a story of mine was featured

matt, the ceo of Computer Repair Doctor, managed to get one of my stories published on a website. now i don't have to recount the whole thing out loud again.

transcript

“I had a client come in with a netbook who said he needed data recovery performed. I asked to see the device and, after looking it over, promptly denied service.

“The device had three holes in it, which the client informed me he had put in it with his handgun.

“When I inquired as to why he would destroy such a nice piece of equipment, he told me he found ‘nudies’ of his adult daughter on there. It was her netbook.

“He claimed in a fit of rage, he decided that was the best way to punish her for ‘such atrocious sins.’ Apparently, he had forgotten that all the family photos were also stored on that device.

“After much prodding from him, I removed the HDD from the back. Two of the rounds had passed through it, annihilating the platters and control board.

“He didn’t believe me when I said even the FBI couldn’t recover the pictures. We got a negative review on Google the following morning.”

KEY TAKEAWAY: OK…I don’t know what the lesson is from this story. Don’t shoot at your computer? The FBI doesn’t have all the answers? You will see strange things throughout the course of your career that you almost don’t believe are true? Your guess is as good as mine here, friends.

source: https://blog.capterra.com/9-real-tales-of-tech-support-gone-wrong-and-how-to-save-yourself/