. My job was to only let in those who had badges… not a hard job at all, but 12 hours of standing on concrete doesn’t do anything nice for my feet.
I will say this, the show itself was amazing. I’ve never been to anything like it before. I was told that although we had thousands show up, next time will be bigger. Wow.
After show they put on an open house here at the new offices and invited all attendees to show up, so I decided to come and protect my office aquariums from all the now liquered up patrons (kegs + unlimited martinis downstairs = danger). Nothing happened, thank goodness.
All in all it was great, though I may never walk again…. except when part 2 happens tomorrow.
I’ve arrived back in NE after a drive from Hell. I’ve never seen roads so foggy in all my life! I’m honestly just glad to get back to somewhere with a decent internet connection. There’s no way GMail should take more than 60 seconds to open up. Ugh!
If you couldn’t tell, I’m still stuck in NoDak. Long story short, never hire an electrician to do a network guy’s work. Anywho, it’s time for bed… hopefully I’ll be back in NE tomorrow. 
