My Funny Little Dutch Man

Hylke Wynja. What a card. What a font of insight. What a sweet little old Dutch man.

Hylke is quite possibly the best customer in the history of the world. The man's pushing 80 and still remains more technologically advanced and computer literate than my parents. Not that they're exactly in their prime...but you get the picture.

Hylke had me over this week to hook him up with a cable to connect his computer to his stereo. That, and he needed me to fix the microphone so his son in Prague could hear him during video chats. Pretty fancy set up for an old man.

The reason I believe Hylke to be the best customer ever, is his incredibly appreciative behaviour. Most people want everything done 10 minutes before you even arrive on site and are thoroughly annoyed if you take any longer than 10 minutes beyond that. Although Hylke will ask every so often to see how things are going, when you explain to him what you're doing he'll reply with "Oh! Of course! Good idea. That's good. Good work. You're a smart one." and the like. Then, when you finish the job and everything seems to be working, he'll always end with "Wow! That's excellent! You really know your stuff. You are very good with computers. Thank you so much!"

He once came into the shop and told my boss he should be give me a raise.

I concur.

Alas, I feel sad for Hylke. His wife passed away a month ago. Hylke seemed to be doing well. Apparently she had been battling cancer for quite some time and now Hylke says she's in a better place and can finally get some rest.

*tear*

But, Hylke keeps going happily on through life. The mighty little Dutch man. He even has that great Goldmemberish accent. Technically I don't know if he is Dutch. But that's what I'm getting from the accent. I could be very wrong. I apologize if that is the case.

Hylke, I salute you.