Most people in geeky professions love feeling smart and useful. Then, when a user comes along asking them to be useful and show their intelligence (i.e. help) the geek scorns their lack of knowledge instead of being happy to help. Yes it might be the hundredth time you've answered that question, but just look at it as "this is why I'm the expert" instead of "I'm an expert and you you're asking me THAT again?"
It's not that you're always fighting with users but they all have a similar lack of common sense when using a computer, i would never drive anywhere if everyone exibited the same lack of common sense on the road.
You haven't driven in St. Louis in the rain, have you? With the first sign of precipitation, drivers become as stupid as the stereotypical computer user. Scary.
It seems like no other specialists have that problem on such a routine basis. When someone's doctor says "you have X disease" they generally don't look at him and say "no I don't." When an electrician says that something needs to be rewired, they might get a second opinion but they don't usually argue with the guy. Same deal with mechanics. With almost any other specialist it's understood that if you come to them, it's because you recognize that they know a lot more about medicine, electricity, or auto repair than you do.
You don't know many doctors or mechanics on a personal basis, do you?
Hey you two, save your stalkings for Christmas and Santa might put something in them.
So, Santa's stocking the stalkings? Or stalking the stockings? Sounds simultaneously sickening! Sigh...
"Experience has proved that some people indeed know everything." -- Russell Baker
