Clueless parents?

[Music Lover]

Well my mum just now was like, "Jere! The DVD player is running but the picture isn't coming onto the TV!"

What did I do? I just went and pressed the "Power" button....:rolleyes:

Feel free to share your stories!

[pkid]

Ok. So my dad just got the new iPhone 3g S. and this was the first time he has ever gotten a phone like this. So when someone called him he didn't know how to answer it and I just did it for him

[JackOfClubs]

A couple of days ago my parents rented Gran Torino. Of course I had to show them how to----1. turn on the BluRay Player. 2. Put in the disc. 3. Put the TV on the right input. 4. Show them all the buttons on the remote. 5. At the end of the movie my dad says, "Which machine is the DVD in???" Theres 1 cable box and 1 BluRay player. NOT THAT HARD TO FIGURE OUT. At least my Dad can figure out his laptop, unlike my Mom with our computer.......

[Donkey]

Daddy isn't too hopeless when it comes to computers,

but as for gaming...

well sometimes he has a go.

[Commander Thor]

First time we watched a DVD, my mom asked how to rewind it. :p

[Viral Death]

My dad was playing some wrestling game he bought and he kept getting pissed because he would lose and it really pissed him off when I won one match and he threw a paddle at the wall and yanked the PS2 and threw it in the street

[Sugaree]

Oh my God, I have a good one. So early last year, we moved the computer down to the basement and for a few days the internet connection was great. She woke up early one morning to check her Yahoo e-mail account and I was woken up by a deafening scream, in fact, the entire nieghborhood heard it. I hurry downstairs and she's crying. I asked her, "What's wrong? What happened"? believing that it was a general emergency. Through all her sobs and chokes she told me, "I can't get on the internet!".

Another time is when we went on a family trip down to Lexington near Christmas last year to see some of the lights at the horse park. I decided to bring my iPod Nano along to play some games on it and listen to music. I went into the hotel lobby to get some ice and drinks from the machines and when I come back, my mom had one of the most pissed off looks on her face, and she had my iPod in her hand. I thought, "Well, this is going to be good". I asked her why she was angry and she said, "Who the hell is 'Klondike' and 'iQuiz'?" Now, as anyone who owns a Nano 3rd generation knows that it comes preloaded with three games. I mostly play "Klondike" and "iQuiz". I just burst out laughing because I couldn't hold it all in. She actually thought that "Klondike" and "iQuiz" were people I met over VT! She still hates me for that, even though I explained to her what they were.

She's also taken my iPod on numerous occasions. So I had left my iPod sitting on the table in the kitchen a few weeks ago and I went to find it gone. I immediately asked mom where it was and told me that she had it. So I asked her to give it back to me and she didn't. I told her to just hand it to me and that I wasn't mad at her. She took out of her pocket my iPod, which now had a nice big scratch and fingerprints all over the screen. I asked her how they got there and she said, "I thought it was a touch-screen iPhone." So, once again, I had to explain to her what it was and how to control it. Now, I keep my iPod and all other electronic valubles in my room, locked in a safe.

[Sunshine Girl]

lolz
My mom decided she wanted a facebook.
but then started yelling cause she didnt know how to add a profile picture.
i had to teach her.

Then my dad with texting.
(:

[ShatteredWings]

"I cant log into my (admin) account, Did you download anything!?"
"Yes, msn"
"UNINSTALL IT"
*requires admin password* i enter it
"Mom, your password is fine.... you just can't type"


"How do i make a username on myspace?!?"
"Can you make me a facebook?"

[AutumnDae]

Scene: Playing Wii Sports probably 3 months after we got our Wii. Mom decided to play after dinner.
Mom: "Lemme play! Lemme play!"
Autumn: "Kay, you know how to right?"
Mom: "I got it!"
*Autumn hands controller*
*Mom unsuccessfully tries to play bowling*
Mom: "Autumn, it's not working."
*Autumn is in the other room, doing something.*
Autumn: "Are you pressing B? And acting like you are bowling?"
Mom: "Which one is B?"
Autumn: "The one on the back of the remote."
Mom: "I can't find it."
Autumn: "Keep looking."
Mom: "Is it the one that says B on it?"



This isn't parents, but it was still hilarious.
*Jamie standing up near TV, changing channel, thought she couldn't find the remote.*
*Kristine is laying on bed, hand under blankets. Remote in hand.*
*Jamie doesn't know about the remote.*
Jamie: "Okay, so I heard there was a movie on *channel* You wanna watch it?"
Kristine: "Sure, it's on soon, lets change to that now."
Jamie begins to change the channel, once she does Kristine changes it back to the original one. Goes on for almost a full minute.
Jamie: "Mom! The TV is broken."
Kristine: "You just don't know how to work it."
Kristine gets up, and changes the channel. Of course it works, because no one is using the remote.
Jamie tries, Kristine uses remote.
Jamie: "MOM! The TV hates me but likes Kristine!"

[ManyPearTree]

Oh noes!!
Don't get me started with my 84 year old grandpa and the Kindle we got him....

[Dagenadriel]

Oh noes!!
Don't get me started with my 84 year old grandpa and the Kindle we got him....

Oh my...

Grandparents and technology don't mix.

[IanMilo]

Oh my God, I have a good one. So early last year, we moved the computer down to the basement and for a few days the internet connection was great. She woke up early one morning to check her Yahoo e-mail account and I was woken up by a deafening scream, in fact, the entire nieghborhood heard it. I hurry downstairs and she's crying. I asked her, "What's wrong? What happened"? believing that it was a general emergency. Through all her sobs and chokes she told me, "I can't get on the internet!".

Another time is when we went on a family trip down to Lexington near Christmas last year to see some of the lights at the horse park. I decided to bring my iPod Nano along to play some games on it and listen to music. I went into the hotel lobby to get some ice and drinks from the machines and when I come back, my mom had one of the most pissed off looks on her face, and she had my iPod in her hand. I thought, "Well, this is going to be good". I asked her why she was angry and she said, "Who the hell is 'Klondike' and 'iQuiz'?" Now, as anyone who owns a Nano 3rd generation knows that it comes preloaded with three games. I mostly play "Klondike" and "iQuiz". I just burst out laughing because I couldn't hold it all in. She actually thought that "Klondike" and "iQuiz" were people I met over VT! She still hates me for that, even though I explained to her what they were.

She's also taken my iPod on numerous occasions. So I had left my iPod sitting on the table in the kitchen a few weeks ago and I went to find it gone. I immediately asked mom where it was and told me that she had it. So I asked her to give it back to me and she didn't. I told her to just hand it to me and that I wasn't mad at her. She took out of her pocket my iPod, which now had a nice big scratch and fingerprints all over the screen. I asked her how they got there and she said, "I thought it was a touch-screen iPhone." So, once again, I had to explain to her what it was and how to control it. Now, I keep my iPod and all other electronic valubles in my room, locked in a safe.

omfg the first one cracked me up i fell off my bed

[Zero Beat]

My mum got a flip phone, she asked me how to open it :-/
there was even a sticker with a pic showing her how to do it. XD

[NightHawksr71]

Oh my...

Grandparents and technology don't mix.

haha my grandpa is actually quite good with a computer. My aunt on the other hand.

[ShatteredWings]

speaking of aunts

"Hi i'm just caling to see how you're doing..and i sent pics of her baby over the computer box"

Computer box?
and they didn't even attach that time :P

i'd hate to see how else that woman warps tech