myAmygdala's Journal: "I just want someone to do it for me."

Some guy at work initiated conversation with me while I was making tea at the coffee/tea station. One of the hazards of going outside my office. He had obtained an HP multifunction device, and was asking about how to get it to work, since he lost the accompanying software. So I tell him that he can go to hp.com, go to the support section, and look for a driver download. It's pretty simple, I tell him. But I figure I'll go one step further. I take him over to a nearby computer and proceed to walk him through the process. Go to hp.com, click on "software and driver downloads", enter the product name and model number, and select your operating system. Do you know which operating system you're using? No.

But this was all too complicated and technical for him. And besides, wouldn't we have to be doing this on his computer, instead of the one we were using? Well, yes. But I was just trying to show you what needs to be done, so that you could do it yourself. It's not that complicated. And then the plane hit. "I just want someone to do it for me."

He had already asked another person about this, and apparently they had offered to help. He had brought in his laptop and multifunction device. I guess he was really just making conversation, or something.