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Originally posted by The Other Steve@Apr 10 2005, 02:33 PM
Runner - you're ok - sometimes those of us who have been around for a few years tend to reach the point occasionally where just about any newbie question will set us off and it was just your luck to catch me right at that point.
All of us were and still are newbies - we're all still learning - and some of us never forget the help we got when we first started but it gets very frustrating for us because in the last few years the type of person coming into this industry has changed incredibly.
When Marie and I first arrived on a newbie board we were all there to learn as well as do our own testing and research but these days - and I'm not saying you're one of them - there are too many newbies who really do want the more experienced people to do everything for them.
About 18 months ago Marie and I were helping one guy who couldn't even understand the basics of how to FTP to his space on the host's server. We even phoned him in the US from where we were in Australia and walked him through it step by step. We spent hours on ICQ and the phone and as always asked nothing in return.
(Now sometimes people don't explain things very clearly so you might be forgiven for thinking that we were rather vague in our explanations but let tell you that I have lectured in Instructional Technique - I've worked in several positions were being a Trainer was an important component in that position - so I know how to explain things clearly and logically.)
Anyway, I digress - in the end we just couldn't get the simple message across to him and we finally told him that we just couldn't help him anymore. His response was a blatant attempt at blackmail and he told us that if we didn't go on helping him he would go to the board we were on at the time and tell them that we had tried to rip him off.
In this industry reputation counts for a lot but I won't bend the knee to any lowlife scum like that so we just laughed at him.
So there is one reason why Marie and I are a little jaded these days when it comes to newbies. We will always offer help and advice but God helps those who help themselves and so do we. 
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Steve thank you for your response
I know this biz is full of give me everything now people and I dont want to come off as one of them, no sir
But I've scratched around just a little thanks to you and Trev and it's really opened a whole world of things in respects to site management
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Thanks again guys, you
