Today, I received a phone call from my 91-year-old grandpa. He was lost driving somewhere in my town. I then spent the next few hours trying to teach him how to send his location until his phone died. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, a telemarketer called my house phone and asked for my grandpa. We were in the middle of having his wake. FML
Today, I finally convinced my grandpa to try a smartphone. After an hour of teaching him how to text, he announced he'd figured it out on his own. The first message he ever sent was meant for me. It went to his pharmacist instead and simply read, "Love you. Thanks for everything." FML
Today, my grandfather showed up at my house in a panic. He rushed over, with a gun, because I wasn't answering his texts and he thought something had happened to me. I was asleep. FML
Today, I was assigned to be the one to teach Grandpa how to use his new smartphone. An hour in, and we're still going over volume controls. FML
Today, my dad let me use his phone. Five minutes later, he had my mom call it because he thought he'd lost it. FML
Today, it's been 3 days since my 95 year-old grandfather got a Vital Call (a big red button to call someone in an emergency). As I live close by, I'm one of the main contacts. I've been called over 6 times, most recently at 1:30 a.m. because he couldn't pull his pants up. He needs to be in a nursing home. FML
Today, I got a call from my grandmother saying she locked her keys in the car and I needed to bring her the spares. After an hour bus ride, involving me missing my stop and getting temporarily lost, I arrived and handed her the keys. I brought the wrong ones. FML
Today, my grandpa died. I called my grandma to make sure she was going to be fine. After talking over the phone for 30 minutes or so, I told her goodbye and said, out of habit, "Say hi to grandpa for me". FML
Today, at my grandmother's funeral, my senile grandfather kept asking me "Where's granny? I've been looking for her, but I can't find her." FML
Today, my phone rang while I was home alone. When I picked up, all I could hear was heavy breathing. Convinced it was one of my friends playing a joke, I said loudly, "Get off the phone, you fucker, and don't call back!" It turned out it was my grandma. She had been having a stroke. FML
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Top comments
IcyDarcy 10
Why didn't you just tell him to park near the first recognizable building he happened to drive past (post office, supermarket, whatever...) and wait for you to meet him there ? I'm pretty sure this would've taken a lot less time and caused the poor old man a lot less stress.
sirdannyboy1 20
Wouldn't it be easier for him to stop, you pinpoint his location, then you go get him so none of that would have happened?
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Jacobus_G 3
I'm guessing there's a lot more to this story my recommendation would be for grandpa to hang up dial nine-one-one and ask them to either come to him or tell him where he is you could call nine-one-one and tell them the situation ask them to help you sort it all out
James Almond 2
They make apps where you can track your family's location, mostly so parents can keep track of their kids in case of emergencies. See if he'll give you permission to install one on his phone.