TehBamski@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhat's been your most painful parent tech support moment?i.imgur.comexternal-linkmessage-square201fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down110
arrow-up11.01Karrow-down1external-linkWhat's been your most painful parent tech support moment?i.imgur.comTehBamski@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square201fedilink
minus-squareKalysta@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·23 hours agoTrying to teach my dad to double click. Click twice really fast kept translating to two slow clicks. Took 2 hours of showing him how to do it.
minus-squareAgent641@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·20 hours agoSometimes I worry they are being purposely dense because they want to spend more time with us.
minus-squareTrainguyrom@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 hours agoMy 4 year old similarly struggled. I finally taught her to click the icon then hit enter which she’s stuck with
minus-squareisolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·22 hours agosame for touch screen tapping. They just hammer their finger and keep it there for 5 seconds, then wonder why it didn’t work
minus-squarevaultdweller013@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 hours agoI do this when the shitty touch screens for Kiosks don’t work. It is a compromise between my inner caveman who just wants to destroy it and the part of me which thinks that’s a waste of effort.
Trying to teach my dad to double click.
Click twice really fast kept translating to two slow clicks. Took 2 hours of showing him how to do it.
Sometimes I worry they are being purposely dense because they want to spend more time with us.
My 4 year old similarly struggled. I finally taught her to click the icon then hit enter which she’s stuck with
same for touch screen tapping. They just hammer their finger and keep it there for 5 seconds, then wonder why it didn’t work
I do this when the shitty touch screens for Kiosks don’t work. It is a compromise between my inner caveman who just wants to destroy it and the part of me which thinks that’s a waste of effort.