[09:00] <Someone> Hi.
[09:16] <Me> Hey, what's up.
[09:23] <Someone> I have a problem, do you have some time?
[09:24] <Me> Sure, what's it about?
[09:27] <Someone> Have you worked with X thing before? I have to do Y thing but don't know how.
[09:28] <Me> So, I just googled "how to do Y thing in X thing" and got this blog entry explaining in detail, and also this other Stack Overflow answer with a very similar problem.
[09:29] <Someone> Sec, gonna try that.
[09:35] <Someone> I got this error "someVariable is not defined". What's it mean?
sigh
[09:36] <Me> You're trying to use a variable that doesn't exist. Can you paste the code you're using?
[09:37] <Someone> (Code)
[09:37] <Me> Replace "someVariable" for "someOtherVariable" and it should work.
[09:38] <Someone> It works, thanks!
I really, really try to be nice, but there's a limit on how many situations like this I can handle before losing my sanity.
