Heaven Admin and I speak 2 different languages
I'll try to make two columns here. One refers to Heaven Admin's computer vocabulary and one refers to my computer vocabulary:
Santhan___________Gloria______________________________
Minimize..............Press the little hyphen up top.
Maximize ............Press little square box in the middle up top.
Close......................Press the little x up top in right corner.
Open new window ....Press little star on right above blue line.
Create a new document.....Open.
Case or Project ....................I don't know.
File or Folder........................I'll never get those two straight.
As kind as Heaven Admin is, he doesn't let me get away with anything.
For instance, the other day when we were on the phone, Heaven Admin told me: "Open a new window." (That's the fourth one down on the chart above.)
I said: "Well, let me think a minute how to do it."
He said: "You don't have to think how to do it. You already know how to do it. I've shown you 500 times."
I said: "But you don't understand. The last thing you had me open is on top of it, and I can't see where to do it."
He said briefly: "Minimize."
Comments
Dear Gloria,
when Heaven Admin and you come down to counting, I think you both understand what maximize (Heaven Admin) and minimize (you) mean. 6 hours versus 3 hours, 500 times versus "few times"…
In the computer client-support business, we used to diagnose most of the problems as originating between the chair and the computer!. ( I know it's not very nice, but let's admit it is a good one. N'est-ce pas, Santhan?
I know that! Technical people are so very...technical! You prove my point!
Fortunately there is no body-computer-wizard (yet)!
beloved Gloria, beloved Santhan I love you and I keep laughing dear ! a comic about this issue ???
what drives me to panic, concerning computers is when I receive the reply "Look, it is realy quite simple, you just have to..." SIMPLE ???
So dear Gloria, I really think you are in good company !
much love and kisses !
and Normand, thank you for the chair-computer explanation, I feel I totally fit in !
hugs and love
LOL Gloria. My son is what I call the "computer geek" of the family and he is the one who says to me, "See mom, it's easy, all you do is this!" and a few keystrokes later, he fixes whatever is the problem. Meanwhile I sit there with glazed eyes and nodding sagely hoping he doesn't notice how lost I am. Then I call him next time to fix it again LOL. And he sighs. So you are definitely not alone Gloria!
By the way, the last two Christmases this boy (who is 28) has bought me a digital photo frame ~ which I don't know how to put photos in if I actually had any digital photos to put in in the first place and I prefer real photos anyhow ~ and a satellite radio for my car ~ which I never could get to work right so I let the subscription lapse. LOL the kid hasn't figured out yet that this stuff is not my cup of tea!
I'm fine with it though, I figure there's a reason we are all different with our own unique talents and likes and directions. It's what makes the world so interesting, eh?
You are my compadre, Dorothy! We must be soul sisters!
The thing is I do have to learn these things because of Heavenletters. If I have to, it must be that I can. And I will, by golly!