Besides being one of my favorite movies where I can laugh in the same places even if I've see it a hundred times it has become a standing joke with my boys that I have my Zoolander moments when it comes to buttons connected to anything digital and techie. You know the part in the movie where Zoolander (Ben Stiller) and Hansel (Owen Wilson) are trying to get into the monitor to get files because they were told the files were 'in the computer'? They think this means the monitor, of course, and they bat it around and become ape-like. Yep. Me, Zoolander and Hansel (he's so hot right now).
I've spent hours trying to figure out how I have 3 FaceBook pages for our business and can only admin one of them. Did you know Facebook does not read requests for help or at least a real person doesn't and it may not get read at all even by the computer? I've sent 4 emails asking for help. Nada. My son suggested they offer a live-help line for those over 40. Brilliant idea! I bet the wait time would be over 30 minutes.
My experience tonight setting up a Twitter business page was hardly any better. The premier post I added I now cannot delete. Thank goodness I didn't write something snarky in my frustration to temporarily amuse myself.
Tomorrow, well, in a few hours from now I have to phone in to a webinar of how to manage our work's website. Lord have mercy.
As my upper lip broke out into a sweat at the thought, I started to Google social media consultants. I'm that desperate but I can't afford the social media 'thug', as she calls herself. I encourage anyone who knows how to do all or any of the above to quit your day job. I believe that's where the money is - bringing the baby boomers up to speed. You'll make a fortune sending emails back and forth to your clients from your sofa. Heck, you can even pop in Zoolander whilst you push your buttons and keys.
I believe I'm also the last holdout for the smart phone and texting. I will try to text my boys if I don't hear from them in over a week's time but there are no caps or punctuation and it doesn't take long for me to T-9, 'are you alive'?
I am trying though, I really am but it is so overwhelming. I feel all I'm doing is reading how to work things, constantly, from the new digital thermostat to my new oven, microwave and printer - all with that digital button technology.
Tonight I went to press the button to turn off the oven light and hit the self-cleaning mode. About 10 minutes later I thought I was having the ultimate hot flash.
I have made progress though. As of last week I'm off the auto setting on my DSLR camera but that happened to be a turn of a dial.
10 comments:
Technology.....gotta love it, NOT!
I never knew FB had support for those over 40, mercy, I must tell my momma so she will stop calling me:)
I can't believe you couldn't delete your tweet. It has the option, it must have been having issues. I just tweetdeck, check it out. You can see everything on one screen, even your facebook if you would like to add it.
Have a beautiful day!
♥, D
You are so funny! I admin a fb page for our business, too, and I agree that if you mess something up--good luck. Thankfully, we still have two kids living at home, and we are paying the ultimate tech support (tuition) for the other one, who helps when called, although, sometimes it's not worth the attitude. I told the Mister, tho, I am not giving up. I refuse to be the 21st century equivalent of the couple who couldn't set the clock on their vcr (remember those?), so it was always flashing 12:00. Oh, wait, those were my parents . . .
Good for you at least you are attempting to be techi...good luck fixing your issues!
I had an "I hate technology" moment just a few weeks ago, so I can sympathize. I tried to check in to an airline by one of those impersonal kiosks. Not only could I not get myself checked in, I so fouled up and confused my reservation that an employee had to come over and escort me to special services because I had to go through check in for those with "suspicious" reservations. I just hung my head and said I was "technologically impaired." Oh....and then the airport closed to to the storm. Go figure.
Good luck....is there a Saint in charge of computers?
Hahaha, I laughed out loud after the oven button incident. Maybe b/c I can relate to a hot flash!
My techie attempts are all trial and error, I'm just very persistent. Sometimes I cave and ask for help from my daughters too.
And just so you know, I do not have an Iphone or it's equivalent either. Texting with the 3&4 letters on a key is quite the chore, so my texts are very limited. Somehow we get by right?
I got the "dummies book" for my camera, but I've yet to read it. I need more time to each day, or a vacation, too much going on around here!
Oh honey, welcome to my world. My hubby won't let me text because he's afraid we'll go broke. Talk about baby boomers lost in the dark ages!
I've been trying to get a blog up for my internet business but I've had trouble understanding how to do certain things & our computer guru is in the hospital, very sick. What will I do if he expires?
Argh. I envy those who tweet...
Funny...and I can so relate. Not a huge fan of how things have changed so fast. Nor am I am big fan of facebook,twitter and all the other wannabe social sites. Not for and the fact that they own everything you say and every picture, is a little unnerving. Only the kids being around are the saving grace, because the "get it" its their generation..so I always turn to them when we need help with such matters. I hate the new phones, the complicated TVs and the many remotes, the VCR's, the cell phones...oh dont' get me started..lol
Thank goodness I am not alone! lol! When DVDs first came out I asked how to rewind them. My boys will never let me forget that. For Christmas they gave Mr. PM a new TV remote and had to program it. One also programmed the thermostat and we had to call him when he went back to school because we couldn't find the booklet and had no idea how to do it. The flashing clock? Has my name all over it. And my answering machine has the strange man's voice. All my dirty tech secrets. LOL! :)
Your sons could be your tech managers!! This post is hilarious. XOXO
I'm right there with you....Great post!
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