10-20-2015, 03:56 PM
In some fit of madness led by my father complaining, I got him a new cel phone. It's always a dicey proposition getting the oldy oldsters new technology since if you screw something up, you never here the end of it. (On the flip side, I saw a note on Facebook that said "Stop complaining when you help me with the computer, I had to show you how to use a spoon")
So, I wade in. I'm running the boost mobile website form. My father walks in just when I learn that they won't transfer my father's old number to the new phone. I blame ATT for being dicks about sharing. Well, I think I'm done. My father won't want to go through the hassle of telling people he has a new number. He wants the simple solution. He keeps asking if he can just swap out his SIM card to make that happen. Yeah, no.
At this point, I'm packing up the new phone and preparing to ship it back. That would be the easiest. Nope, my father wants to go through the with the upgrade. I've made the rookie mistake of relinquishing the computer chair. Now he as the controls and it's not good. I try to explain that it would be much faster if he just let me finish, but again, no.
I stand behind him pointing out the buttons he should push and the forms to fill out. We get to the point finally that the activation screen comes on. We get the message it will take a couple of minutes. After thirty seconds my father says it is taking to long. Several minutes later the screen times out. It gives a code to write down and come back later to find out about the activation. I'm getting ready to write it down, when the screen goes back to the main start screen. My father says he did nothing, but his hand was on the mouse at the time.
So, starting the process over as soon as he gets out of the chair.
So, I wade in. I'm running the boost mobile website form. My father walks in just when I learn that they won't transfer my father's old number to the new phone. I blame ATT for being dicks about sharing. Well, I think I'm done. My father won't want to go through the hassle of telling people he has a new number. He wants the simple solution. He keeps asking if he can just swap out his SIM card to make that happen. Yeah, no.
At this point, I'm packing up the new phone and preparing to ship it back. That would be the easiest. Nope, my father wants to go through the with the upgrade. I've made the rookie mistake of relinquishing the computer chair. Now he as the controls and it's not good. I try to explain that it would be much faster if he just let me finish, but again, no.
I stand behind him pointing out the buttons he should push and the forms to fill out. We get to the point finally that the activation screen comes on. We get the message it will take a couple of minutes. After thirty seconds my father says it is taking to long. Several minutes later the screen times out. It gives a code to write down and come back later to find out about the activation. I'm getting ready to write it down, when the screen goes back to the main start screen. My father says he did nothing, but his hand was on the mouse at the time.
So, starting the process over as soon as he gets out of the chair.
So much for the flickr badge idea. Dammit