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
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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, 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, I was teaching my grandma how to use her new tablet. After explaining and setting everything up, I left her alone to check her email. When I came back, she'd somehow "mistakenly" sent an email to our entire family with the subject line "Help! My grandson thinks I'm a dipshit and has kidnapped me!" FML
Today, I found out my dad bought an iPhone. I've spent the better part of the last six months teaching him how to check his email and online newspapers. FML
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
Today, I was on a video call with my grandmother, trying to teach her how to use Facebook. I patiently explained the difference between posting a status and sending a private message. Five minutes later, I saw her new status: “I love you, honey. Thanks for being so patient with me. By the way, I still don’t understand this shit.” FML
Today, my mom learned how to use the text messaging on her smartphone. I've received 37 already, and she calls after every single one to make sure I understood her. FML
Today, while working at a cell phone store, I helped an older woman learn how to use her newly updated phone. After trying to help her for over 20 minutes, she threatened to throw her phone at my head. FML
Today, my elderly dad learned how to use Facebook. He now spends most of his time messaging me about his meals, his bowel movements and his foot fungus. He's now learning how to use Skype. FML
Today, I was giving a lecture to my class I heard a phone go off. Aggravated and exhausted, I asked everyone to turn their phones off. Then the phone rang again. I lost my shit and spent the next half hour calling my students a bunch of "technology whores". Then I realized the phone was mine. FML
Today, my 84-year-old grandmother taught me a keyboard shortcut. FML
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Top comments
ambiversion 12
have fun! and be patient, you know how old people are with technology! it's understandable... somewhat.
eggmarie 25
Cherish these moments, as annoying as they may be. He won't be around forever. Make fond memories :)
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listner1 9
Remember how patient your parents were when they teached you things when you were little! It was hundred times more effort!
Credibleskills 28
Plot twist: His grandpa has a hearing aid
ScarlieC 25
Donmt worry OP. He'll get the hang of it in no time! My gran is 85 and recently got a tablet. It took her a little while to understand how the internet and email works (she figured the tablet out in less than a week, she now knows more about tablets than I do...) but now she's been mailing me pictures, videos and recipes non stop. You can expect some lovely selfies from your granddad soon!
androtech 12
Sounds like my grandma except it was a flip phone and it took around a half hour just to teach her how to turn it off and on.
moriartywasreal 11
I recently had to teach my dad how to use skype, so I feel your pain, OP!
FMLcommenterer 13
Volume Controls are hard!
worldclassrager 41
Just wait until you get into applications...
pyudssy 2
pain
Nat52482 25
I hope he just doesn't get frustrated and angry lol I can't even go five minutes explaining my dad's iPad to him without him getting angry X_x
Fillie 26
I feel your pain. Last year we got my grandfather (who is 96) an iPad because he decided he wanted to go on the internet. He doesn't remember things too well, so every weekend my step-father has to show him how to access the internet again and again and again. I'm happy that my grandpa is trying, but he also gets kinda angry when he doesn't understand things, so every explanation session he asks for usually includes him yelling about how the manufactures are stupid because they don't make things meant to be used by "his age group." Here's me hoping it doesn't turn out like that for you...
harmtouch16 11
I have this problem with my mom as well, but I just remind myself that she spent 6 months between 1984-1985 teaching me to not shit my pants so...