Jan 18 2009
Braggers never win
I have to veer off track again for this post. Not that I have stopped veering, it’s just that it’s still a work in progress. However, this was so funny I felt I had to share with the rest of the class. The man has two computers at home, one desktop and one laptop, running a wireless connection off them both. Now, he is a very sharing man, always trying to teach someone something new, or handing out that knowledge he absorbs like a dang sponge. So when he noticed a few months ago that someone was pulling Internet off of him, he never said a word. He figures with the prices so high, he didn’t mind sharing his connection.
Then two days ago, a neighbor came to him asking for help with her computer. As he was helping her, she told him of another neighbor who was running around bragging that she not only was stealing the man’s Internet, but that she had all of his information as well. He knew that was false, the only information she could have was the network connection name. But her bragging about things, well that put an end to the shared Internet. There is nothing worse than someone who cannot keep their mouth shut about a free service.
The man spent a few hours re-configuring both computers from a shared network to a secured network. He renamed it, and created a new network name, one that he didn’t share with me. It was frustrating work, and took some time, but he finally got it.
Of course, what was worth all that hard work was when the Internet stealing neighbor ran to the other neighbor moaning about not being able to sign on to the Internet the next morning. The biggest insult for her was when she tried to click on, and the following message popped up at her:
USUCK Password______
The man and I started laughing so hard I about pissed myself. I can only imagine her facial expressions to have her own computer tell her she sucks!! She apparently tried for quite a few times to get the connection to click, and each and every time she got the message that USUCK. So take that Ms. Internet thief, guess it’s time to stop being a mooch and pay for it just like everyone else.
Moral is: if you’re going to steal internet you should keep your mouth shut. Or perhaps try asking, you might be surprised. People can be nice when approached the right way, handle it like this neighbor did, and well people get mighty shitty about it.
That was great. So happy he put her in her place after her snotty attitude.
Why thank you very much.. I love it when the man wins..