Quotes from old people who are totally dumbfounded by computers

[ssc456]

ive had a few in my time usually if some1 asks like how u do that or how does that work, i say

"if i told you, you probably wouldnt understand anyway so lets not waste both our time"

 

[Taylor1]

i got a good one.... my mom is teaching my grandma how to IM my brother. So my mom tells her to say hi, so she puts her head closer to the screen and just blurts out "Hi tim hows it going?"

 

[_-..zKiLLA..-_]

I remember this one from an email that I got,

tech; "Ok, now do you see the window that just popped up?"
customer; "Wow! How can you see my screen from there?"

LMFAO! havn't laughed that hard in a while

 

[Thrasher]

The only one I've encountered was when my parents were arguing about our downloads usage which is a 12GB limit and I was loading heaps of long videos on google that month. My mum didn't know that all internet activity uses downloads so when my dad was saying how he doesn't want it exceeded cause online banking sucks on dial up for him, my mum responds with "but he's not even downloading anything" meaning I wasn't using a filesharing program at the time and my dad just goes

 

[Juice1]

Lol uh heres one, my mom thinks that when you change your simcard in your cellphone that you get the bill.

Me: Mom, I traded phones with my friend.
Mom: Oh. I better not get your friends bill mailed to me.
Me: No, I changed the simcard.
Mom: WTF WHY? He's probably gona run up a huge bill!
Me: No, we switched simcards, so we each keep our own bills, but just change the phone.
Mom: Oh, what's a simcard?

Also when we went to my aunts house and brought the laptop, I connected to my aunts wlan and my mom sees me on the internet. She says:

"I hope our internet company doesnt charge us for roaming"

Lol.

 

[burton_o61]

Me: Alright, do you see your desktop?
Customer: Whats a desktop?
Me:The first thing that you see when you turn your computer on. It has a bunch of folders and icons.
Customer: Alls i have is a picture of my dog...

 

[JogaBonito1502]

So i'm IMing this girl from Brasil. And I was trying to get her orkut and I go like:
"Can you send me the link so i can just hit add?"
then she goes
"****_*********@homail.com"

it's not that bad, but it still was annoying cuz i asked her twice.

 

[JogaBonito1502]

I got this great one that my friend said during programming class, doesn't really have to do with computers...

i was talking about i took out the vowels in my password and i gave him a hint, then he puts his hands out and starts to count syllables...it was pretty funny at the time...we call him syllables now.

 

[waldorfpc]

Thats one of the hardest things for a computer support specialists. You have to be able to picture the problem, and be able to explain how to solve the issue in terms non computer users can understand.

Oh, do i know that feeling. It reminds me of a sort-of debate I had in another forum--CNet. You can look over the thread if you'd like to see what I mean. It is found at http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6142_102-0.html?forumID=44&threadID=280203&messageID=2685454&tag=mcnt

I know for a fact that many of you will totally agree.

ssc456, perhaps you should be a bit kinder when people ask questions. After all, that is how I gained my experienced. My inquisitiveness got me where I am today. I went from not knowing computers at all to knowing them inside and out. Of course, I did do my own research and troubleshooting on my own.

 

[dennis721]

I once convinced this kid in my computer class that ubuntu was actually the internet, and that by changing files and settings and things he was affecting the whole world. He freaked out, it was great.