Car analogy for PC Repair

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I imagine most of you use Reddit and have already seen this, but thought it was too perfect not to post it on here :D

I've actually been using the cars analogy for a couple months now and I think it's very fitting. Imagine if you were a mechanic who owned an auto shop and your average customer call went something like this:
Customer: My car isn't working and I need you to fix it immediately, this is an emergency
Mechanic: Alright sir what seems to be the problem?
Customer: I don't know, I tried to use my car on friday and it didn't work, now it's monday and I need to get to work and I can't and this needs to be fixed right now.
Mechanic: Can you start the car? Can you even get into your car? Does it make any sounds when you try to start it? Are all 4 tires there?
Customer: I don't know, I don't know what any of that stuff means, I tried to get to work and it wouldn't let me and you need to fix it now because you changed my oil 6 months ago.
Mechanic: Alright well what kind of car are you driving?
Customer: I don't know, a green one, why does that matter?
Mechanic: Please take a look at the back of your car and see if there are any letters or numbers that would indicate a vehicle model or manufacturer
Customer: Ok, my car is a SV2 87K.
Mechanic: No sir that's your license plate. My records indicate that you drive a Nissan Altima, can you confirm that the key you're using to try and get into this car says Nissan on it?
Customer: My key says Lexus but I don't see how that makes a difference, I've been using this key on this car for years and it's always worked, what did you do to my car?
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Link to original thread. I'm tempted to send it to every customer that grinds my gears from now on, just to highlight how much they annoy me.
 
NETWizz said:
What's Reddit? I have heard of Digg is it like that?
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Digg is soooo 2009. Haha! Reddit is the new Digg. Digg has lost a ton of traffic and most of it has gone to Reddit. Slashdot gave way to Digg and Digg gave way to Reddit.
 
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I had heard of Reddit, but never gone to the site. Now that I have, I understand why I've never gone before and can feel comfortable with my decision to never go back again.

The car analogy is a funny post though.
 
I've never heard of Reddit either. It really is mind boggling how bad the layout is on some forums. About the only thing worse I can think of than Reddit are the forums where you have to click on every response in a thread to read it.
 
Car analogy for PC repair is quite entertaining. I also did not know anything about Reddit. I had a look and it’s full of useful information.
 
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