My client is the anti-tech
By ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (64169)
United States
March 10, 2008 5:31pm CST
She did something to her cd player and it wasn't playing. She blamed it on the batteries. I got replacements for her, but it still didn't work.
Finally, just as she handed it to me it started working. I think she had it on "hold" and after taking it off hold, it took a few seconds to start playing.
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@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
11 Mar 08
Are you talking about my mother ElicBxn? LOL For a minute there I thought you were!! She's so anti-tech that it isn't even funny! She can't understand a computer and not much else. No matter how I try to explain things to her, she just doesn't get it. Such as the computer, I tell her to not analyze it but to know that it just does and she'll get past this point that she's stuck in but she's not able to get that concept even.
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
11 Mar 08
Nope, can't be your mother, she doesn't have any children.... Just as well actually, because it'd be YOU taking care of her, no me....
She used to be a bit better about techie stuff, but she's lost what she had.
And she's only 60! My MOTHER had more understanding than she does at 60. In fact, my mother had more understanding until the last few strokes in the last few years.
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@ElicBxn (64169)
• United States
12 Mar 08
Every weds at my mom's place we've been going to a program called "Great Courses."
One day the guy couldn't get the dvd/vcr to talk to the tv. Pretty soon, I'm under there getting the cord rehooked up for him.
Mind you, in this case I have my youth working FOR me! He's pretty tech savvy for an older fellow, but when it comes to the wires he gets intimidated.
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@Cajunhellcat (2073)
• United States
16 Mar 08
oh my did she have a blound moment
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@Cajunhellcat (2073)
• United States
17 Mar 08
oh my tell her she has to read to understand thing now days
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@zeloguy (4911)
• United States
18 Jun 08
Is it that she is anti-tech or that she is not a technical person... those are two different things.
Knowing how to troubleshoot is another... if the CD was on 'HOLD' then it would still be spinning not just not working at all... which would give indication the batteries are fine.
Thanks
Zelo
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@CherBear04 (483)
• United States
10 Mar 08
That's funny. My friend drains batteries on apple products. She holds them and the battery power just starts going down immediately, then she hands it back to me and it goes back up. I think she has some type of magnetic field in her or something, it's so weird.
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@sunshinelady (7609)
• United States
14 Mar 08
Maybe it was just a fluke that happened. Or does this kind of thing happen to her all the time. It is a good thing that she has you to help her out.
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