Does anyone else kinda like being tech support for friends and family?
Idk maybe its just me but I like helping them even when it is kinda frustrating. Its satisfying to fix an issue and I like making them happy.
another 30 hour tutorial
Submitted 1 year ago by robocall@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Bluefruit@lemmy.world 1 year ago
BillMurray@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
My fucking sister-in-law… My computer is slow, can you check it out? Later, she accused me of messing something up on her computer since it was still slow.
Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
This is the exact reason I don’t help anybody anymore
Bluefruit@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Aw well that just sucks. Especially since you were helping. :/
Mr_nutter_butter@lemmy.world 1 year ago
When they take my advice yes when it breaks and they go back to the old way which caused issues in the first place mum no
Kalkaline@leminal.space 1 year ago
Which is why you ask grandma for the tutorial first.
SharkEatingBreakfast@sopuli.xyz 1 year ago
I hate working with phones, but I have basic computer knowledge.
My da was flabbergasted and delighted when I installed uBlock Orgin on his computer, because it made his newspaper comic website (and everything else) run much faster.
I also put a shortcut to his downloads right on his desktop and am considered a tech genius. I’ll take what I can get. Lol
Now he asks me whenever he seems to have a computer issue. So whenever I stop over at their home to “take a look” at their computer, there is food waiting for me. Perks! I am a tech genius, after all.
smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
When your grandparent got a cheap Xiaomi and next weeks you would spend teaching where are the buttons to close ads, notifications about Xiaomi products, promotions, suggested content, very useful tips, manual system cleanup reminders, sign in to Google dialogs, sign in to Xiaomi Cloud dialogs, sponsored content on lockscreen, daily lockscreen wallpaper suggestions, system update reminders, weather forecasts and daily step count.
hdnsmbt@lemmy.world 1 year ago
How many variations of this joke do we really need, though?
Waesche@feddit.ch 1 year ago
She only gets a new phone, so you finally have to show up and spend some time with her.
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
You just stroke grandma’s ego and tell her she’s doing great and is easily figuring everything out.
Don’t bother setting things up, don’t change anything, don’t teach her anything.
She’ll just use it as a phone and nothing else.
independantiste@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
From experience, this is rarely the case , they always end up doing something like removing the phone icon or forgetting how to take a picture
RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
You haven’t done this before, have you?
mayonaise_met@feddit.nl 1 year ago
I heard someone someone knew installed Linux on their grandparents laptop. That’s one way to volunteer your time.
Install an OS other family members know.
CurlyMoustache@lemmy.world 1 year ago
MS DOS 👌
AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 1 year ago
My sister and I take turns doing a lot of this, but she volunteered to teach mom Instagram. The consensus opinion is that this counts for two.
vivadanang@lemm.ee 1 year ago
the tech guy keeps grandma’s router and shit up. the rest of the fam can show her how to shitpost on whatever they use.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh god. Someone dug up grandma.
JaymesRS@literature.cafe 1 year ago
an image of a young black man, pointing at a computer screen for another user, who is also black with the caption “In those days caesar augustus decreed that all must return to the town of their birth, That they may provide tech support for their families.”