# Need to rant re: mom **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 10, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863 "2009-02-10T21:04:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FearBefore128](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fearbefore128/32/5115_2.png) [@FearBefore128](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FearBefore128)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/21 "2009-02-11T06:44:12Z")
> [@evolve](#): > > lol I can relate. my dad, god bless him, easily one of the smartest guys I know, heads up this local chapter of engineers, works with SEM’s and related fancy computer equipment all day… basically has an understanding of technology far above the standard person. > > cant figure out his basic free cell phone to save his life. lol. hahaha my dad is pretty good with technology thankfully, the man builds military radios for a living so it’d be a little ridiculous if he couldn’t work a phone, though he’s one of those dad’s that tries to text and is convinced anyone younger than himself spks liek ths lols!!!1111!!1!!! and therefore tries to emulate it… for example, I punch out something like this on my palm… “Alright, I’ll swing by the house later and pick it up.” the response… “K c u thn, luv u, -Dad” :picard: ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/22 "2009-02-11T06:49:49Z")
> [@Paulo](#): > > My grandma had a spin dial phone until this past Christmas. I know how you feel. Ok true story: My **dad** called me on his cell phone super pissed off because his rotary dial phone stopped working after they installed their new digital phone service. What was this call for? Did he want me to fix the phone somehow? No not that. Did he want me to call the company and get something worked out? Nope Did he just want to bitch? Nope… He found the same phone with push buttons on ebay and wanted me to buy it for him! LoL :lol: When I lived at home I purchased a wireless phone. It lasted until I moved out and my sister dropped it in the pool. Ever phone in my parents house is corded. I don’t even have a phone in my apartment. 😛 > [@BillysRevenge](#): > > My gf’s grandma does not pump her own gas she will go out of her way to find a full serve gas station…because she doesn’t know how to pump gas…seriously. Umm I know a girl that is ~22 that can’t pump her own gas. Great girl but really weird in that way. ---
**Author:** ![Bassdegrime](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bassdegrime/32/5027_2.png) [@Bassdegrime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bassdegrime)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 7:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/23 "2009-02-11T07:17:52Z")
Just think we can inflict this pain on people 20 years from now. “Gosh darn it, I can’t figure out how to set the clock on my 3D Holocard Player” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/24 "2009-02-11T07:18:57Z")
Just think we can inflict this pain on people 20 years from now. “Gosh darn it, I can’t figure out how to set the clock on my 3D Holocard Player” ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/25 "2009-02-11T07:20:54Z")
> [@ultradriver10000](#): > > Umm I know a girl that is ~22 that can’t pump her own gas. Great girl but really weird in that way. I know a girl that is 25 that basically refuses to pump her own gas. ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 7:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/26 "2009-02-11T07:20:54Z")
(08:51:59 AM) **chino:** hey can you help me with something real quick (08:54:38 AM) **Daddie:** what’s up (09:29:20 AM) **chino:** im trying to transfer money to my online savings account (09:29:22 AM) **chino:** at hsbc (09:29:26 AM) **chino:** and its not working (09:39:25 AM) **Daddie:** hrm (09:39:27 AM) **Daddie:** ok (10:07:23 AM) **chino:** ok so im going to [hsbcbanking.com](http://hsbcbanking.com) (10:07:29 AM) **chino:** and it says (10:07:33 AM) **chino:** page cannot be displayed (10:07:37 AM) **chino:** check my internet connection (10:07:41 AM) **chino:** what does that mean (10:08:12 AM) **Daddie:** uh (10:08:16 AM) **Daddie:** that’s not the right site (10:08:18 AM) **Daddie:** [www.hsbc.com](http://www.hsbc.com/) (10:08:22 AM) **chino:** oooh (10:08:29 AM) **Daddie:** you jackass (10:08:41 AM) **Daddie:** who are you, my mom? (10:08:51 AM) **chino:** hahahah (10:08:59 AM) **chino:** wow you were awfully slow on the pickup ---
**Author:** ![93dx\_hatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/9/90ced4/32.png) [@93dx\_hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/93dx_hatch)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 7:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/27 "2009-02-11T07:26:20Z")
^LOL ---
**Author:** ![GTRGurl](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gtrgurl/32/5347_2.png) [@GTRGurl](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GTRGurl)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 7:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/28 "2009-02-11T07:48:08Z")
I train hotel staff on our software and I have come across some interesting people. Most people in hotels learn what they need to on computer systems - usually ancient old DOS based systems. They don’t learn how it works or why they do something, just which buttons to push to do what. Therefore when they get to our system (Windows based) they freak out. Most of the time it’s the mouse. I had one lady who practically had a coronary because she pulled the mouse to the end of the table and needed to scroll down more on the screen and couldn’t figure out how to do it. Also you run into a ton of “hunt and peck” people. Takes them 5 minutes to type their name. ---
**Author:** ![FearBefore128](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fearbefore128/32/5115_2.png) [@FearBefore128](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FearBefore128)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/29 "2009-02-11T08:36:54Z")
lol i actually never learned how to legit type and technically hunt and peck but its gotten to the point where my mind subconsciously memorized the whole keyboard and my fingers just drift to the right letters even though I don’t know i’m doing it, I somehow can type with two fingers as fast as most people can with ten fingers…I blame internet forums…except for the R key…I blame HL2 for that one ---
**Author:** ![Gus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gus/32/5112_2.png) [@Gus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gus)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/30 "2009-02-11T09:56:06Z")
> [@chino](#): > > (08:51:59 AM) **chino:** hey can you help me with something real quick > (08:54:38 AM) **Daddie:** what’s up > (09:29:20 AM) **chino:** im trying to transfer money to my online savings account > (09:29:22 AM) **chino:** at hsbc > (09:29:26 AM) **chino:** and its not working > (09:39:25 AM) **Daddie:** hrm > (09:39:27 AM) **Daddie:** ok > (10:07:23 AM) **chino:** ok so im going to [hsbcbanking.com](http://hsbcbanking.com) > (10:07:29 AM) **chino:** and it says > (10:07:33 AM) **chino:** page cannot be displayed > (10:07:37 AM) **chino:** check my internet connection > (10:07:41 AM) **chino:** what does that mean > (10:08:12 AM) **Daddie:** uh > (10:08:16 AM) **Daddie:** that’s not the right site > (10:08:18 AM) **Daddie:** [www.hsbc.com](http://www.hsbc.com/) > (10:08:22 AM) **chino:** oooh > (10:08:29 AM) **Daddie:** you jackass > (10:08:41 AM) **Daddie:** who are you, my mom? > (10:08:51 AM) **chino:** hahahah > (10:08:59 AM) **chino:** wow you were awfully slow on the pickup :picard: hahaha My mom is a network admin for Kaleida, and sometimes I’m not sure how she got the job. :eekdance: ---
**Author:** ![pirite](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pirite/32/5308_2.png) [@pirite](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/pirite)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/31 "2009-02-11T10:12:01Z")
my mom asks me something about her computer at least twice a day. and normally its the exact same question she asked the day before. :picard: ---
**Author:** ![PsngrSeatsR4Boys](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/psngrseatsr4boys/32/3078_2.png) [@PsngrSeatsR4Boys](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PsngrSeatsR4Boys)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 10:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/32 "2009-02-11T10:42:44Z")
thats rough. my grandma gets super bent whenever her internet is down, she uses it for everything. ---
**Author:** ![Spam16v](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spam16v/32/5287_2.png) [@Spam16v](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Spam16v)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 10:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/33 "2009-02-11T10:50:43Z")
i get frustrated when my mom bitches b/c she wants to bitch, not b/c she wants an answer or some sort of resolution… that’s my only issue. mom i know you’re old, but you’re turning into your mother. _cue pin drop_ do you want the answer to your problem, or do you just want to bitch about it? k, love you, bye. ---
**Author:** ![Silver](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/silver/32/4953_2.png) [@Silver](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Silver)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/34 "2009-02-11T11:48:24Z")
> [@GTRGurl](#): > > Most of the time it’s the mouse. I had one lady who practically had a coronary because she pulled the mouse to the end of the table and needed to scroll down more on the screen and couldn’t figure out how to do it. Hardest I’ve laughed all today, thanks! My grandmother one time was trying to sign up for youtube so she could post videos that she took using her new little flip camcorder. She gets all mad when I try to sign up for her, saying she can do it herself. Fine. Like 20 minutes later her credit card company calls and this is how we found out she not only managed to navigate to a porn site instead of youtube, but she also managed to registered for their porn in your email service for 12 months. Credit card company obviously thought it was fishy. Worst part was we couldn’t even laugh about it because she was so pissed off at the time. We had to go outside because we were literally all turning red from not laughing at her. ---
**Author:** ![dmoffitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dmoffitt/32/7455_2.png) [@dmoffitt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dmoffitt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 12:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/35 "2009-02-11T12:43:45Z")
lol @ chino ---
**Author:** ![dmoffitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dmoffitt/32/7455_2.png) [@dmoffitt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dmoffitt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/36 "2009-02-11T12:44:39Z")
> [@Silver](#): > > Worst part was we couldn’t even laugh about it because she was so pissed off at the time. We had to go outside because we were literally all turning red from not laughing at her. The best part was that _I_ could laugh as much as I wanted :fry: ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/37 "2009-02-11T12:47:19Z")
I hate how if anything goes wrong with peoples computers it’s always, “My computer crashed”. ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/38 "2009-02-11T12:49:33Z")
had a guy today that said his computer flipped. when i asked him to elaborate he said that the computer actually turned sideways… so i told him to turn it back the way it was, he said he was going to do that but the monitor wouldn’t stay that way. sooooooooooo i go over to the guys office and he somehow set the video card to rotate the display 90 degrees… lol, i told him to use his mouse sideways and it will work fine. he didn’t seem to like that solution so eventually i set it back for him. ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/39 "2009-02-11T13:04:14Z")
I love doing that to people. Flip their screen and reverse their mouse. ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863/40 "2009-02-11T13:08:03Z")
Uhghh… My mom + dad = technological knowledge of a 2nd grader in this day and age. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/need-to-rant-re-mom/62863.md?page=3)