Technology and old people

I’d like to call this the most amusing mix ever. I truly can’t help myself but laugh and smile when I see my grandmother sitting in front of her laptop, trying to find the right buttons on the keyboard. Now I’m not an evil person who laughs at others because they can’t figure out how to use the modern technology. I just happen to think it’s a bit entertaining. The other day I was at my grandmother’s place because we were going to the cinema later that afternoon. She told me that she needed some help with a mail she got from a friend of hers who lives in Canada. My grandmother doesn’t speak English so I had to translate it for. Or so I thought because I often do that but this time it was a “send-this-mail-to-all-your-friends”-kinda mail. It was wisdom words and some of the ugliest glittering butterfly giffs I’ve ever seen. After my grandmother had tweeted about how pretty it was I tried to convince her that she could send the mail to others without it disappearing from her own inbox. I’m not sure if I succeed however I found it rather amusing that she tried to sound like she knew more than I did about this mail-thingy even though she was asking for my help. Another example would once again be my grandmother. Recently we all had to set the clock because it’s summertime and my grandmother couldn’t figure out how to do it on her mobile. She got a Nokia (the very best!) so it took me less than 2 seconds to set the clock. Well my grandmother didn’t quite understand it. “Where did you find it? How did you do it?” she kept repeating and she would not realize that she simply had overlooked the huge picture on the screen which said “Calendar and time”. Plus the picture was a huge clock… Anyway what I think I’m trying to say is that I find it amusing to help and watch older people trying to understand and make technology work - but it isn’t their fault, modern technology can be such a pain, even I can’t follow up. But on the other hand technology hates me…