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(Tutor | California, USA)

(Our college has students of all ages in attendance. Sometimes, the older ones need a little more guidance with using technology. Today, an older gentleman approaches my help desk brandishing several handwritten sheets of lined paper.)

Student: “My teacher says I need to type this.”

Me: “Okay! Well, I think the best program is Word. Just double-click on that blue “W” right there.”

(The student pokes the monitor’s screen with his index finger.)

Me: “Ah, well, actually, we don’t have touchscreens. You have to use the mouse. See?”

(I gesture to the mouse.)

Student: “Oh, okay.”

(He picks up mouse, places it on the monitor screen and clicks. The he looks at me expectantly.)

Me: “Er, well, you have to use it on the mouse pad.”

(I take the mouse and put it back on the mouse pad. Then I show him that when moving the mouse, the cursor on the screen moves.)

Student: “It’s not working very well. Maybe you guys didn’t feed it enough.”


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Wintermute[personal profile] iamwintermute on November 1st, 2011 09:54 pm (UTC)
*sporfle* *facepalms* I have not the words....
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[identity profile] morganslady.livejournal.com on November 2nd, 2011 01:06 am (UTC)
At least he had a sense of humor.. Feed that mouse:)
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[identity profile] lin71.livejournal.com on November 2nd, 2011 05:26 am (UTC)
Hahaha, reminds me of an older volunteer we have working at the company I work for that asked for help when he'd reached the side of his mouse pad with his mouse and his arrow hadn't reached its goal on screen yet. He had no idea how to solve that one, lol.

Feed that mouse, LMAO!!
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[identity profile] always-angel.livejournal.com on November 2nd, 2011 07:50 am (UTC)
*Giggle snort* that's hilarious.
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