Have you ever been around your grandparents when they were trying to work a new phone or a new remote or even a new appliance? I had to laugh at Vince this morning but it isn’t just Vince. All the new electronics are a bit frustrating for me too.
Yesterday I updated my phone. I noticed more seemed things seemed different than with some recent updates. I had to search for a few of the familiar icons and then made some suggested changes for saving battery time.
This morning Vince was going to call the a/c guy but he said his phone was updating. He asked me if I had updated mine recently. I told him I did it yesterday and that there seemed to be more obvious changes with this update but I wasn’t sure what else got changed.
It finished updating. Restarted. He tried to make his phone call.
Vince: This darned phone isn’t even dialing the right number!
Me: I don’t think that was part of the update.
Vince: What’s wrong with this thing? I’m calling the a/c guy and it keeps switching to a different number!
Me: Mine didn’t do that.
Vince: Oh, I think I’m hitting the wrong buttons.
Me: That might do it.
Then he looked at me, holding his phone in his palm, and he said “It even feels different now!”
Nope, don’t think that was part of the update either! Then I laughed thinking that we do need to live closer to Chad, Nicole and Addie. Who is going to update our phones and teach us how to use them? 🙂
Kay Sorensen says
I totally understand what you just said!
Nancy says
When I couldn’t get my phone to do something my 4 year old granddaughter said “here Nanny give it to me, I can do it” and she did!
Linda in NE says
My four-year-old grandchildren are pretty good with phones and tablets. Maybe you just need Addie to figure it all out for you.
Rebecca in SoCal says
I just spent an hour trying to do something that should have been dead simple. In the end, it was, but things just weren’t clicking at first, and I was searching for instructions and getting frustrated.
On the other hand, I know a woman who has joined Snapchat to have contact with her grandchildren!
Joyce says
Call Addie BEFORE you update the phone so she can help you…otherwise you’ll be stuck with no way to call her. 😉
dezertsuz says
Oh, my gosh, you made me laugh! I really don’t want to buy a new computer, because even with the latest OS I’m already using, it will be different. LOL It took me 4 hours to get my printer to print when my old one broke and I had no choice about changing, and it still doesn’t scan. I upgraded as far as in iPhone 5 and I don’t see any reason to change because it does everything I want it to do. LOL When it breaks, I’m going to an antique store and buying a princess phone and getting a land line again. LOL