Teaching your parents technology.

[aXiom]

Yeah I actually do IT support for a living so the instant anybody in my family has a computer problem, guess who hears about it.

My parents aren't bad but my grandma...


But then again, she's 70 and uses a computer reasonably well (she can email, browse the net, print, play online games, etc. without much trouble), so I suppose that's doing good compared to other people in that age group.


I've actually setup teamviewer on my mom and grandma's computers so I can just remote in whenever they have an issue. It beats trying to figure it out from what they say on the phone.

This! This shyt right here nikka? is a fukking life saver

Being the go to guy in your fam for Tech issues though... sometimes makes you wish you didn't know as much as you did.

 

[Spaceman Piff]

everytime my dad asks me for help with the computer.. i know it's gonna be an argument

even after the job is done.. i'm sitting there like

 

[YaBoy]

Had to set up my grandma's new phone/answering machine & transfer old numbers a couple weeks ago.
Grandma: "How do I transfer my old numbers from my other phone? "
Me: "I don't know, read the instructions. "
Grandma: "I'm not good with instructions "
Me :

 

[ThatTruth777]

have to do everything for them, you swear the shyt is fukking magic but its

 

[Tetris v2.0]

I moved out YEARS ago but still get called whenever anyone comes over to my moms house and wants to use the Wifi

 

[marcuz]

My pops tho, mad ignorant. He JUST figured out microwaves.He would just press a random number 3 or 4 times, and let it cook till it looked done

i still do this

 

[Two Stacks]

i might make this a side hustle $25/hr

 

[stealthbomber]

brehs i have so many stories about teaching my parents tech, especially my dad, i could write a fukking book. just to name a few though

1. my parents cant hook up a dvd player
2. my grandma doesn't know how to use her cellphone or the tv, AT fukkING ALL
3. dad still doesnt really know what wifi is
4. my dad doesn't understand not to click random links on websites.. example "why is the computer slower, i downloaded about 5 programs to speed it up "
5. mom doesn't understand the concept of the cable tv remote. she still channel surfs.

i could keep going but im getting pissed cuz i know im gonna have to help with something at some point this weekend

 

[PUT IN WORK]

Lol, Google fukked me up, man. One of the questions I get asked most is what's the difference between gmail and email.

Bruh, the the IT dude at my dad's work is about 50 something, they make up their own jargons. Gmail = Email. Server = Internet. Pops called me from his crib one day had some rush work to submit and went into panic mode, " THE SERVER IS DOWN, COME AND FIX IT NEED TO SEND SOMETHING ASAP". ME : You mean the internet?, i didn't set up no server at your crib. Pops: NAH THE SERVER. Me:. *gets to the crib* POPS: YOU SEE THE SCREEN, "CONNECTION SERVER ERROR". You young kids think you know it all".. His wifi on his laptop was off .I stopped correcting him after that incident and just let him live with his IT jargons. ... Funny thing is my mom knows most of this stuff but he's too stubborn and prideful to ask her for help.

 

[One4Deuce]

My mom just got a Galaxy Note 2 (I think), I had to spend 20 minutes just teaching her the most basic stuff. It's incredibly difficult for me to not understand how she has such a tough time with something I consider so intuitive.

 

[Two Stacks]

Y'all nikkas is preaching. I don't get how its so hard to them.

 

[Ill-Mind]

One of the most frustrating aspects of technology