infundibulum

Coffee place:

Lady: Excuse me.

Me: Hi.

Lady: Do you know anything about Microsoft Works?

Me: No.

Lady: Oh. (Looking at my (Ubuntu) laptop.) Microsoft Works.

Me: No, absolutely nothing. I know absolutely nothing about Microsoft Works, I am using Linux, I don’t know Microsoft Works, I don’t know what Microsoft Works is. At all. [I really said that.]
Lady: ?

Me: …

Lady goes away. Finally.

Does this make me a jerk? I don’t think so. And in fact it has nothing to do with Microsoft or Linux or anything, it has to do with the fact that why should I stop what I’m doing and get into what’s basically guaranteed to be a “oh and could yo ufix my…” twelve hour session. I’m happy to do that kind of thing for people I know, but, somebody off the street?

Sorry, I got stuff to do…