My dad, who has a degree in education and works as a career counselor at a local college, will not properly use bold, italics, or underlining when writing email messages. Instead, he INSISTS on CAPITALIZING certain words for EMPHASIS throughout his WHOLE MESSAGE.
"I've been hitting it with my boots this whole ...
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.
My parents just told my sister that they think the can't use their cellphone if the power goes out.
My girlfriend was creating a report and created a different word document for each section. When she realized that she needed to include page numbers, instead of combining them into one document she proceeded to print out 96 pages with only the page numbers on them. Then, insert the pages back into the printer and print each document on top of them.
I work at a furniture store, and sometimes I'm asked to ride shotgun on one of the delivery trucks. The driver is in his 50's and a bit eccentric. Each truck has a flip-open cell phone to communicate with the store, and this driver is often worried he's missed a call. But instead of looking for the little envelope icon to indicate a missed message, he insists on opening the... Read More »
My dad has had an iPhone for quite some time now. No matter how many times that I tell him otherwise, he thinks he can only use safari on it if he turns his personal hotspot on. He also thinks that turning it on will somehow boost his signal. He even has my stepmom log into his hotspot to use the Internet even though she too has an iPhone and hey have a shared data plan.
So I'm teaching my mom how to use email on her computer. So she's sitting in the desk chair and I'm standing over her shoulder. I say, "Ok, so turn on the computer". She goes, "Hold on." She then stands up, goes to get pencil and paper and proceeds to write down "Turn computer on". I say, "You did not just write that, did you?"
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