Idiotech

Parents, teachers, bosses, and the general old people population are terrible with technology.

Idiotech
uPick

"I've been hitting it with my boots this whole ...

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Years ago, my grandmother decided to take a "computers for seniors" class at her assisted living facility. Apparently the instructor didn't realize just how basic it would need to be because after 10-15 minutes of telling people to "boot up" the computer so they could get started, some were having issues. He clarified that it meant to push the button on the front of the machine to turn it on, at which point my grandmother screamed out "Well then WHY THE HELL didn't you just SAY 'TURN IT ON.'?! What the HELL is 'BOOT UP'? I don't understand why you people have to make this so DAMNED COMPLICATED. You should have said TURN THE DAMNED THING ON!" (this continued for several more minutes). I don't think the poor IT guy they'd brought in was ready to handle that, as it took him some time to recover. Though, he did try from that point on to make things as utterly basic as possible.

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