And another phone system
By blog on May. 9, 2010.
I’m looking again… at least this time it’s not for me!
I’ve no problem helping people, no problem at all. Helping people who aren’t particularly nice to me and are somewhat demanding about my help is another matter, though. I’ve helped out my SO’s parents before and it’s not a fun experience. I helped them get set up with a proper internet connection and a website for their travel agency business and that in itself was quite a challenge!
Their old phone system has become unreliable, so they want a new one. No problem there at all. Now, they want my help in finding a business phone system that’s right for them. Apparently they’ve gotten quite a bit more clientèle since I set their website up for them and now I’m their official go-to guy for all things tech related.
It’s actually helping to bridge the gap between my SO’s parents and I: We’ve got common ground now and I think they’re getting a better chance to know me. I’ve found them a pretty good deal and they’re happy enough with it that we’ll be going ahead with the install next week.
It’s nice to be able to help my SO’s parents, but I do look forward to not talking to them so much. Don’t get me wrong, by and large they’re nice people, but they’re not my sort of people. Not really my SO’s kind, actually, so she doesn’t spend much time around them or talk to them all that often either. It seems to work for them: there doesn’t seem to be any animosity or hurt feelings about how rarely she calls, which is nice. I hate seeing my SO upset by her parents, there’s not much I can actually do and yet I want to do something to help her.
By the way, I can’t have any contact without my mother in law without checking out the Mother in law hell website, it puts you in the frame of mind that you’re observing an event in nature when you’re in laws say something rude, rather than feeling it’s directed at you. Good to get a slightly detached perspective with them. Helps sometimes.
Category: life