I Think I’m Getting Old… Maybe.
Posted By AmyD. on February 18, 2009
My new phone came in. It’s a Samsung Glyde (WARNING – if you have anything bad to say about this phone I DO NOT want to hear it. Seriously. DO NOT.) and at first I was excited. But, then Ethan had to show me how to pop out the keyboard and that made me not so excited.
I put the box away on the side of my desk and made myself get my work finished before I could play with my new toy activated my new phone.
But, I couldn’t resist, the box sat there tempting me, begging me to play with it activate it so I could check my voice mails, return texts, etc.
I opened it up basking in it’s new shine and new phone smell (shut up! If it’s new it has a smell. Dammit!!) while fondling it shamelessly while admiring it’s sleek design.
It came with a thick manual, I groaned. Then I noticed a quick start guide YIPPEE! I pulled out the battery and looked at the phone…
*blink*
*blink*
This marks the first time I was unable to find a battery compartment.
Thank goodness for a quick start guide!!!
Foolishly, I assumed that “Quick Start” meant, “We’ll show you how to put the battery in and turn your phone on.”
Nope. It meant, “This is how you buy music and shit for your phone.”
Which was not my idea of a quick start considering I couldn’t even get the battery in the damn thing to begin with.
Fortunately, I had an escape route! I still had work to do which meant I could call Kate to come activate, play with, and then show me how to work my phone after I finished up work. This allowed me to get help without admitting my shortcomings even though Kate would know full well why I allowed her to play with my new toy. Sure she put on that smug grin she has, but she knew her reward was being able to play with my new gadget FIRST so she didn’t rub it in my face… much.
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I know how you feel. My 14 yr. old son is the gadget guru in this family. He has a smart ass remark every time I need help with a cell phone, ipod, etc. I just keep telling myself that payback is hell and can’t wait for the day that his kids treat him the same way :yep:
That happened with me when I got a phone that was also an mp3 player. I had to give it to LittleBrother (he was 9 or 10 at the time) to figure it out for me. No shame there – that’s what we have kids for!
Thank god for kids with techno abilities! :halo:
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I have to really wonder at times who they get to write some of these technical manuals. We have a Nice mid sized High def TV that we paid over 1600 dollars for (a phillips). The manual that came with the TV Covered the remote inside and out. Great.
Not one word about the TV or what the little sub menus of the sub menus mean on the Main Menu or how to even access them to begin with. And there is nothing on the Internet about it either. Hey here is your mui expensive TV that is at times extremely Technical, But you get to figure it out, OK?
Go Figure. Hope your daughter was able to help you out with the new Phone.
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Taylor has that exact same face when she “helps” me do technological stuff. Damn snarky kids. I wonder where they get it from? Have fun with your new toy!
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This, dear heart, is why I buy simple phones. Because then I don’t feel like an idiot when I need my four year old niece to figure out what the blue fuck I’m doing with said phone.
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