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Watching My Parents On The Computer (imgur.com)

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[–]spaceylacey83 31 points32 points ago

My mom yelled at me for messing up her computer once. She said every time I got off it, something was different, damn it, and I needed to come fix it.

Her browser window was small. I had to maximize it for her. :\

[–]Greenleaf208 6 points7 points ago

remote desktop or team viewer.

[–]spaceylacey83 3 points4 points ago

Oh, I lived with her then. I just had to walk across the house. She sure was mad, though.

[–]cmd_iii 2 points3 points ago

My mom had griped at me that all her "websites" were gone, and she couldn't get to anywhere she usually went. Turned out she was accessing them by scrolling down on the address window, but my sister was up from Florida for the week and had cleared Mom's search history before she went back home.

I had to show my mom how to get to sites and then bookmark them so that clearing history wouldn't whack them anymore.

[–]dinolex 3 points4 points ago

You're saying that your sister cleared your mom's search history? Hmmm, suspicious activity detected! :)

[–]cmd_iii 2 points3 points ago

Well, in fairness, my mom's computer (at the time) had all the speed of a block of granite. It's possible that Sis might have been trying to delete some stuff off of it in an effort to speed it up.

Yeah...that's it...speed it up...that's the ticket!

[–]JJTropea 0 points1 point ago

I had the same sort of situation, except it was after I removed about 6 toolbars. She complained it looked funny afterwards...

[–]summiter 20 points21 points ago

I consult in IT. Now imagine this being your job, and the best way for them to learn a new solution is to tell them to do everything while watching over their shoulders. While it works out well in the end where they don't call you up while at a new client, the first week or so is the most painful exercise in not ragequiting. "Click the large icon that looks like a 'plus'. It's about 2" to your left. No, the left. The OTHER left. Which way is left, raise your left hand. Good, now move your cursor left. yup, to the + icon. No you missed it. You had your cursor over it for a brief moment. No I didn't mean move your cursor down. Go up then right. Your other right. Holy shit you're a retard, and you're on salary here? Just give me the mouse you &!&%*&%."

[–]joshuar9476 5 points6 points ago

this is why i left computers as a hobby and not a job

[–]MarmotChaos 19 points20 points ago

I also watch your parents on the computer (though sometimes the download time is fucking forever).

[–]manatee_farts 8 points9 points ago

This is me watching my girlfriend play any video game.

[–]Slippery_John 5 points6 points ago

Time to play the "let's see if we can find a bit of the desktop without a folder" game

[–]arithmetic 5 points6 points ago

  • Starts up Firefox (only there as I installed it and hid IE7)
  • Clicks in the search box
  • Sloooowly types 'google.com' with just forefingers
  • Clicks on the first search result (the Google search page!)
  • Enters search term (I pray it's not 'bing')
  • Creep mouse over to 'Google search' button...

[–]quadrant6 5 points6 points ago

replace all "Clicks" with "Double-clicks" and this is my mom.

[–]edisekeed 1 point2 points ago

so much rage when they search for google.com to perform a search.

[–]cmd_iii 3 points4 points ago

When my granddaughter was about three years old, we acquired an old 486 computer and made copies of some of her kiddie learning software that we had at home. We brought the setup to her Mom's, and set it up in the kids' bedroom. We showed her Mom some basics in loading and launching CD-ROMs, and went on our way.

A few days later, they're trying to get some Reader Rabbit program or other to work, and her Mom is totally lost. You can almost hear my granddaughter's eyes rolling in her head when she says, "Just click the castle, Mommy!"

[–]skitzokid420 0 points1 point ago

As someone who works IT....Watching a good majority of my users trying to operate any piece of technology.

[–]joshuar9476 2 points3 points ago

Watching My Parents My Wife On The Computer

[–]mars20 1 point2 points ago

"No Dad, you don't have to double-click links on the internet."

[–]BenCelotil 4 points5 points ago

"You see that $300 utility bill you just paid, Parent Unit? You just paid that twice because you double-clicked on the Internet. Fucking stop it."

[–]steffon -2 points-1 points ago

so brave

[–]hohenstaufen 1 point2 points ago

Appropriate username!

[–]olthaus 1 point2 points ago

Yeah my mom insisted on getting an iphone but has long nails. Then she'd practically have a hissy fit because she couldn't get it to "go" because she'd try to use the touch screen with her nails or else accidently touch something she didn't want. Puts me on the brink of an aneurism every single time.

[–]man0man 0 points1 point ago

Start Button? Doubleclick. Link? Doubleclick.

[–]eldog 2 points3 points ago

reminds me of my niece, she keeps double clicking web links.

[–]RB94 1 point2 points ago

.>open internet explorer

.>use www.

.>ohgodwhy.jpg

[–]Rajio 1 point2 points ago

Thats probably their reaction watching you trying to have a life as a grownup. just saying.

[–]degoban 0 points1 point ago

Watching a osx user handling os windows.

[–]skitzokid420 -2 points-1 points ago

Watching an OSX user trying to use OSX or a Windows user trying to use Windows.....

[–]ProjectileHerpes 0 points1 point ago

Go to browser settings, set it to auto-delete browsing history, download history, etc.

Or at worst, learn to do so yourself.

[–]d4ve 0 points1 point ago

yeah not only parents, but anyone who hasnt mastered cut and paste and open in new tab without rightclicking.

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