I literally drive 80km yesterday to turn off and on a fiber converter that the client assured me he had already turned off and on.
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Had a tech drive an hour and half to a site where the onsite staff couldn't get a server to boot last week.
Somewhere between scheduling and actually driving down (half a day later), someone came to work that understood how the power button works, but didn't bother to let anyone know that it was already booted back up and working.
Easy money.
Easy needless death risk by car.
Win/win. You can bill for travel time and expenses. And if you die on the way you got off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride!
I once drove 6 hours (3 to get there and 3 to get back) to turn a printer off and then on again for a customer who refused to touch it at all.
I even told him I'd charge him the emergency rate and for a minimum of 8 hours. He was undeterred. It was easy money, but that day trip SUCKED.
Wow, lifetime support.
This is not a new concept in medicine. They have a defibrillator for that
Just do it really quickly!