http://goes-kaboom.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] goes-kaboom.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] techrecovery2008-08-13 12:16 pm

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It may be just me, but does anyone else get really really sick of customers trying to be cute and excusing the fact they're just not listening to your directions and clicking on/disabling things at fucking random by saying "I'm computer illiterate" (or the charming equivalent, "I'm computer retarded")?

Jesus, I know, that's why you're calling us. Now stop talking over me, listen to my directions, and STOP CLICKING THINGS UNLESS I TELL YOU OTHERWISE. And it's always left click unless I tell you. Yes, ALWAYS. Argh.

[identity profile] kenbrody.livejournal.com 2008-08-14 03:40 pm (UTC)(link)
When my eldest was about 4, I set up an "Alex folder" on his desktop and moved the icons for his games into it, rather than cluttering up the desktop. When I came back a little while later, I found that he had created several other folders on his desktop for his friends, and moved things into them on his own.

My youngest, coincidentally also age 4, has recently figured out, on his own, how to download wallpaper from his favorite sites (like Club Penguin and Webkinz) and use the control panel to pick the one he wants.

People use the "I'm computer illiterate" line as an excuse for "I'm too lazy to do it, can't you do it for me".

[identity profile] the-s-guy.livejournal.com 2008-08-15 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
I wish I had been on the ball enough the last time I heard "computer illiterate" to answer "Then this can be a learning opportunity!".