OK, I now have my new way to amuse myself, NO not like you are thinking...
I walk into my local Verizon store, difficult well really very difficult for me to do. I have prepared myself for this day for over a week, yeah really! I have finally figured out that it is not that people do not like me, they do not like how I try and communicate with them. Reply to a hand written letter, answer their phone or an email no way, if you ain't textin, I ain't listenin...
I have the shakes, nervous as all get out but I have to be strong... I am scared shitless of technology and my lack of understanding, no wait it's my lack of desire to have more of this useless crap in my life.
I have the shakes, nervous as all get out but I have to be strong... I am scared shitless of technology and my lack of understanding, no wait it's my lack of desire to have more of this useless crap in my life.
Thoreau did just fine on Walden.
As I come up to the counter I see a young 20ish woman very ready to try and assist me. Smiling face, "how are you today", a very pleasant professional greeting. I look at her replying "just fine thank you, how are you?" as I set my trusty dilapidated flip phone on the counter, asking if I can look at their "basic phones" or flip phones.
Dang if that smile didn't disappeared in a hurry, though I will give her credit she jumped right in, probably thinking who is this fossil...
Trying to impress her with my technical knowledge I ask if she can demonstrate how to text using the T9 feature on a flip phone.
The blank stare.
She says; "yes you can text from your phone or the two we have in stock".
I then try again with my superior knowledge; "I know I can text from my phone but it does not have the T9 feature, you know where you start pushing the buttons and it recognizes common words and auto fills".
Blank stare, again...
OK I am trying to be patient with someone that does not have the superior knowledge of technology that I have. I then whip out my trusty flip phone and show her, on this phone you have to push the #2 three times to get to the letter C.
The blank stare, and now the dreaded I lost them frown is starting to show.
Again I try and communicate with this alien behind the counter and tell her I would like to try one of the phones that has the T9 technology to see if a feeble minded idiot like me can use it properly...
That silly blank stare.
Got to give her credit, good out, as she said; "I'm sorry the two phones we have in stock, we can not demonstrate on, you would have to buy it to turn it on...
Out of respect I let her win and thanked her and walked away.
Though I am only going to stalk the next 20ish sales person, carefully, maybe a guy this time and see if they can grasp my superior technological knowledge so I can join the 21st century...
As I come up to the counter I see a young 20ish woman very ready to try and assist me. Smiling face, "how are you today", a very pleasant professional greeting. I look at her replying "just fine thank you, how are you?" as I set my trusty dilapidated flip phone on the counter, asking if I can look at their "basic phones" or flip phones.
Dang if that smile didn't disappeared in a hurry, though I will give her credit she jumped right in, probably thinking who is this fossil...
Trying to impress her with my technical knowledge I ask if she can demonstrate how to text using the T9 feature on a flip phone.
The blank stare.
She says; "yes you can text from your phone or the two we have in stock".
I then try again with my superior knowledge; "I know I can text from my phone but it does not have the T9 feature, you know where you start pushing the buttons and it recognizes common words and auto fills".
Blank stare, again...
OK I am trying to be patient with someone that does not have the superior knowledge of technology that I have. I then whip out my trusty flip phone and show her, on this phone you have to push the #2 three times to get to the letter C.
The blank stare, and now the dreaded I lost them frown is starting to show.
Again I try and communicate with this alien behind the counter and tell her I would like to try one of the phones that has the T9 technology to see if a feeble minded idiot like me can use it properly...
That silly blank stare.
Got to give her credit, good out, as she said; "I'm sorry the two phones we have in stock, we can not demonstrate on, you would have to buy it to turn it on...
Out of respect I let her win and thanked her and walked away.
Though I am only going to stalk the next 20ish sales person, carefully, maybe a guy this time and see if they can grasp my superior technological knowledge so I can join the 21st century...
"Ma please tell, yes tell me Ma do you text, say it ain't so, you're my last hope...
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