Re: poll ideas quest 2007

[technojosh]

in reply to poll ideas quest 2007

it is with great hesitation I submit this as a poll idea:

when I discuss scripting with family/friends, they:

• turn and talk to somebody else
• get nervous and hide the laptop
• become intrigued
• fall asleep
• ask how to get a job
• ask if I can automate their job
• run away screaming
• change the subject
• call me a geek

[tye]

• Bring up some obscure problem they had with their computer that makes no sense then look at you expectantly

[blazar]

when I discuss scripting with family/friends, they:

• ask you wheter you can also program

[holli]

especially

You know I have this (bug|annoying behaviour) in program XY, will you fix it?

And if you say "no" it's:

Wait, I thought you're a programmer?