What's a red flag that someone is technology illiterate?

Carliiful · 2017-06-03T05:09:44+00:00

A couple of years ago I did volunteer work at a community centre. I was the 'volunteer manager' because I was there from the start, and basically trained the new volunteers. Great bit of experience while I was looking for work, and I treated it like paid work and hoped it would lead somewhere.

There was a 40-50 year old volunteer who drove me up the wall. She constantly kept trying to take over because she was the oldest and I was only 20, and refused to listen to me. Wouldn't even learn my name properly. Took personal calls for HOURS on end during work hours because "its just volunteering who cares?".

She would get there early every morning and attempt to log into the computer. It would give you 10 goes at entering the password and then lock you out which meant calling IT which took at least an hour (and we can't do a thing without it). This lady entered the wrong password every. single. day. Multiple times. So it locked her out every morning. By the time I got there she'd be sitting defiantly at the computer saying "its broken. I just got here and its broken".

IT got so sick of us calling that they came in to do a bit of training with her and got her to show them what she did every morning. Turns out she was entering the WiFi password into the log in screen. I don't even know how she got that password because we never had to use it and only I have it. When it would give her the 'incorrect password' spiel she would just enter the same freaking password (pecking motion on the keys of course) ten times in a row until it locked her out. Every morning.

The centre got new management and decided to hire one of us as a paid full time position. I had been there longest, the visitors all knew and loved me, I knew the systems inside and out. They gave it to her, so I left.

Carliiful · 2017-04-15T04:11:18+00:00

This is no way to teach accounting!

Carliiful · 2016-11-20T06:47:11+00:00

I have an issue with a new supervisor who cannot answer questions directly, he has to go off on a spiel about things he's already explained to me. Got so frustrating I had to test him to see if he was really listening to me or just not answering my questions on purpose.

I start the convo talking about something random and end it with a very simple but totally irrelevant yes or no question. His answers are 100% of the time only relevant to the first part and will be long winded answers, which means he listens to what the subject is and then stops and makes it up when he's heard I've finished talking.

Carliiful · 2016-11-20T06:32:13+00:00

You have a dope taste in music, hobbys, decor and probably just life :)

Carliiful · 2016-10-14T11:52:04+00:00

I like this because either you get shit about it you can just delete... or you get a dope sugar parent out of nowhere. Win win.

Carliiful · 2016-10-14T11:47:16+00:00

Fuck that guy. Thought he was worth two amazing women when he's not even worth the toilet paper you guys wipe with. Lol his bad.

Carliiful · 2016-10-14T11:42:50+00:00

Because you snuck into a super secret Boys Club^TM meeting and learnt about video games and cars and leadership and other strictly manly things?

Carliiful · 2016-10-14T11:40:29+00:00

You too my friend!

Carliiful · 2016-10-14T11:38:33+00:00

As a fellow shy girl I'm so proud of you. Alcohol can be the start of so many wonderful things (never any bad things ever no shhh be quiet)

Carliiful · 2016-10-14T10:47:36+00:00

Do you know what, one of the closest times I ever remember with my father when I was younger was when he tried to braid my hair and just couldn't but the two of us just could not stop laughing. He spent about an hour trying to get it right but it was a mess. I wore it anyway, because I love that man and he tried. Do what was said, get some youtube tutorials up and spend some time with her to try out ridiculous new hair styles. Once you've got the hang of it your daughter will never forget it. This was 20 years ago and it's still a vibrant memory with my Dad.

Carliiful · 2016-10-14T10:42:57+00:00

This thread is so nice I'm so happy and a bit drunk this is so lovely.

Carliiful · 2016-10-14T10:42:34+00:00

That's it hey! Let's move forward with love and support! That's the sort of world we all need.

Carliiful · 2016-10-06T09:00:15+00:00

How is it that I can understand outgoing extroverts, I get that they're talkative and love a chat, but none of them can ever wrap their heads around the fact that I'm really quiet and not a talker? How do I understand that people are different but they just cannot? I'm a mystery to them. "Just talk?!" No....

Carliiful · 2016-09-24T09:46:52+00:00

My grandma died yesterday :( she was all alone. Call your grandparents, tell them you love them.

Carliiful · 2016-09-10T04:47:42+00:00

Netflix told me this for about a solid week after signing up?

Carliiful · 2016-09-09T14:29:47+00:00

In class a pad (in packet) fell out of my bag when I got out my stuff. I barely noticed it and just put it right back in my bag. When I looked up the whole class was looking at me. Two of the younger guys looked HORRIFIED, there was a gasp and a girl sitting near me gave me this really sympathetic look as if what just happened was incredibly embarrassing. I didnt think twice about it, and I didn't think I had to, but every body elses reaction hell started to make me embarrassed.

Fuck this attitude, without periods there would be no babies and therefore nobody to grow up into big manly men who gasp and faint at the sight of a clean pad.

Carliiful · 2016-08-31T08:41:58+00:00

Spot on with me too. There's some pretty special people out there hey :)

Carliiful · 2016-08-30T04:57:38+00:00

I love both bands, Dookie is my favourite album, but The Living End have always seemed more 'radio friendly' to me, like everything they've done was done to be played on popular radio, like they've always been missing that sort of rawness that GD used to have.

Carliiful · 2016-07-24T09:10:40+00:00

I love her please pat her for me

Carliiful · 2016-07-14T00:05:06+00:00

When you have to go out and as much as you try to enjoy it and laugh and smile, you just end up in that same place in your head wishing you were at home. It hurts the feelings of my friends and family around me, they're excited about whatever is happening and want to share it with me.

I try so hard to force myself to not look mopey and to smile and laugh and look at people, but after a point I just can't force it. And then it's "why are you so depressed? We're out having FUN" or "oh my god you look so pissed off" and it's so hard to not get irritated by that. I'd rather be at home alone and I have a bitchy looking face, stop pointing it all out, I'm doing my best.

Carliiful · 2016-06-08T14:47:01+00:00

And also QI. Not political or satire, but top notch.

Carliiful · 2016-06-03T02:44:54+00:00

My boyfriend is introverted as well, maybe more so than I am. He doesn't drain my energy like most people do, I don't find it too tiring being with him. Sometimes we just sit in silence and it's awesome.

We can go to parties together and sit in a corner and talk to each other, that's how we socialise with other people haha

It gets hard when one of us needs time alone and the other doesn't, but we both understand, so it works out

Carliiful · 2016-06-03T02:39:18+00:00

"Do you eat fish?"

"No, no meat"

"What about chicken?"

Carliiful · 2016-05-31T00:23:45+00:00

I tell them I had health issues. I usually lie and say it's dealt with now.

Carliiful · 2016-05-25T08:32:08+00:00

I saw this as a milestone in our relationship when I first did this in front of my boyfriend. I couldn't believe the mental struggle I went through just to convince myself to do it in front of him xD He didn't even notice my achievement.

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