'Designer Guy' = I.T.?
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- harlequino0
Mom: I don't see the site updates you were supposed to do for our group's site.
Me: They are there trust me. Hit Refresh a few times on your browser.
Mom: I don't know what this Refresh thing is you're talking about. I don't have a "browser," this is a PC. Just do the site changes before rehearsal tonight.
PS...what do you want for Xmas?Me: Look. They are done, believe me. Look at the top of your screen at the buttons. Hot some of them. It's ok, really.
Mom: I'll look later, but i don't think I have the same stuff on this computer that you do. Remember to think about Xmas too.
Me: ....
(*In all fariness, this is specific to moms, and we all have these conversations, but it's in the same spirit.)
- A good gift to you would be for her to take some computer lessons at the local community college. :)turk_182
- been down that road, trust meharlequino
- hahaha yea. They like the idea of computers, just not all that thrilled about how or why they work. :Dflavorful
- flavorful0
My favourite is when my mother calls me, and I explain why nothing is showing up on her computer, or vanished as she seems to forget about Windows' Taskbar all the time, haha.
For non-porn related issues, and issues that are related to the software I've developed I'm actually pretty sane in explanation and will say the same thing three times in different ways until it actually dawns on them to do what I'm saying.
I have a lot more disdain for people who don't know how to use e-mail. Those people drive me nuts.
01. People who don't set up reminders on their Meeting Requests.
02. People who don't look at your Calendars to see your unavailble.
03. People who write their entire e-mail in the subject line.
04. People who do not write a subject line, nor have text in their e-mail, but have a Word Document attachment.
05. People that do not understand the reasoning behind CC.
06. Anyone from the HR Department.- I want to draft an office memo with the subject line "For all Non-Porn Related Issues."harlequino
- +1 for HR hatred. HR tiff's have cost me 2 jobs. HR should be kept FAR away from "creatives"applepirate
- mg330
My Mom: "Michael, what do I put for my name and password to log into my work benefits web site?" [something i know absolutely nothing about]
Me: What do you mean?
Mom: Well, what do I put to log into the site?
Me: I have no idea, how would I know that?
Mom: Well it's not letting me log into it, I want to check my benefits. What do I put for a login name?
Me: You need to find out from your IT Department, how would I possibly know something like that?
Mom: They never answer the phone and I don't want to bug them. What do I enter?
Me: Mom, seriously, how would I possibly know what you need to enter as a username and password for something I don't even use at your company where I don't even work?
Mom: *in snide voice Well you're so good with computers I thought you would know wnat I needed to do.
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All of the above is true. I was blown away. It's one thing to ask how to use a printer, an entirely different slab of madness when a mother asks her son what her username and password is for her company's benefits site.
- eating_tv0
I love how my dad's experience with computers has grown. No more porn and pop-up invested computer (yes, for all the above reasons). He now runs a clean ship. However, he still uses strange phrases and words to explains things. Such as downloading for example. He doesn't call it downloading but anything in the range of retrieving, ordering and asking for.
Him: "I ordered drivers from the internet."
Me: "You -ordered- drivers?"
Him: "Yes."
Me: "Dad, what do you mean?"
Him: "Well I ordered them and installed them."
Me: "Err... did you pay for them?"
Him: "... I don't think so, no. Should I have?"
Me: "Dad, what exactly did you do?"
Him: "I... retrieved drivers, from the internet? For the thing with the ball."
Me: "You mean the trackball?"
Him: "Yes."
Me: "Dad, it's called downloading."
Him: "Oh whatever! You know what I mean, don't you?! You're not an idiot!"
Me: "..."
- CALLES0
them: "so... what do you for a living?"
"i always know that it goes bad"
me: "graphic designer... for tv"
Them:*blank look in their face"
me: "you know... broadcast... the little drawings that you see in promos"
them:"ohhhhh (still clueless)"
- chossy0
my dad is very impressive actually when it comes to computers. He didn't know anything much beyond emails and typing out letters, but now he has soaked up loads and loads of information, he phones me every so often to ask me if what he is doing is the right thing or if he should buy this and that and invariably he is correct in his actions which is a good thing, my mother however almost has a heart attack if she closes a window she screams "OH GOD I HAVE DELETED SOME COMPUTER STUFF CHOSSY HELP THE SHIT OUT OF THIS THING IT'S FUCKED YO!"