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Geriatric Computer Classes from Hell Today will be another exercise in patience. Yes, I am going to be teaching another Senior Citizen Computer Class. It is hell on earth. Something hellish motivated the library to try to teach people with a mean age of 70 to use Microsoft Word, the internet and Excel. Most of them can't even double-click on an icon- they usually end up dragging it all over the desktop. And signing them up for email? I wanted to slit my wrists last week. Here is how it went down. PirateRo: Ok, now pick a Yahoo ID that will be unique. There are millions of people that use Yahoo, so you have to try to come up with something VERY UNIQUE. Geriatric #1: I want to use the word "cat". Geriatric #2: Amazing...someone is already using "marysmith" as their Yahoo ID! Amazing! Geriatric #1: Someone is already using "cat"!!! That is so odd! Maybe "buttons" will work... PirateRo: I think that you are going to have to use some numbers at the end of your id if you want to use "buttons"... Geriatric #1: Ok, how about "buttons1"? Geriatric #3: Should I use my post office box as my email address? I want all my mail to go to my post office box. PirateRo: Ma'am, an email address isn't a physical address. (Spend ten minutes explaining this concept). And it goes on, and on, and on. Sigh. Today we teach Excel.
said the Dread Pirate Ro at 8:25 AM on December 09, 2004 Aarrgh! 6 scurvy dogs said "Ahoy, matey!"
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