Funny Family-Tech Stories: My Mom Learns How to Make Happy Faces in IM
Last night, I had the pleasure of chatting with my mom over IM, which is always a rare treat that's full of surprises.
After putting a smiley face emoticon at the end of a sentence, she was determined to get in on the smiley-face action, and create one herself. Her first-ever, smiley face emoticon was achieved.
Funny Family-Tech Stories: The Case of "Wiffy"
With most of us heading home for the holidays, it's inevitable that there are going to be those hilarious moments with parents and grandparents whenever the subject of computers or the Internet comes up. For instance, whenever my dad wants me to check his email (he's in phase two of checking his own email, I swear), he says "spin up my www." I'm sure we'll all have a lot of stories to share after the holidays, but to get the ball rolling here is a cute one from TeamSugar user GirlC.
Broken printer! Or is it actually broken....?
Everybody has at least one family member that thinks they know more about computers than you do yourselves, right? It's the same with me and my father. I'll give a little background here!Geek Group Tell All: Funny Tech Stories
Thanks to TeamSugar user Girl C for submitting a hilarious story to our Funny Tech Stories group. Her story reminds me that while it's often easier to just take over and help someone fix their computer problems, there are some people that aren't worth reasoning with. Girl C shares:
"I'll start by saying my boss is a tool, and not a useful one!
"Should my loved one be placed in an Assisted Computing Facility?"
"Loving Care...For the Technically Spare. "For family members, it is often the most difficult and painful decision they will face: to accept that a loved one — a parent, a spouse, perhaps a sibling — is technologically impaired and should no longer be allowed to live independently, or come near a computer or electronic device without direct supervision. The time has come to place that loved one into the care of an Assisted Computing Facility.Top 5 Signs of a Family Computer Deficiency
There's nothing funny about my family members and computers - it's a total disaster. But I'll try to make it funny. Top 5 Signs a Family Member Has a Computer Deficiency 5.Family, you kind of have to be nice to 'em
Dad called in stating that his computer wouldn't print. I walked him through the whole - is it on? does it have paper?New geeksugar Group: Funny Family Tech Stories
My dad still calls his e-mail his "www" and my sister calls me at least once a week in a terror because she can't seem to pick up a wireless connection. While some family tech stories are terribly annoying - others are downright funny.
Does your mom think net surfing is a type of sport and your grandma thinks a computer virus is an actual bug?
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