The son scammed her. He told her she needed to disinfect peripherals. The tech is just allowing that to happen and charging a not listening to the tech fee.

[+] FiskFisk33@startrek.website -12 points 7 months ago (3 children)

The tech is just allowing that to happen

Yes, the tech, who is also in a position of trust on the matter, is therefore part of said scam. Twist it all you want, the tech lied and benefited.

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 25 points 7 months ago

They wrote in plain text that the customers son's word had been taken over a word of a techie. So it's either pushing more to convince her, refusing service or playing dumb.

[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 11 points 7 months ago

Tech tried to tell them it was unnecessary, would take forever, and would be expensive. I'd agree with you if, for a second, the customer sounded like they wanted to drop the matter. No, this was the customer absolutely digging their heels in, and the tech did what they could to get an irate woman out of the store.

At a certain point, you have to just let people make their mistakes, and get out of their way. This is exactly how I interpret the situation.

[–] exocrinous@startrek.website 11 points 7 months ago

Sometimes lying is good. Like when a customer wants you to lie to them