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mcguire · 2020-12-24 10:57:54

Somehow, it feels better if it's screwed up because I screwed it up rather than paying someone else to screw it up.

ilyanep | karma 940 | avg karma 4.54 · | 2013-07-16 05:14:55+00:00

I feel like the fact that you took the time to figure out how to fix it makes you at least somewhat worthy.

uvw | karma 115 | avg karma 2.56 · | 2020-04-22 14:30:34

Am I the only one who don't mind fixing stuff like that. I sometimes do get satisfaction of making things work no matter how trivial.

cheeseprocedure | karma 361 | avg karma 2.47 · | 2015-01-01 21:46:19+00:00

I feel good until I realize who's paying to fix it.

numpad0 | karma 6056 | avg karma 1.35 · | 2020-07-13 07:30:13

You get to spend time fixing it rather than waiting it done :p

saagarjha | karma 56017 | avg karma 2.29 · | 2021-09-20 02:39:26

Nah it's actually the easiest way to get things fixed

nullc | karma 17907 | avg karma 3.08 · | 2016-08-22 20:32:58

My experience is that if you offer to fix it at your own expense, most people will just happily let you.

PhasmaFelis | karma 11941 | avg karma 1.85 · | 2016-07-14 03:27:42+00:00

(That should be "or fix it yourself".)

sabat | karma 2842 | avg karma 1.89 · | 2008-03-21 21:09:55+00:00

All the more reason for someone else to work on it, and do it right.

alex_duf | karma 2822 | avg karma 3.14 · | 2017-12-20 10:07:35

And if something's wrong you can fix it

joshspankit | karma 3345 | avg karma 1.55 · | 2020-06-25 15:58:27

In fact, one could argue that you’re actually penalized for trying to fix it yourself.

stephengillie | karma 8873 | avg karma 1.89 · | 2015-08-14 18:02:18+00:00

By having you perform a small fix, someone else didn't have to work on that fix, and that person got to fix something else.

hello_moto | karma 1867 | avg karma 1.48 · | 2011-11-05 17:10:32

Better than asking for big pile of money and give back crap and charge way more for fixes isn't it? :)

AndyKelley | karma 9290 | avg karma 6.93 · | 2009-03-17 01:37:13+00:00

you should fix it instead of making excuses

eropple | karma 27047 | avg karma 2.87 · | 2015-07-08 14:39:20

Does that make it somehow better or not worth fixing?

dspillett | karma 12622 | avg karma 2.43 · | 2014-09-19 08:23:08+00:00

Same here. It is surprising how many times I've done that over the years and people are both surprised how easy it was but easily convince themselves that "it'll be all right" somehow and they'll fix it later...

kilroy123 | karma 4378 | avg karma 2.73 · | 2016-09-30 01:20:01

At least you don't need to worry about them fixing something that doesn't need fixing.

metalliqaz | karma 5420 | avg karma 3.01 · | 2022-04-21 07:12:26

This is one of those things that seems extremely picky to me and at the same time I'm glad that someone out there cares enough about it to fix it.

jimmaswell | karma 5739 | avg karma 1.55 · | 2019-07-21 12:33:05

If fixing the thing itself is easier, and also benefits everyone else, why not?

dirtbox | karma 388 | avg karma 1.97 · | 2010-03-05 16:08:52+00:00

Agreed, although my reason is more to do with losing the better part of a days work trying to fix it.