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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Pure evil

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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Hacker

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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Nearly there

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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angrykid11 6

Monday 15 August 2016 6:07

shes been around computers longer than you....

ruudseriesx 25

Monday 15 August 2016 6:30

At least she's not calling you every other day trying to figure out one thing or another and you walk her through the process just to have to tell her again next week.

Odin1624 12

Monday 15 August 2016 6:37

Mad respect considering I can barely copy and paste, ctrl+v ? ???

Lalala579121 27

Monday 15 August 2016 6:55

v is paste, c is copy, x is cut.

Mpii 11

Monday 15 August 2016 9:36

We desperately need a "so what" button on here. Between posts of desperate people who camt afford a service dog and people who got dumped over accidents, this post seems really insignificant.

Bibliovore 26

Monday 15 August 2016 15:02

YDI for thinking this is a FYL situation. It's terrific that your grandmother has some computer chops!

stardude89 5

Monday 15 August 2016 18:12

Jesus Christ it's Jason Bourne.

PrimalSeptimus 2

Monday 15 August 2016 23:30

My grandma worked as a paralegal and has a typing speed of like 200 wpm. Being old doesn't make a person stupid.

Core5555 9

Tuesday 16 August 2016 3:07

My 74yo mother knows basic html, runs her own website, blog, twitter, and FB pages. She also has far more followers than I'll ever have.

Alucard205 13

Tuesday 16 August 2016 4:01

CTRL Shift N

joshklander 11

Wednesday 17 August 2016 2:28

alt control delete

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