These are the kind of relatively trivial problems I had to deal with every day for twenty years of IT support. Things are worse today.
1. Printers used to only send one error message “Out of Paper”. Now they send notifications to your screen when all you did was turn it on.
2. My cell phone has expensive wireless earbuds that, unknown to me, distorted my voice for six months. I finally qualified for replacements which were lost in shipping.
3. I use my computer as my entertainment system. It sits across the room. Whenever I close iTunes (which I NEVER use to play DVDs) it ejects the disc. I have to walk across the room because iTunes thinks this is a feature.
4. Laptop batteries can be refilled by an mail order service cheaper than buying a new one.
5. My camera has over a hundred functions and only a ten-page manual, which is not enough. My other camera has over a hundred functions and a completely different menu structure and feature set.
6. “Universal” remotes were never really universal. You have to keep the original remotes in order to program some of the features, when the “universal” remote dies.
7. PDAs had only a niche usefulness and went obsolete quickly.
After dealing with all these problems for so long, I thought my life would be simpler when I retired. However, my phone assistant is buggy, all the apps are starting to say my “last generation” iPod Touch is obsolete, I have to turn off my tablet or it responds when I talk to my phone, my professional-photographer-standard monitors don’t have remote controls, it took a year to figure out the best telephoto stabilization setting for my camera …
And today: the “smart” assistant, which eavesdrops on your every word, sells all your personal data, and provides a convenient access point for hackers to get at every other device you own.
Purple People Eater 8 months ago
1.6 million pixels? Cathy is showing her age.
a sage 8 months ago
I could program my VCR. My Samsung phone? Not so much.
a sage 8 months ago
I could program my VCR. My Samsung phone? Not so much.
ddl297 8 months ago
Cathys across the nation, “I must HAVE this!” “I can’t WORK this!” “Now, I must have THIS!”
O-Kay 8 months ago
That flip phone is so darned CUTE!
jbarnes 8 months ago
She could get the laptop battery replaced and the paper jam cleared. As for the rest of them…give up already, and stop buying more.
mistercatworks 8 months ago
These are the kind of relatively trivial problems I had to deal with every day for twenty years of IT support. Things are worse today.
1. Printers used to only send one error message “Out of Paper”. Now they send notifications to your screen when all you did was turn it on.
2. My cell phone has expensive wireless earbuds that, unknown to me, distorted my voice for six months. I finally qualified for replacements which were lost in shipping.
3. I use my computer as my entertainment system. It sits across the room. Whenever I close iTunes (which I NEVER use to play DVDs) it ejects the disc. I have to walk across the room because iTunes thinks this is a feature.
4. Laptop batteries can be refilled by an mail order service cheaper than buying a new one.
5. My camera has over a hundred functions and only a ten-page manual, which is not enough. My other camera has over a hundred functions and a completely different menu structure and feature set.
6. “Universal” remotes were never really universal. You have to keep the original remotes in order to program some of the features, when the “universal” remote dies.
7. PDAs had only a niche usefulness and went obsolete quickly.
After dealing with all these problems for so long, I thought my life would be simpler when I retired. However, my phone assistant is buggy, all the apps are starting to say my “last generation” iPod Touch is obsolete, I have to turn off my tablet or it responds when I talk to my phone, my professional-photographer-standard monitors don’t have remote controls, it took a year to figure out the best telephoto stabilization setting for my camera …
rgcviper 8 months ago
When electronics work? They’re great.
When they don’t? I’ll second the ICK of comic Cathy, and add an AACK for good measure.
HI, MOM. Happy Sunday, Clan.
hendelca Premium Member 8 months ago
This is so real! Someday I will have to gather up all the defunct devices in my electronics graveyard and take them to the recycling station.
Enjoy this fine Sunday.
Lola85 Premium Member 8 months ago
Boy, this is an old one.
LOLBeth 8 months ago
And today: the “smart” assistant, which eavesdrops on your every word, sells all your personal data, and provides a convenient access point for hackers to get at every other device you own.