An Iconic Example Of “Ignoring & Inattentive”
My father’s ancient bar phone finally died; the battery won’t hold a charge. For some reason, he decided to buy a smartphone — without consulting me, the person who is expected to fix all things he deems IT-related.
Dad: “[My Name], can you come give me a hand with my new phone?”
Me: “What new phone?”
Dad: “The new phone I bought yesterday.”
He proudly shows off said device.
I decide to skip telling him off for buying it without asking me because he’s never listened before — why would he start now?
Me: “Ooookay. What’s up with it?”
Dad: “I just downloaded an app, and now I can’t find it. I’ve tried everything!“
The phone is thrust into my hands. I stare at an Android system far newer than anything I’ve encountered.
My Internal Monologue: “I have no f****** idea how this works. And I can’t see what’s on the screen very well because I’m colourblind, and the background image is making things hard to read. But I don’t think I can break anything unless I really try. I guess I’ll just start in one corner and randomly press buttons until I figure it out.”
I click on the first icon. Lo and behold, there’s the app!
Dad: *Watching over my shoulder* “How did you do that? I clicked on everything, and it didn’t do that for me!”
Me: *While adding the app to his home screen* “Clearly, you didn’t try everything, or you would have found the app. Was there anything else?”
Dad: “No. Thanks for fixing that.”
Tech-wizard image preserved.