Is really hard to do over the phone.
Mom called me tonight, which caused me to panic, she NEVER calls. I always call her. (she hates long distance charges). But nope, she just wanted to ask me how to use her steam cleaner. Her and Dad decided to get one, and got the same one as me, since i liked mine so much. Well, Dad has been the designated carpet cleaner, but he was at work, and my niece was on the carpet, and mom just looked at it and went ewwwww. So she hauls out the cleaner, fills the tank with water, and the soap, then just stares at it. So she calls me.
I'm Red, Mom is blue
Honey? How do i get the water tank on there without it falling off?
Make sure the handle pops into the cleaner. Its what holds it on. No, the handle on the tank, not the cleaner. Ok, Got it? That all you need?
No, wait! Is it supposed to leak like that?
Um, probably, its just overfilled, it'll stop when you start it up. That it?
No! Wait! Now what do i do?
Ok, take the cleaner over to the carpet, plug it in. Now, see those switches on the handle? Put it on the setting you want. Got it? Ok, now, if you look at the back of the handle, you'll see a lever. When you push the cleaner forward, squeeze that lever and it'll squirt the water and soap onto the carpet. When you draw it back, release the lever and it'll suck the water out of the carpet. Got it?
Yup! Now i just flick this switch to on now right?
Right.
Loud noise of cleaner coming to life in background.
OK I GOT IT!!! YOU CAN ROLL YOUR EYES AT ME NOW! I'LL CALL BACK IF I HAVE ANYMORE TROUBLE! LOVE YOU!
Hahahah. that sounds like my mom with computers.
She calls me to tell her how to navigate a website....so I have to go onto that website and tell her which things to click. LOL....I still have to do it with facebook sometimes....
Momma to Avalon Grier. <3
Hopeless living, loving and laughing.
We are your typical hard working, punk rock listening,
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OMG, my mom has to ask me how to do EVERYTHING on her computer too. Drives me up the wall. It involves me going Ok, now put this address into your address bar. What's the address bar? Every single time. Gah! She's coming sometime next year, maybe i'll try to teach her how to use a computer when she's here.
Quoting Avabliss:Hahahah. that sounds like my mom with computers.
She calls me to tell her how to navigate a website....so I have to go onto that website and tell her which things to click. LOL....I still have to do it with facebook sometimes....
So sounds like my mom except my conversation would have gone a little more like this:
her: Its still not working
Me: Well try this or do that
Her: bleep bleep stupid bleep
me: hold on. I will be over before you brake the thing.
haha, sounds like what i'd do if we weren't across the country from eachother.
Quoting nurbabe82:So sounds like my mom except my conversation would have gone a little more like this:
her: Its still not working
Me: Well try this or do that
Her: bleep bleep stupid bleep
me: hold on. I will be over before you brake the thing.
Yes!! I still have to explain what 'internet explorer' is everytime!! And I swear she thinks 'Vista' is a type of computer.
hahahaha.
Quoting SandraJo:
OMG, my mom has to ask me how to do EVERYTHING on her computer too. Drives me up the wall. It involves me going Ok, now put this address into your address bar. What's the address bar? Every single time. Gah! She's coming sometime next year, maybe i'll try to teach her how to use a computer when she's here.
Quoting Avabliss:
Hahahah. that sounds like my mom with computers.
She calls me to tell her how to navigate a website....so I have to go onto that website and tell her which things to click. LOL....I still have to do it with facebook sometimes....
Momma to Avalon Grier. <3
Hopeless living, loving and laughing.
We are your typical hard working, punk rock listening,
vergetarian eating, rule breaking, world loving,
art creating, ever changing, always loving family.
OMG!!!! Do we have the same mom???? I ALWAYS Have to explain IE to her. Ok, see the E on your desktop? It's lowercase and blue. Ok, doubleclick it. You know what, i'll just email you the link. (thank goodness Outlook Express hasn't changed much in the last 15 yeas)
Quoting Avabliss:Yes!! I still have to explain what 'internet explorer' is everytime!! And I swear she thinks 'Vista' is a type of computer.
hahahaha.
Quoting SandraJo:
OMG, my mom has to ask me how to do EVERYTHING on her computer too. Drives me up the wall. It involves me going Ok, now put this address into your address bar. What's the address bar? Every single time. Gah! She's coming sometime next year, maybe i'll try to teach her how to use a computer when she's here.
Quoting Avabliss:
Hahahah. that sounds like my mom with computers.
She calls me to tell her how to navigate a website....so I have to go onto that website and tell her which things to click. LOL....I still have to do it with facebook sometimes....
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