While at a store yesterday picking out labels, I forgot what kind of printer we have. As luck would have it, I had my cell phone with me and was able to call Mike. (I don't generally have my cell phone with me but Mike has been a little more insistent lately about me using it. Safety issues and such. As a result, I am not really familiar with how it works.) After getting an answer to my question, I went to turn the phone off but couldn't. It seemed to be "stuck." I went to the cash to pay for my purchase, apologizing to the young sales clerk for being distracted due to my cell phone. She kindly offered to help and I readily accepted her help. "That's okay," she said. "I help my mom all the time." Crap. I am no longer the cool (in my eyes) young woman who snubs her nose at technology while holding on tightly to a pen and paper. I am the old lady who doesn't know how to work her VCR. You know her, right? Your grandmother, your mom. Well, now you know another one.
yeah, but you know how to do a whole lot of other stuff that I would deem much more useful :)
ReplyDeleteOh my sister-you are not alone! Sadly, my 11 year old has to help me far too often. sigh...
ReplyDeleteI get this way too well. As Megan gets closer and closer to driving age and more independence, I know I need to learn to text as well. Gasp. Now my brain is hurting. . .
ReplyDeleteHA! OMG - this is ME! So funny. I even had Fred read this because I knew he'd love it and he laughed out loud. This is part of the reason I DON'T have a cell phone. :)
ReplyDeleteaww, sorry about that. and i'm sorry (sincerely!) to tell you that even though i'm quite sure you are not anywhere near the age bracket of my mother, this reminds me of her a little. while i reject the idea that everything has to be automated and at the touch of a button, there are certainly bits of technology that i can't help but appreciate.
ReplyDeleteLol..I know that feeling...not with the phone but uploading and downloading things online...gosh what takes me an hour to figure out, my boys can do in about 5 mins!
ReplyDeleteTara, I love your humour!
ReplyDeleteThis really makes me laugh Tara!
ReplyDeleteWhile I'm fairly technically savvy, I can completely recognize becoming, "Her" in other ways; things like calling family members by the wrong names fairly regularly :)
I laughed as I read this. Some days my two year old knows how to make my iPhone work better than I do! I have to say, we watched Honey, I Shrunk the Kids the other night, and I missed the days when a dime in your purse would make the pay phone work so you could call home quick. In many ways, being "disconnected" that way was a good thing!
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