Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:28 am
Every year my company has an annual meeting where everyone comes into town. During this year's meetings I'm planning on holding a roundtable at a local restaurant with select people to discuss technology in their jobs.
We also have this administrative assistant who is...technologically retarded. Throughout the years I've worked there, the stories of her incompetence with all technology related items are numerous. And it doesn't end with her. Her family is also technologically stupid.
The father of her child, 3 years ago, saw the "touch anywhere" message from a certain DVD maker and walked up to the TV trying to touch the screen.
Her son bought his mom what he thought was an MP3 player, but it turned out to be headphones and a holder or something (he's going to be an engineer...). The mom brought it in to us to ask why it wasn't playing.
It goes on, but on Friday she came to talk to me about my round table meeting and said we should hold it at the local community college. I said no because we want good food and a casual atmosphere, and a classroom isn't that.
Well, she also wrote an email about it to her boss. I don't remember if it was prior to us talking or after, but I'm 90% it was prior, so no ill will there. Anyway, she says something along the lines of:
"we should hold it in their classrooms so we have computers to use. They can provide beverages and food. Also, they have WI 5, which is great if we're going to discuss social networking sites."
Her boss forwards me the email, and I thought, "What is WI 5?" That was followed a second later by, "Holy shit..."
We also have this administrative assistant who is...technologically retarded. Throughout the years I've worked there, the stories of her incompetence with all technology related items are numerous. And it doesn't end with her. Her family is also technologically stupid.
The father of her child, 3 years ago, saw the "touch anywhere" message from a certain DVD maker and walked up to the TV trying to touch the screen.
Her son bought his mom what he thought was an MP3 player, but it turned out to be headphones and a holder or something (he's going to be an engineer...). The mom brought it in to us to ask why it wasn't playing.
It goes on, but on Friday she came to talk to me about my round table meeting and said we should hold it at the local community college. I said no because we want good food and a casual atmosphere, and a classroom isn't that.
Well, she also wrote an email about it to her boss. I don't remember if it was prior to us talking or after, but I'm 90% it was prior, so no ill will there. Anyway, she says something along the lines of:
"we should hold it in their classrooms so we have computers to use. They can provide beverages and food. Also, they have WI 5, which is great if we're going to discuss social networking sites."
Her boss forwards me the email, and I thought, "What is WI 5?" That was followed a second later by, "Holy shit..."
