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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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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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Comments (22)
protoskore 27
or get him to install waze which would show his location
Talis99 26
In those few hours, you couldn't go get him? Or someone you trust? Send him to a police station for him? The poor old dear was probably super stressed.
katluvr 22
Let's see. When your grandfather was born refrigeration was in its infancy (people used ice boxes). Penicillin was not in use. Television hasn't been invented. World War I was still just "The Great War" because WWII wouldn't happen for two more decades. It's amazing that he can even use a cell phone, and you thought it would be a great idea to try and teach him over the phone when he was upset and lost? How is this a "F" your life situation?
blackpuddle 30
My first thought was, "what the hell happened to asking for directions at a gas station or something." Second thought was, "why the hell didn't OP find out where his grandfather was and have him wait there while OP went and got him?"
Suckmybigrooster 1
**** you are one dumb idiot. Why not just get him to ask someone who is walking past or go into a shop. Or here a bright idea ring the police so they could it trace his phone
bananarama619 3
Are the streets unnamed in your town? Could you not have had him stop near an intersection, tell you the street names, and wait? Trying to explain while he's already lost and confused instead of finding a simple solution makes you an awful grandchild.
blink831forever 13
I hope your grandfather is OK.
sasquatchius 3
Then he did. I hope this is fake, because any common sense person would get Grandpa to stop at a safe place and to ask someone where he was so you could pick him up. Regardless, a 91 year old man with memory problems should not be driving period. He could very easily kill himself, or others.
Brandi_Faith 34
Guys, obviously op did everything he could to find and help his grandpa. Maybe his grandpa was out in the country with no road signs, shops, gas stations nearby. I'm sure op didn't leave his grandfather out there for several hours if he could've done something different that would get him to his grandfather sooner. I mean, come on.
NalaBaloo 13
I hope you did find him eventually. But I have to say that maybe he shouldn't drive anymore. He's not just endangering himself but other people, too.