Geek: Today, my 84-year-old grandmother taught me a keyboard shortcut.... - FML

By Fauxgeek - 28/06/2016 01:29

Today, my 84-year-old grandmother taught me a keyboard shortcut. FML

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By jhftrainer23 - 05/08/2011 14:42 - United States

Today, the woman I'm training at work asked, while staring intently at the keyboard, "now, which one of these buttons is the space-bar again?" She is 80 years old, types about 1 word per minute, and I have just one week to get her completely trained. FML

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By Anonymous - 17/11/2010 01:34 - United States

Today, I began training my replacement at work. She's a senior citizen. She got excited when I taught her how to highlight text on the screen and double-click the mouse because she "never knew how to do those fancy tricks." The job is entirely computer-based. I have to train her for 6 weeks. FML

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By PiaNO - 10/11/2009 21:41 - United Kingdom

Today, I was teaching a ten year old how to play piano. Halfway through the lesson, she made a minor mistake, which, trying to be a good tutor, I corrected her. She smiled up at me, paused, then slammed the key cover down onto my fingers. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/04/2009 06:07 - United States

Today, my 8 year-old sister learned how to type her name into a phone using the number keypad. I later found my phone on the kitchen counter with all my contacts under her name. FML

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By Pete - 09/09/2024 14:00 - United States

Today, I was on a video call with my grandmother, trying to teach her how to use Facebook. I patiently explained the difference between posting a status and sending a private message. Five minutes later, I saw her new status: “I love you, honey. Thanks for being so patient with me. By the way, I still don’t understand this shit.” FML

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By shamwazzlefarznarfnarfwoofbaaa - 29/03/2015 14:03 - United States - Bronx

Today, I had to teach my grandma how to burn files to CDs. I jokingly said that it doesn't involve literally burning the disks in fire, to which she responded by slapping me and calling me a patronizing brat. FML

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By phantomthelabrat - 31/03/2014 12:24 - United States - Fargo

Today, I was assigned to be the one to teach Grandpa how to use his new smartphone. An hour in, and we're still going over volume controls. FML

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Rude!

By Fred from NY - 22/07/2024 06:00 - United States - Rochester

Today, I was showing my grandma how to use emojis on her new smartphone. After she sent a cute smiley face, she went on to send a string of random emojis, including the eggplant and the peach, to her church group chat. When she found out the meaning those emojis usually have, she tried to ground me, even though I'm 28. FML

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By chickety boom - 02/08/2013 12:41 - United States - Austin

Today, my 70-year-old grandmother held a celebration over officially having divorced my grandfather. FML

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By Anonymous - 27/11/2014 18:51 - United States - Athens

Today, some idiot introduced my grandmother to yoga pants. FML

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jeffprobs 29

Monday 15 August 2016 5:01

Can I rent her to teach my grandma

Magnoxidans 19

Monday 15 August 2016 5:00

CTRL + Schooled.

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Halfass 8

Monday 15 August 2016 5:32

Was it control + shift + N?

heatherrr17 19

Monday 15 August 2016 5:33

I have a great aunt that teaches people how to use computers

oj101 33

Monday 15 August 2016 5:39

My grandad also taught me the same things! Turned out that in the 1980s, you didn't have things like a mouse or icons. It was just the keyboard and lines of text, for word processing and spreadsheets. Using shortcuts really saves time, so it's just an old school method which still applies to today's computers. Sounds like she's a bit of a computer veteran :)

cuz803 44

Monday 15 August 2016 5:46

The older, the wiser

dkane 12

Monday 15 August 2016 5:47

Don't feel to bad OP, keyboard shortcuts are the simplest way to do commands on the computer, it's possible that's the only way she knew how to, I'm curious what the shortcut is because I have a feeling I don't know it too.

Lalala579121 27

Monday 15 August 2016 6:51

That would make OP feel worse for not knowing simple things.

Etweens96 25

Monday 15 August 2016 5:50

Go granny!

joshklander 11

Monday 15 August 2016 5:51

Wel;, if you rely mostly on the mouse, that's not to surprising. As a blind person, using the mouse isn't really an option, so everything I do is via keyboard shortcuts. Needless to say, I know a shit ton of them.

DukeTyler 10

Monday 15 August 2016 5:55

I'm kinda curious as to which short cut it was.

hoosiergirl94 31

Monday 15 August 2016 6:02

Which one?

hoosierholla 17

Monday 15 August 2016 6:05

I hope it was control + f, that thing is amazing.

Miss_Whipped 43

Monday 15 August 2016 6:36

CTRL-S is one of my personal favorites!

Shaky_Spear 11

Monday 15 August 2016 9:38

Never underestimate the power of ⌘ + C and ⌘ + V :D

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