Saturday, December 1, 2012

When parents get toys that are too complicated for them

I had lunch with my mom and one of her friends today.  Her friend is thinking of getting an iPad and asked me what apps I put on my mom's iPad.  I said I put her bank, credit card, Netflix, and solitaire, and I don't remember the rest.  She said "so you bookmarked the bank and credit card company as favorites"...I was like, wow, I don't even know where to begin explaining apps to you...  I said, no I downloaded the app.  Then she asked me why did I download those apps since you can just go online and access your accounts, I told it's just faster and easier that way.  She said, "so it's like a favorites in your bookmarks"...again, I didn't know how to begin explaining it to her.  I just told her, "no, it's an app, it's an icon on the screen".  What I wanted to say was, look lady, I already have parents I need to explain this shit to, get one of your children to explain it to you, I can only deal with one set of parents being technologically handicapped.

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