"I believe I've come very far in dealing with high tech - computers,
cell phones, texting, iPad, Kindle"
Sometimes though, it's the little things. I loaned her a food processor at Thanksgiving, and gave her a cursory lesson in how to use it. I figured that was all she needed. Like I said, she's pretty damn smart.
This morning, I got a call from her, and she was frustrated with the fact that the food processor was not working. It was all together, but when she hit the on button, nothing happened. I tried for a few minutes to talk her through troubleshooting it, but to no avail. I was about to give up when I remembered that she has an iPad, and she knows how to do FaceTime, and that would let me look at the thing and maybe figure out what was wrong.
Right away, I could see what the issue was. The bowl was mounted on the base 180 degrees from where it should be, thus rendering the machine inoperable. As soon as I saw it, I started to laugh. It's an easy mistake to make, and thankfully, one that was easily fixed. My mom was laughing too, at her inability to figure out a simple technology. I was maybe laughing a little too hard. Why?
Let's remember who taught her to use this food processor. Let's also throw in the fact that I did not give her any user manual or documentation for this thing. I train and teach for a living. This was all my fault.
I'm just happy that she was laughing with me.
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