I must be more rude than you. I switched from a computer science degree to psychology, and ended up in your shoes. I was the one who had the laptop, and was the one who could answer tech questions.
When folks tried to get on my laptop, I just made jokes about not letting them in my undies, either. It just wasn't worth letting someone that was critically tech unfriendly on my computer. Double so, when I still had a windows laptop.
I don't think anyone treated me poorly for my curmudgeony ways. Most just accepted I had a weird "thing about the computer". It's not that big a deal to say no. It's you're equipment, and if you don't want folks checking AOL, Myspace, etc. Then it's really your choice. You don't owe them access.
I work as a geriatrics nurse, and work hand in hand with hospice. I find the larger determiner of whether or not someone really pursues all options at the end of life, is education on their disease, and in general. Folks that are educated on what to expect, and how realistic the course of the disease will go, tend to opt for palliative care. Those that are uneducated, and hide their heads in the sand often have really unrealistic expectations at end of life treatment. Family also plays into this in the same way.
Of course, this is all anecdotal, and is probably subject to my own confirmation bias.
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I must be more rude than you. I switched from a computer science degree to psychology, and ended up in your shoes. I was the one who had the laptop, and was the one who could answer tech questions.
When folks tried to get on my laptop, I just made jokes about not letting them in my undies, either. It just wasn't worth letting someone that was critically tech unfriendly on my computer. Double so, when I still had a windows laptop.
I don't think anyone treated me poorly for my curmudgeony ways. Most just accepted I had a weird "thing about the computer". It's not that big a deal to say no. It's you're equipment, and if you don't want folks checking AOL, Myspace, etc. Then it's really your choice. You don't owe them access.
I work as a geriatrics nurse, and work hand in hand with hospice. I find the larger determiner of whether or not someone really pursues all options at the end of life, is education on their disease, and in general. Folks that are educated on what to expect, and how realistic the course of the disease will go, tend to opt for palliative care. Those that are uneducated, and hide their heads in the sand often have really unrealistic expectations at end of life treatment. Family also plays into this in the same way.
Of course, this is all anecdotal, and is probably subject to my own confirmation bias.